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Pomeroy woods. Banks of the Teign at Gidleigh, near Chag- 

 ford. Holne Chase. Banks of the Exe. (Juncus, E. B. t. 

 737.) P. iv.-vi. 



2. Ii. pilosa (broad-leaved hairy W.) In woods, thickets, 

 and hedges. Stems slender, from 6 to 12 inches high ; leaves 

 lanceolate, hairy, chiefly radical. Flowers in an irregular termi- 

 nal panicle, the flower-stalks of which are from 1- to 3-flowered, 

 when in threes the central flower nearly sessile, the two others on 

 slender stalks. Common in the situations above stated. (Juncus, 

 E. B. t. 736.) P. v. 



3. L. Forsteri (narrow-leaved hairy PP.) In woods and 

 thickets. More slender than the last ; stems about 1 foot high ; 

 leaves linear, hairy. Panicle terminal, slightly branched, flower- 

 stalks 1-flowered, erect both in flower and fruit. Berry Pomeroy 

 woods. (Juncus, E. B. t. 1293.) P. Y. 



4. !. campestris (field TP.) In heathy places, woods, and 

 dry pastures. Stems from 4 inches to a foot high ; leaves linear, 

 hairy. Panicle in 3 or 4 compact ovate heads, with 6 or 8 flowers 

 in each. Walks above Meadfoot. Cliff walks between Hope's 

 Nose and Ansti's Cove. Wood near Bishop's Stowe. Bradley 

 Wood, etc. (Juncus, E. B. t. 672.) P. iv. v. 



NARTHECIUItt. BOG-ASPHODEL. 



N. ossifragum (Lancashire Bog -Asphodel.) In boggy places 

 and moors. Stem erect and rigid, from 6 to 8 inches high, slightly 

 leafy. Leaves mostly radical, shorter than the stem, linear sword- 

 shaped, in 2 opposite ranks. Flowers in a terminal, elongated 

 raceme, bright yellow. Forde bog. Bovey Heath. Boggy places 

 in Dartmoor. Haldon. (E. B. t. 535.) P. vi. VII. 



OED. XCYIII. BUTOMACKE. 

 BUTOMUS. FLOWERING-RUSH. 



B. mnbellatus (common Floivering-Jlush.) In rivers, ditches, 

 and ponds. Leaves all radical, linear, erect, and triangular; 

 flower-stalk springing from the root, much taller than the leaves, 

 stout and rush-like, bearing an irregular umbel of beautiful rose- 

 coloured flowers, having at its base 3 lanceolate bracts. By the 

 Exe, near Exeter. Alpington. Topsham marshes. (E. B. t. 

 651.) P. vi. vn. 



