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iTCct in fruit. Perianth leaves slightly unequal, oblong, the outer 

 ones subobtuse ; the inner shorter and very obtuse; all livid brown 

 with pale scarious margins, about as long as the capsule. Stamens 

 G; filaments much (about four times) shorter than the anthers. 

 Style about as long as the ovary. Capsule oval-oblong-ovoid, bluntly 

 trigonous, obtuse, rather abruptly mucronate, olive-brown, shinuig. 

 Seeds minute, with the testa not prolonged into an appendage. 



On moist heaths and barren pastures. Rather common, and gene- 

 rally distributed, extending from Cornwall and Kent to Orkney and 

 Shetland, but more common in upland districts. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 



A species well marked by its very numerous rigid radical leaves, 

 which form dense barren tults associated with flowering stems, which 

 have 2 or 3 similar leaves sheathing their base. Flowei'ing stems 

 longer than the leaves, 2 to 18 inches high. Lowest panicle branches 

 ^ inch to 2i inches long. Perianth leaves nearly ^ inch long, with 

 pale bracts at the base. 



Heath Eush. 



German, Sjjarrige Binse, 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



LUZULA NIVEA. B.G. 



Badger's Dingle, Salop (i\Ir. G. Maw), but not mentioned in 

 Leighton's " Flora of Shropshire." Woods at Broomhall, near 

 Dunfermline, Fife (Dr. Dewar), but planted. 



JUNCUS TENUIS. Willd. 



J. f^racilis, Sm. (non Brown) Engl. Bot. No. 2176. 



J. Gesneri, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. II. p. 167. 



J. Smithii, Eunth, Ennm. PI. Vol. III. p. 349. 



Said to have been found in elevated pastures in Scotland by Mr. 

 Dickson, and by a rivulet in marshy ground among the mountains of 

 Clova, Forfarshire, by Mr. G. Don. 



