By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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stalks 2 or 3 inches long. Spikes solitary, small, pale green, with 

 obtuse glumes. Stigmas 2. Nut obovate. 



6, S. set a ecus, (Linn.) bristle-stalked Mud-rush. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1093. St. 10. Reich Icones, viii., 301. 



Locality. Wet sandy and gravelly places. P. FL July. Area, 



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North Division. 



4. North-west District. " Damp places at Spye Park and Brom- 

 ham/ J Miss Meredith. " Horse and Jockey hog" Flor. Bath. 

 Stems tufted, 2 to 5 inches high, very slender. Spikes small, sessile* 

 considerably shorter than the lower bract. Glumes brown. Nut 

 trigonous, obovate, longitudinally ribbed, and transversely striate. 

 Stigmas 3. 



Blysmus, (Panz.) Blysmus. 

 Linn. CI. iii., Ord. i. 

 Name. From blusmos, (Gr.) source or spring, near which the 

 species usually grow. 



1. B. compresses, (Panz.) compressed Blysmus, broad-leaved 

 Blysmus. Scirpus, Smith. Engl. Bot. t. 791. St. 85, 6. Reich 

 Icones, viiL, 293. 



Locality. Turfy moors and boggy pastures. P. FL July. Area, 



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North Division 



4. North-west District. By the side of the brook at Slaughterford. 

 Spye Park, but rarely. Stem 6 to 8 inches high. Leaves shorter 

 than the stem, flat, rough on the edges and keel. Spike terminal, 

 about one inch long. Glumes reddish brown, striate. Nut somewhat 

 flattened, tapering into the 2-cleft style. This may possibly be found 

 in other parts of the county. 



Eriophouum, (Linn.) Cotton -Grass. 

 Linn. CI. iii., Ord. i. 

 Name. From erion, wool, and phero, to bear; in allusion to the 

 seed of the plant, which is imbedded in long silky or cottony hairs. 

 Hence the English name, Cotton-grass. 



