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[Eriophorim. 



3. E. "^capitdttm Host (round-headed C.) ; stem rounded 

 sheaths below bearing linear subulate leaves, above leafless in- 

 flated obtuse, spike almost globose. JE. B. t. 2387. 



. " Ben Lawers, by the side of a rivulet, near perpetual snow :" q 

 Bon. II.. 7, 8. — We fear that Mr. Don had mixed by mistake 

 some foreign specimens in his possession with the E. vaginatitm, which 

 is very common on Ben Lawers, and which alone we have found 

 there: most specimens distributed by him belong to E. vagi7iatum. 



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Spihdets several to each stem, peduncled or fascicled. 



4. E. latifoliitm Iloppe (Iroad-leaved C.) ; stem triano-ular 

 upwards, leaves nearly flat below lanceolate contracted into a 

 triangular point above the middle, stalks of the spikelets sca- 

 brous (usually elongated), bristles 2 — 3-times longer than the 

 cuneate-obovate achene, glumes 1 -nerved, E. polystachyon (a) 

 L.? Flor Suec. : Dickson: Sm. in JE, B. t. 563. E. pubescens 

 Sm. : E. B. t. 2633. 



Cambridgeshire, Not- 

 Yorkshire, and most of the 



Bogs, marshes, and heaths, rather rare. 

 tinghamshire ; Northamptonshire, 



northern counties. Anglesea. Berwickshire; Bonnington Woods, 



Lanarkshire 



5, 6. 



; and perhaps in several other counties of Scotland. 2/.. 

 The figure in E. B. of Smith's E. polystachijon so completely 

 resembles this species that we have no hesitation in referring it here, 

 and Dickson's specimens of the same in his Herb. Br. fasc. 4. n. I., 

 are unquestionably the species ; but it is probable that Smith had 

 likewise in view a rather broad-leaved variety of the next. 



5. E. angusiifolium Eoth (narroic-leaved C) ; stem nearly 



round, leaves linear channelled and folded or sometimes nearly 



flat towards the base, triangular above the middle, stalks of the 



spd^elets quite smooth, bristles 4- (or more) -times longer than the 



obovate acheiie, glumes 1 -nerved. — a. leaves narrow folded at 

 the base. 



JE. B. t. 5G4. 



E. gracile Sm. : E. B. t. 2402. E. 



j8. leaves broader and 



polystachyon /3 ?, y. L. Flor^Suec, ^. . .. „... 



somewhat flat towards the base. E. polystachyon Sm. (partly). 



Turf-bogs, meadows, and moors, common. 2/.. 5,6, 



Having 



examined Don's specimens of Smith's E. gracile, from Ben Lawers, 

 we can with coiifidence refer them to this species. 



6. E. gracile Roth (slender C); stem somewhat triangular, 

 leaves narrow linear triquetrous throughout, stalks of the spikes 

 densely scabrous-pubescent, bristles about twice as long as the 

 narrow oblong triangular shortly stalked achene, glumes many- 

 nerved. E, B, S. t. 2886. E. triquetrum Hoppe. 



Bogs in England, rare. Near Hagnaby in Yorkshire, about 4 m. 

 from Darlington. White Moor pond, Surrey, halfway between Guild- 

 ford and the Woking station on the S. Western Railway. If., 6, 7. 

 ■ — The above three species appear truly distinct: the first and last 

 have scabrous or downy stalks to the spikelets, particularly E. gracile, 



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