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s is very abundant in some : our cornfields. P. dubium is, how- 
ever, our p Poppy. Almost all the commoner grasses occur in 
this district, but Hordeum pie ace is = rare. I have only seen it in 
one m alee e six miles east of the tow H. murinum appears only 
thinly and at ida intervals on the aidia soils, but near Sedgeley, 
where we get limestone, it is the prevaili ng grass 
Cornus sanguinea i is rare, but a undant i in one e station, forming almost the 
A. trinervis and Sagina procumbens are very frequent. Nymphea alba, 
ded ^. ose, and Myosotis sylvatica are rare, and occur ouly at very 
wide interv 
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Juncus caPrrATUs, Weigel, iN ENGuaND.—During a visit to Corn- 
wall last June I was so fortunate as to discover this plant in two places. 
I first saw it near the Land’s End on an extensive peat moor near the 
ere it was in profusion, being by far the most abundant plant on 
the moor, which was very barren, producing no other plants 1 ^ 
coun The habitat in this country seems to differ from those pc 
Channel Islands, for in both the above cran it was growing far above 
-level, whereas it is described as gro wing in Jersey and Guernsey 
on sands inundated in winter.—W. H. BggBY 
ANorHER New Baitisa Juncus. Along hi 4] hec errero 2 4 
capitat Beeby sent another little rush co 
Ee nente ie ot of the downs near E 
Cove," growing with J. capitatus, J. supinus, and Litorella lacustris. It 
was found sepi thickly in this Ne of about 12 or 15 feet square, but 
mas observed elsewhere. A careful éxamination of the specimens 
sent od a comparison with Saul and authentic examples ere cd 
doubt in my mind that Mr. Beeby has erg fortunate pu qu 
another ies of Juncus new to our flora—J. pygmeus of ar 
p. 178) l e P 
much confounded with its allies; on the one hand with the variety 0 
J. bs called J. fasciculatus by Bertoloni in €: * which has i ud 
extensive range, and is common enough on the acoast of Eng gun ; 
and on the m with the J. fasciculatus of "Schousboe, only known ua 
North Africa, to which it is certainly nearly allied. From all e -5 
bufonius, the new rush, J. pagmans, is well distinguished by its outer 
* If this is to be retained as a verc ta Syst. y 
pt. 1, p. 227 (1829-30) must tak the lace o later name, 
was Desid sr ar dia s upied. ^L h 5 piace Brot., is a synonym of fJ. pygmaeus 
(neo p. 135). 
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