NAETHBCTOM.— jtfSCTTS. 349 



8. 'LiTZULA.' Caps. iJoelled, S-yalved, witH dissepiments. 

 Seeds 3, atthetiase'df tHe capsule^ Otherwise like Jwieusi 

 — L, flat, sTass-like. 



1; Na-ritce'civm Huds. Bog Asphodel. ' ' 



.1 1. -JV. ossifragum (Hilda.); 1. swordstaped, pedieels withi 1 

 bract at the, base land another above their middle/ perianth ex- 

 ceeding the atam. and much falling short of the' capB,^*-i?, B. 

 535. St. 78. 8. It X. 421.— St. 6— 8 in high, . slightly leafy, 

 decumbent .and rooting below. L. mostly in radical, 2-ranked 

 tufts)' hrtlf the height of the sttem. Cluster continuous. Fl, 

 bright yeUo-w.^TurfJr bogs. P.' VI. VH. E. S. I. 



J I 2. Jris'ous -Z^W,. Rusli. , , 



* Barren and fertile stems subulate, with sheathing rdXedl hng 

 ^ leaves Mk?. the. stems, (yr mucronate sl^epth^. , Seeds with a loose 

 testa forming a sitsk at each end (appendaged). 



1. /. maritHmus (Sni.) ; St. naked,' 1. terete sharp-poiated, 

 panicle compound' erect,' perianth~segm: equal lanceolate acute 

 equalling the elliptic muerondte capsule. — E. B. 1725. B. ix. 402. 

 — St. erect, 1 — 2 feet high. Panicle long, lax. — Salt .marshes, 

 butnot -very common. P. VII. Vm. ■' E. S. I. 



. 2. J. acutus (L.) ; St. naked,, 1. terete shai^i-pointedj panicle 

 very compound mostly compact, perianth-segm. equal half the 

 length, of the roundish ovate caps., 3 inner ones blunt with a mem- 

 branous border.'— .E. B. 1614. St. 71. 6. R. bt. 401- St. erect, 

 rig-id, with a .very sharp rigid point, .3 — 6 feet hig'h. Paiiicle 

 dense, corymbose. El': twice as large as thfet of tlie preceding. 

 —Sands oh the seaTtioait, rare. P. VII. Villi ' ' E.I. 



** Barren and fertih stems suhidate with sheaths at th&ir bases 

 which are either leafless or bear rudimentaiy leaves. Seeds 

 witJi a close testa (not appendaged). 



3. J. effusus (L.) ; st. fainthj striate soft, pith coritinaous, 

 panicle close ' or ■ diffuse, . caps, obovate, i retuse not. mucxonate, 

 stam. S.~KiB. 836. B. ix. 413.— Heightl- 2 fe#.,, iL. none 

 or minute and islender' at the topi of sheathing,. scales, i ;Pa.nicle 

 diffuse, branched ; or mdrei or less dense,, globose. Anth., oval, 

 short.— Marshy ground. .P. VII. ■ :; i;. E.S.I. 



4. J. congJ.qnier.atus (L.) ; st. faintly striate , soft, pith con- 

 tinuous, panicle close or diffuse, cap^. ohova.te. vetuse.fniicronate, 

 stam. S.—I!. B. 835. St. 71. 3. B. ix. 408.— Height 1—2 feet. 

 L. none or minute and slender at the top of the sheathing scales. 

 Panicle globose, dense;, or .more or less diffuse. Anth. linear. 



