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trigonous, rounded, and apiculate at the apex. Seeds broadly oval- 

 ovoid, broAvn, without an apical crest, but Avith a whitish basal carun- 

 culc, which is about half the length of the rest of the seed. 



Var. a, iniiheUata. 



L. multiflora, Lej. B.C. Fl. Fr. Vol. V. p. 30G. 



Leaves hairy on the margin. Lower spikes on elongated erect pe- 

 duncles. Perianth leaves nearly equal. 



Var. 0, congesta. 

 L. congesta, Lej. B.C. Fl. Fr. Vol. V. p. 305. 



Leaves hairy at the edges. Spikelets all subsessile in a roundish 

 lobed head. Perianth leaves nearly equal. 



Var. 7, Sudetica. 



L. Sudetica, B.C. Fl. Fr. Vol. V. p. 306. 



L. multiflora, var. y, nigricans. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 847. 



Leaves subglabrous or hairy only at the base. Lower spikes usually 

 on short erect peduncles. Outer perianth leaves longer than the inner. 

 Capsule shorter and darker brown than in the other varieties. 



On heaths, moory ground, and in open woods. Common, and gene- 

 rally distributed. Var. y in alpine situations, probably common, but 

 the only specimens I have seen are from Glen Callater, Aberdeenshire. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Spring to Autumn. 



Very similar to L. campestris, but I believe a perfectly distinct 

 species. It is much more ca^spitose, often forming large tufts, which 

 throw up flowering stems one after the other during the whole 

 summer. The whole plant is larger and stouter ; the stem-leaves longer 

 and firmer. The s[)ikes are usually more numerous, from 5 to 12 

 in number ; the lowest spike sometimes with one or two smaller sj^ikes 

 on short peduncles immediately below it at the end of the primary 

 peduncle. The flowers are more numerous in each spike, so that the 

 form of the spike is longer in proportion to its thickness. The 

 perianth leaves are narrower and more acuminafcd, even the inner 

 ones being gradually narrowed to the apex. The lihunents are longer. 

 The capsule is less turbinate and with a shorter point. The seeds are 

 less globular and have a caruncule only half as long. 



The var. y appears to be mei'ely an alpine form of L. multiflora, 

 though many botanists consider it a distinct species. 



Many-headed Woodrush. 



French, Jonc muUiflore. German, Gemcincr Marhel. 



