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7. Blysmus Panz. 
1. B. compressus (Panz.) ; st. rather triangular, spikelets 6 — 8- 
flowered, outer glume shorter than the spikelet, bristles 3 — 6 
strong persistent with deflexed teeth, I. flat rough on the edges 
and keel.— E. B. 791. St. 85. 6— St. 6—8 in. high. Outer glume 
of the lowest spikelet with a subulate leafy point which often 
overtops the spike. Glumes reddish-brown, striated. Nut len- 
ticular, shortly stalked, crowned with the long persistent style, 
shining. — Boggy pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
2. B. rufus (Link) ; st. round, spikelets 2 — 4-flowered, outer 
glume as long as the spikelet, bristles 1 — 6 slender deciduous 
■with patent or ascending teeth, 1. channeled not keeled smooth. — 
E. B. 1010. St. 85. 7. — St. slender. Glumes dark-brown, po- 
lished, not striated. Nut ovate with a long beak and very short 
stalk, opaque. — Marshes near the sea on the northern and western 
coasts. P. VII. 
8. Eriophorum Linn. 
* Bristles 4 — 6, at length ci-isped. Spike solitary. 
1. E. alpinum (L.) ; st. triquetrous scabrous, 1. very short, 
spike oblong. — E. B. 311 (excl. the leafy shoot). St.' 10. — A 
slender elegant plant now lost through the drainage of its place 
of growth. — Moss of Restenet, Forfar. Mr. Brown. P. VI. — S. 
** Bristles very numerous, not crisped, 
f Spike solitary. 
2. E. vaginatum (L.) ; st. triangular above round below, spike 
oolong, nut obovale, 1. long setaceous, upper sheath inflated leafless. 
E. B. 873. St. 10. — Bogs and moors. P. V. Hare's-tail Cotton- 
grass. 
3. E. Scheuchzeri (Hoppe) ; st. round, spike subglobose, nut 
oblong rather narrower below, 1. long linear-subulate, upper 
sheath inflated leafless. — E. B. 2387. St. 10. E. capitatum Sm. 
— I have not seen native specimens. — By a rivulet on Ben Lawers 
near perpetual snow, once found. Mr. G.Don. P. VIII. S. 
ft Spikes more than one. 
4. E. polystachion (L.) ; st. round, peduncles smooth, 1. linear 
channeled their upper half triangular, nut elliptic-acuminate or 
obovate triquetrous. — E. B. 564. St. 10. E. angustifolium Sm. 
— Tall and rather slender. L. triangular through more than half 
their length. Bristles 3 or 4 times as long as the spikes. — /3. 
elegans ; st. and 1. very slender. E. gracile Sm. E. B. 2402, not 
Koch. — y. elatius (Koch) ; st. strong tall, 1. 2 — 3 lines broad the 
triangular part commencing above the middle, bristles about 3 
times as long as the spikes. E. polystachion Sm. E. B. 563. — 
