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note retuse trigonous caps., root fibrous. — E. B. 898. — St. 2 — 4 



in. high, seldom more than one from each root. Caps, light 



brown with pm'ple margins. — Boggy spots on mountains, rare. 

 P. Vm. ^ '^ 6 r=B} a » g 



12. J. trif'idus (L.) ; st. with 1 leaf on its upper part, basal 

 sheaths awned, upper sheath with a short 1., fl. 1 — o with two 

 setaceous leaflike bracts, par.-segm. acute, falling short of the 

 rounded elliptic beaked caps., creeping. — -B. B. 1482. St. 71. 

 12. a. ix. o94. — St. crowded, erect, slender, 2 — 6 in. high. 

 Occasionally the stem-1. is wanting, and sometimes it has a 

 second head in its axil. Perianth and caps, dark brown. — Damp 

 rocky places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



tt Flowers in 1 terminal cluster or 2 one above the other, or 

 in panicled clusters. Seeds not appendaged. 



13. J. capitdtus (Weigel); st. naked erect simple, 1. radical 

 filiform, head terminal mostly solitary falling short of the seta- 

 ceous bract, per.-segm. unequal, outer ovate-lanceolate, unumi- 

 nate-afistate ticice as long as the truncate apiculate caps., stam. 3. 

 —E. B. S. 2844.— Plant 1—4 in. high. L. half as long as the 

 stems. Heads large, of 3 — 10 sessile flowers. — Land's End and 

 Lizard district, Corn. ; Guernsey and Jersey. A. VI. VII. E. 



14. J. obtusi/luiiis (Ehrh.); 1-leaved st. and internally jointed 

 I. terete, panicle repeatedly compound spreading divaricate, joer.- 

 segm. equal blunt equalling the ovate acute trigonous (pale 

 bi'own) capsule.— £■. B. 2144. iJ. ix. 404.— Erect, 2—3 feet 

 high. St. and i. not compressed. Segm. of perianth pale, often 

 purplish, quite blunt or with a small inflexed point. — Marshes, 

 rare. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



15. J. acuti/l<irus (Ehrh.) ; S — 4-leaved st. and internally 

 jointed I. subcompressed, panicle compound pyramidal, ^«'.-5e^m. 

 acute inner ones longest all falling rather short of the narrow 

 ovate-acuminate rostrate triquetrous (pale brown) capsule. — 

 E. B. 238. B. ix. 408.— St. erect, 1^—2 feet high. L. slightly 

 compressed. Clusters 6 — 6-flowered. — Boggy places. P. VI. 

 — VIIL E.S. L 



16. J. lamprocar'pus (Ehrh.) ; 3 — 6-leaved st. and internally 

 jointed I. compressed, panicle repeatedly compound erect forked, 

 per.-segm. equal acute the inner ones blunt all falhcg short of the 

 ovate-attenuate mucronate triquetrous (dark brown) capsule. — 

 E. B. 2143. B. ix. 405.— St. erect, 12--18 in. high. L. com- 

 pressed ; many internal transverse divisions. Clusters 4 — 8- 

 flowered.— Boggy places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



[J. dlpinus (Vill.), R. ix. 403, having an acute dorsal angle to 

 the sheaths of its 1. and blunt per.-sogm. mucronate behw their 



