394 97. CTPBEACEJ3. 



Gl. dark brown, polished. Nut ovate, with a lonpf beak, 

 opaque. — Marshes near the sea on the Northern and Western 

 coasts. P. VIE. B.S.I. 



8. EiaoPH'oinrM Linn. Cotton-grass. 



* Bristles 4 — 6, at length crisped. Spi/ce solitary. 



ri. E. alpinum (L?) ; st. triquetrous rough, 1. very short, spike 

 oblong.— JS'.^. 311 (excl. the leafy shoot). i2. viii.288. St.lQ. 

 ■ — A. slender elegant plant. — Moss of Restenet, Forfar (but now 

 lost through drainage). P. VI.] S. 



** Bristies very many, not crisped. — f Spike solitary. 



2. E. vagindtum (L.) ; csespitose, St. trigonoits above round 

 below, spike oblong, met obovoid, 1. long setaceous triquetrous 

 channelled, upper sheath inflated leafless. — E. B. 873. B. viii. 

 289. — Bogs and moors. P. V. Sare's-tail Cotton-grass. E. S. I. 



tt Spikes more than one. 



3. E. polystdcMon (L.) ; st. nearly terete, peduncles smooth, 1. 

 linear channelled their upper half triangular, nut elliptic-acu- 

 minate or obovoid triquetrous. — About a foot high and rather 

 slender. L. triangular through more than half their length. 

 Bristles 8 or 4 times as long as the spikes. E. B. 564. B. viii, 

 291. — /3. minus; st. and 1. very slender. E. gracile Sm., E. B. 

 2402 (not Koch). An alpine form has but one nearly sessile 

 spike. E. capitatum Don ? E. B. 2387. — y. elatius (Koch) ; 

 st. strong tall, 1. 2 — 3 lines broad the triangular part com- 

 mencing above the middle. E. polystachion Sm. — Bogs. |3 

 on mountains. P. V. VI. Common Cotton-grass. E. S. I, 



4. E. latifdlium (Hoppe) ; st. triquetrous in its upper half, 

 peduncles asperous, 1. Imear, nearly flat contracted above the 

 ,middle into a triangular point, nut pyrifoi-m triquetrous. — R. 

 viii. 292. E. pubescens Sm., E. B. S. 2633. E. polystachion 

 E. B. 663. — A slender plant, 12 — 18 in. high. L. about 2 lines 

 broad ; triquetrous point short. Several of the elegant spikes 

 upon longish stalks which are asperous. Bristles 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the spikes. — Bogs, rather rare. P. V. VI. E. S. 1. 



5. E. gradile (Koch) ; st. subtriquetrous, peduncles downy, I. 

 narrowly linear triquetrous, nut oblong-Kraear triquetrous. — 

 E. B. 8. 2886. B. vii. 290. E. triquetrum Hoppe, St. 10. 2.— 

 A tall slender plant. Spikes about 4, most of them on downy 

 not asperous stalks. Gl. with many ribs. Bristles about twice 



