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LUZULA. PALLESCENS Busser AS A BRITISH PLANT, 
By Henry & James Groves, F.L.S. 
(PLATE 496.) 
was the Rey. E. 8. Marshall to whom he sent specimens. Mr. 
A. H. Evans of Cambridge confirmed this view. Mr. Hunnybun 
subsequently sent the specimens to us, and, after comparing them 
with the excellent series of the Continental plant at the British 
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and fruits, var. pallescens Koch, has been found occasionally and 
has been confused with the true L. pallescens. In this Journal 
shady d 
which had been referred by Mr. rthur Bennett to L. pallescens 
L. pallescens, as represented by the Huntingdonshire plant, 
appears to us to be sufficiently distinct from L. multiflora to be 
conveniently kept up as a separate species which may be charac- 
terized as follows:— 
Luzuna panuescens Besser, Enum. Plant. Volhyn. (1822) p. 15 
) p. 87. 
L. campestris var. pallescens Wahlenb., Flor. Suec. i. (1824) 
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LL. pate Nest var. pallescens Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. (1846) 
p. 220 (non Bluff & Fingerh.). 
L. sudetica var. pallescens P. Ascherson, Verh. Bot. Verein 
Brandenb. iii. iv. (1862) p. 274. j 
L. campestris var. pulchella Celakovsky, Prodr. Flor. Bohm. 
(1867) p. 85. 
Cexspitose 30-45 cm. high. Stems numerous erect slender 
bearing usually 2-3 narrow slightl ciliate or almost glabrous 
leaves. Bracts 1-3 the longest often exceeding the cyme. Cyme 
JournaL or Borany.—Von. 47. [Aprin, 1909.] L 
