EEIOPHOEfM. 385 



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

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

 coasts, P. VII, E. S. I. 



8. EEropH'oETrM lAnn. Cotton-grass. 

 * Bristles 4 — 6, at lengih crisped. Spike sditary. 



[1. E. alpinwm (L.) ; st. triquetrous rough, 1. very short, spike 

 oblong.— -B. B. 311 (excl. the leafy shoot j. iJ. viii. 288. St. 10. 

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

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



** Bristles very many, not crisped. — t Spike solitaiy. 



2. E. vagindUim (L.) ; csespitose, st. trigonous above round 

 below, spike oblong, mit obovate, 1. long setaceous triquetrous 

 channelled, upper sheath inflated leafless. — E. B. 873. B. \iii. 

 289. — Bogs and moors. P. V, Hare' s-taU Cotton-grass. E.S.I. 



tt Spikes more than one. 



3. E. polystdchion (L.) ; st. nearly round, peduncles smooth, 1. 

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

 minate or obovate triquetrous. About a foot high and rather 

 slender, L. triangular through more than half theii' length. 

 Bristles 3 or 4 times as long as the spikes. E. B. 564. B. viii. 

 291. — ^. minus ; st. and 1. very slender. E. gradie Sm., E. B. 

 2402 (TiotKocK). 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. polystacJiion Sm. — Bogs. ^ in 

 mountainous districts. P. V. VI. Common Cotton-grass. 



E. S. I. 



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

 peduncles asperous, 1. linear nearly flat contracted above the 

 middle into a triangular point, nut pyriform triquetrous. — B. 

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

 E. B. 563. — 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 not downy but asperous. Bristles 

 2 or 3 times as long as the spikes. — ^Bogs, rather rare. P. V. VI. 



E. S. I. 



6. E. grac'ile (Koch) ; st. subtriquetrous, peduncles doipny, I. 

 narrowly linear Inqnetrotis, mit ohlong-Unear triquetrous. — 

 E. £. S. 2886. -ffi. 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 



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