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Seeds much longer than in Sp. 22, apiculate. — Damp spots. 

 Kynance Cave, Cornwall. A. V. ? E. 



2. Lir'zTJLA Cand. 'Wood-Rush. 



1. X. syfeai'ica (Biehen.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate hairy, ^amjcfe 

 mhcynwse doubly compound, clusters about 3-flowered on long 

 stalks, segments of perianth bristle-pointed equalling the ovoid- 

 mucronate capsule, filaments very short, seeds minutely tuber- 

 cled at the end.— ^. B. 737. St. 36. 14. R. ix. 390. L. 

 maxima DC, Koch. — Rhizome woody. St. 12—18 in. high. 

 L. broad, shining, striate, with hairy edges. Panicle much 

 exceeding the leaflike bracts. — Shady places. P. IV. — ^VI. 



E. S. I. 



2. X. Fors'teri (DO.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle subeymose only 

 slightly branched, ped. \-Jlovoered erect with both fl. and ft., style 

 equalling stam., filaments about as long as the anth., caps, ancte 

 scarcely falling short of perianth, seeds with a straight bkent 

 crest.— R B. 1293. -Si!. 77. 2.— St. slender about a foot high. 

 Caps, with 8 acute angles, not suddenly contracted above. — 

 Thickets, rather rare. P. V. E. 



3. X. pildsa (Willd.) : 1. lanceolate hairy, panicle subeymose 

 only slightly branched, peduncles 1 — 3-fl., upper ones refleied 

 after flowering, fl. solitaiy, style (excluding stigmas) exceeding 

 stam., filaments about half as long as the anth., caps, blunt ex- 

 ceeding the perianth, seeds with a falcate crest. — E. B. 736. St. 

 77. S. — St. slender, 6 — 12 ia. high. Caps, ovoid, trigonous, sud- 

 denly contracted above. — X. Borreri (Bromf.) seems to be a 

 sterile form of this species. — Thickets. P. V. E. 8. I. 



4. X. campes'tris (WiUd.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of Z or i 

 ovate dense sessile or stalked clusters, segments of perianth lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate exceeding the blunt apiculate ca.-ps., JUamertts 

 much shorter than the anthers, seeds nearly- globular with a basal 

 appendage.— E. B. 672. St. 77. 5.— St. 4—6 in. high. Anth. 

 linear, about 6 times as long as the filaments. — Pastures and dry 

 places. P. IV. V. E.S.I. 



6, X. multifldra (Lej.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of many ovate 

 dense sessile or stalked clasters, segments of perianth narrowly 

 lanceolate strongly acuminate exceeding th6 blunt apiculate 

 cx^.jJUaments nearly as long as the anthers, seeds nearly twice as 

 long as broad with a basal appendage. — E. B. S. 2718. St. 77. 7. 

 X. congesta Sm. — St. 8 — 20 in. high. Filamants more than half 

 as long as the rather short small anth. and often as long as 

 them. Clusters on elongate dropping stalks, or (X. congesta 



