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t'. ruiffatum (Sin.). £. B. 789. R. v. 229. C. glornerotum 
(Thuili.). — St. erect, ,glandular-hain-. Fl. in close cvTnes, 
longer than their stalks. — C- •ijieio'inn (Dum. ) : pet. 0, 
whole plant usually much more slender. — Fields and banks. 
A. IV. -IX. ■ E. S. I. 
2. C. ru/;/<ittim (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate, 5«7^. oblong-ovate 
bluntish and as irelf as the bracts membranous at their irton/'nts 
and alah. oiis tips. caps, cylindrical ascending twice as long as 
the calyx, fruitstalks at least as long as the calyx. — R. v. 229. 
C. I'l'scosum (Sm.). E. B. 790. C. fnviii'e (Link).— St. downy, 
mostly procumbent, some short and barren. Fl. larger than 
those of the last, in small terminal cjmes the branches of which 
are often lengthened as the fr. ripens. — 3. C. hofosteoi'les 
(Y Ties) : glabrous sides of st. alternately downy. 1. dark smooth 
shining, fr. much larger. St. 63. 9. — In fields, and on motmtains 
(var. alpinum M. i- K.) with larger flowers : on seashores 
pentandrous and annual [var. j^rntandnim Sy.]. An extended 
form from Shetland (C. tonmrosti-e Wich.) has I. H in. or more 
long and caps, nearly % in. B. or P. lY. — TX. E. S. I. 
*t Caps, nearly straight. 
.3. C. semnfecan(.h imi (L. em., Gren.) ; 1. broadly ovate, sfy. 
lanceolate broadh' mevihranoii^ at their man/ins and tijts. 
bracts tcith their uj>j)er ha// membranous, caps, cylindrical 
slightly inflated longer than the calyx, fruitstalks longer than 
the calj^x at f.rst n^Here'] a fteri'-nrds erect. --E. B. 1630. R. v. 
22^. — St. erect or decumbent, downy, soicetimes viscid- Fet. 
f'ith simple veins, not distinctly notched. Lower 1. with long 
linear hafts. Known by its half - membranous bracts. — 
Common in dry places. A. IV. V. E. S. L 
4. C. pii'imihim (Curt.): sj>athu/ate. upper K oblomj, sei*. 
lanceolate acute -with their tips and margins narrowly membra- 
nous, -uppermoAt bracts vith an extremely imrrov: membranrms 
margin, caps, slightly curved upwards longer than the calyx, 
frieit'fa/l:* fhot f >'v.rverl at the top decJininn from their ba^-, 
ultimately erect. — Ijurt. ii. 92. V. <il utinosum (Fr.). FL Dan. 
2537. — ^'iscid. St. branched at the root, afterwards nearly 
simple. Fet. iiith hrancJied veins, notched. Lower 1. with 
long linear hafts. Fl. in terminal forked cvTiies. — Drv banks 
in the South. A. IV. V. ' " E. 
5. C. tetran'drvm (Cart.) : 1. oval or oblong, sep. lanceolate 
acute, their tips and margins narrowly membranous, bracts 
wholly herbaceous, caps. ? little exceeding the cal. straight, 
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