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* Pernnual ; stems cyJiudricd' , lapering In a point ; leaves solid 

 I. /. efjiisus (Soft Rush). —One ,of the commonest species, with 

 soft, faintly striate steins, i — 3 feet high ; flowers oHve-green, in a 

 loose, spreading, branched panicle ;' perianth leaves lanceolate, longer 

 than the hluut capsule ; slaiueiis T.l-^—Wd.Kliy giound; aVjundaiit. — 

 Fl. July. Perennial. 



2. J. CO Disjoin rdtus 

 (Common Ruslij. — Mainly 

 distinguished from /. 

 effusits by its usually more 

 densely crowded, globose 

 panicles (;f browner flowers 

 and by ils capsule endmg 111 

 a point. — Marshy ground ; 

 al)undant. — Fl. July. Pe- 

 rennial. 



3. /. infli'xus (Hard 

 Rush). — Distinguished by 

 its rigid, slender, deeply 

 furrowed, glaucous stems, 

 T2 — t8 in. high : and very 

 loose, much brancheil, erect 

 [lanicle of bmwn /loicer^ 

 below the ape.x of the stem ; 

 pcrionth-lcavcs narrow, as 

 long as the oblong, mucro- 

 nate capsule ; stamens 6. — 

 'Marshy places and road- 

 sides ; common. — Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



*/. eliffiisiis, closely re- 

 sembling /. inflexus, but 

 with softer, less furrowed 

 stem, continuous pilli, and 

 obovoid capsule, is probably 

 a hybrid between the two 

 preceding species. 



4. J.hdlticus (Pallic Rush). -A: widely cret'ping species, with 

 lew, rigid, \er)' lainti)' striated steiii<:, 1 — 2 feet high ; floivers 

 brown, in small, flat topped, slightly-branched, erect panicles ; 

 perianth leaves ovate-lanceolate, as long as the ovoid, mucronate 

 capsule ; stamens 3. — Sandy shores in the north-east of Scot- 

 land ; rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. /. filijoniiis (Thread Rush.).— /V very slender, pale green 



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