132 PETALOIDEJE. 



Bentliam places. J. lamprocarpus, E. B. t. 2143, with this, and 

 thinks also that /. obtusifolius should probably be added. Forde 

 bog. 



6. J. uliginosus (lesser bog jointed jR.) In boggy and 

 swampy places. Very variable in appearance ; stems 3 or 4 inches 

 high, either erect or decumbent ; leaves slender, tapering and 

 pointed, radical ones with broad red sheaths. Panicle irregular, 

 nearly simple, with few distant clusters of flowers. Forde bog. 

 Bovey Heath. J. supinus, Bab. E. B. t. 801. The var. & of Ba- 

 bington, J. nigritellus, with the capsule shorter, and the filaments 

 of the stamens nearly twice as long as the anthers ; in a bog at 

 Ivybridge. P. vi.-vin. 



7. JT. castaneus (clustered alpine jR.) In mountainous bogs 

 chiefly. Eare. Boot slightly creeping. Stem from 8 to 12 

 inches high, hollow, bearing 2 or 3 channelled leaves. Flower- 

 heads terminal, single or 2 or 3 together, 4- or 5-flowered. Cap- 

 sules ovate-oblong, chocolate-coloured. Bovey Heath, Mr. C. 

 Parker. P. vil. vm. 



8. J. compressus (round-fruited E.) In damp marshy 

 places. Stems upright and rather slender, from 12 to 18 inches 

 high, more or less compressed at the base ; leaves nearly radical, 

 few and shorter than the stem, channelled and narrow. Flowers 

 in a loose terminal panicle, bright brown. Capsules roundish- 

 ovate. Bovey Heath. (E. B. t. 934.) P. vi.-viu. 



9. J. bufonius (toad J2.) In wet and marshy places. Stems 

 numerous, forming thick tufts from 2 to 8 inches high, branching 

 in a forked manner ; leaves slender and thread-like. Flowers so- 

 litary, scattered, mostly sessile, green, with white edges to the 

 perianth-segments. Chudleigh. Bradley. E. B. t. 802. A. 



VII. VIII. 



10. J. squarrosus (heath JK.) On wet heaths and moors. 

 Whole plant stiff and rigid, from 6 to 12 inches high ; leaves 

 numerous, radical, in spreading tufts, linear and channelled. 

 Flowers in a terminal, compound, slightly branched panicle, 

 large, dark brown. Capsule pale brown, shining. Milber Down. 

 Bovey Heath. (E. B. t. 933.) P. vi. vn. 



WOOD-EUSH. 



1. Li. sylvatica (great hairy Wood-Rush?) In woods and 

 thickets, in hilly districts. The largest of this genus, the stems 

 rising from 1 to nearly 3 feet high ; leaves large, flat, striated, 

 and grass-like, fringed with long white hairs. Flowers in clus- 

 ters of 2 or 3, in a loose, spreading, compound panicle. Berry 



