85. CYPERACE.^. 61 



Native. Paludal. Very local; being known only in 

 the counties above mentioned ; that of Somerset long de- 

 pending upon old and dubious authority, but recently 

 confii-med by Mr. T. B. Flower ; although the actual sta- 

 tion, " in a small pond at the back of Mrs. Currey's house, 

 at Walton in Gordano," reads rather suspiciously for an 

 indigenous locality. The habitat of Dorset may give us 

 a warning against too much readiness in rejecting loca- 

 lities repoi-ted by the older botanists, before sufficient 

 search has been made respecting them. In the Bota- 

 nist's Guide, on the authority of Pulteney, we are told, 

 " It does not appear that it (C. longus) has been found m 

 Pui-beck, as mentioned in Kay's SjTiopsis, although dili- 

 gent inquiry after it has not been wanting." The county 

 of Dorset was therefore rejected ; but in a letter from Mr. 

 Hussey to Mr. Dennes, dated September 7, 1847, the 

 wi-iter says, " I will just mention that Cyperus longus 

 grows at Colwell, near Swanage, in the fii'st field after 

 passing the turnpike gate, in going from Swanage to Stud- 

 land, on the left hand — a new station for it, I believe." 

 The counties of Norfolk and Stafford have also been re- 

 poi-ted, on insufficient authority. 



1177. Cyperus fuscus, Linn. 



Area * * 3. 



South limit in Surrey. 



North limit m Middlesex. 



Estimate of provinces 1. Estimate of counties 2. 



Latitude 51 — 52. Local (Genu.) type of distribution. 



Agi'arian region. Inferagi'arian zone. 



Descends to the coast level. 



