164 PERNS OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



*i 



three feet high. The stems are usually without branches, 

 but are sometimes slightly branched. They have about 

 ten ridges, but are not very rough. The sheaths, which 

 are scarcely larger than the stem, are green, with a black 

 rim at the margin. The teeth are short and blunt, 

 black, and edged with white, and the cone is small, 

 black, and pointed. 



The U. variegdtum is abundant on sand hills, on parts 

 pf the Cheshire coast, at Wardrew in Northumberland, 

 and elsewhere. It is found chiefly in the north, and 

 several localities in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland are 

 recorded as places of its growth. 



THE END. 



E. CLAT, PKINTBB, EEEAD STREET HILI . 



