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PHANEROGAMIA. 



Glass 2. UONOGOTYTJiWONEB. 

 Biv. 3. OLUMIFUHjI'J. 



CYPBEACBiB. 



CYPERUS. Lim. 

 817. C. longus. L. 



Niifcivo at. Walton-in-Gordano, S. 



This raro and boantiful scdgo lias grown from tirno 

 immemorial in a small plot of very wot raarvsliy 

 ground, believed to have boon anciently a fish-pond, 

 and situate behind some cottages in the upper part 

 of the village. Sole, in a MS. dated 1782, says of 

 it, " Abundantly in a pond at Walton-in'-Gordano, 

 near Possit, Somerset, a village belonging to Sir 

 Abraham Elton" (Possit = Porti.shead). The plant 

 continued to bo plentiful until 1882, when the 

 occupier of tho land ploughed it and planted 

 potatoes. At the end of August, 1883, wo found 

 many stems coming up by tho sides of two ditches 

 which intersect the field, and also among the crop ; 

 but in consequence of tho disturbance their de- 

 velopment was much retarded, and flowering 

 delayed ncJirly two months. Since that time, 



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