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2. P. media L. (hoary P.) ; leaves elliptical i^ubescent sessi] 

 •or^ tapering into short and broad foot- stalks, scape rounded^ 

 spike cylindrical, sepals not keeled, capsule 2-celled with th' 

 dissepiment plane, cells 1-seeded. E. B. t, 1559. . ^ 



Meadows and pastures in chalky districts in En^-land. TC 

 indigenous in Scotland, but occasionally observed where it had bo 

 introduced with grass seeds. 11. 6—10. — Stamens long, with dark 

 purple JllamoiU. Spike shorter than in P. major, and more silverv 

 from the shining scariose corollas; but ^a more essential diff'erenc^ 

 exists m the cells of the capsulcy which are only 1-seeded. 



3. P. lanceoldta L. {Ribwort P.) ; leaves lanceolate taperino- 

 at both ends, scape angular, spike ovate or cylindrical, brac"^ 

 teas ovate-acute or cuspidate, sepals nearly glabrous, two of 

 them keeled the other two united, dissepiment of the capsule 

 plane, cells 1-seeded. U, B. t. 507. 



Meadows and pastures, often too abundant. 1^. 6, 7. The 



leaves^ and scape yield strong fibres. I'he spike has its bracteas 



occasionally, by luxuriance, converted into heaves; and sometimes a 



new scape and spike grow out horizontally from among the bracteas. 



The spike varies much in form : it is usually short, ovate, or oblon^'-i 



cylindrical, but in sandy places at a considerable elevation on the 



mountains, becomes quite globose: on the other hand there is a 



luxuriant variety (P. altissima L.), found at Lamb-islet, Bay of 



..Dublin, with the scape often 2 feet higii, and the spike very ]on<r 



and truly cylindrical. P. Lagopus L. a closely allied species, but dit: 



fcring by being annual, and the sepals villous at the apex, lias been 



found at Wandsworth, Surrey, but has been introduced; on the 



continent It seems confined to the region of the Mediterranean. 



4. P. maritima L. {Sea-side P.) ; leaves linear crooved fleshy 

 convex below, scape rounded, spike cylindrical, bracteas ovate- 

 acuminate, sepals not winged, tube of the corolla pubescent 

 ^ipsule 2-celled with the dissepiment plane, cells ] -seeded! 

 E. B. t. 175.— /3. major; leaves almost plane inclinino- to lan- 

 ceolate toothed glabrous, scape densely \iait j .~y . minor ; leaves 

 Imear-lanceolate densely hairy as well as the scape. 



Grassy pastures by the sea-side ; frequent near the margin of fresh- 

 water lakes, and at the bases of mountains sloping down to them, as 

 m Glen Dochart, Glen Lochy, and by Loch- Lomond; also on the 

 summits oi the highest mountains.— /3. On the island of Cumbrae, 

 among rocks. -7. 0.1 rocks by the House of Skail, Pomona, Orkney. 

 y. ^— !?•— yarying much in size and in the breadth and hairiness: 

 of Its leaves and scapes : sometimes the leaves are almost fdifonn, often 

 lanceolate ; in the curious var. y. found in Orkney, they are clothed 

 with short dense hau's ; they are always very succulent, and ehher' 

 entire or toothed. 



5. T Cormopus L. {BucVs-horn P.)- leaves linear pinnatifid 

 or toothed, scape rounded, bracteas ovate-subulate, lateral 

 sepals with a chafed membranaceous wing at the back, dissepi- 



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