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an elongated entire ])oint. I eannot identify our jdant satisfac- 
torily 'vith either of those figured by Reich, (viii. 735 — 7dl)- — 
Sandy coast of Somerset and Devon, rare. P. IX. E. 
7. Blysmus Pa)iz. 
1 . B. compressus (Panz.) ; st. rather triangular, spikelets 6 — 8- 
flowered, outer glume shorter than the spikelet, bristles 3 — 6 
strong ])ersistent with deflexed teeth, 1. flat rough on the edges 
and keel. — Scirpus Sm., E. B. 781. St. 85. (>. R. viii. 593. — St. 
5 — 8 in. high. Outer glume of the lowest spikelet with a subulate 
leaflike point which often overtojjs the spike. Glumes reddish- 
brown, striated. Nut lenticular, shortly stalked, crowned with 
the long persistent stvle, shining. — Boggy pastures. P. VI. 
VII. ■ E. S. 
2. B. rufus (Link); st. round, spikelets 2 — 4-flowcred, outer 
glume as long as the sj)ikelet, bristles 1 — 5 slender deciduous 
with patent or ascending teeth, 1. channeled not keeled smooth. — • 
Scirpus Sm., E. B. 1010. St. 85. 7. R- viii. 594. — St. slender. 
Glumes dark-brown, polished, 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 — 5, at length crisped. Spike solitary. 
1. E. alpinum (L.); st. triquetrous scabrous, 1. very short, 
spike oblong. — E.B. 311 (excl. tbe leafy shoot). R. viii. 583. 584. 
St. 10. — A slender elegant jdant now lost (?) through the (h’ain- 
age of its place of growth. — Moss of Restenet, Forfar. Mr. Brown. 
P. VI. S. 
** Bristles very numerous, not crisped. 
t Sj)ike solitary. 
2. E. vaginatum (L.); st. triangular aSowe round below, spike 
oblong, nut obovate, 1. long setaceous, uj)j)er sheath inflated leaf- 
less. — E. B. 873. St. 10. R. viii. 585. — Bogs and moors. P. V. 
Hare’s-tail Cotton-grass. 
[3. E. capitatum (Sm.); “st. entirely round with a swelling 
sheath, sjiike roundish, glumes membranous. — E. B.2387. — By 
a rivulet on Ben Lawers near perpetual snow, once found. Mr. 
G. Don. Mr. Don’s authentic sjjecimen in Sir W. J. Hooker’s 
Plerb. resembles E. capitatum but tbe upj>er part of its st. is 
triangular. There is no specimen in Sm. Herb. P. VIII.] S. 
tt Spikes more than one. 
4. E. polystachion (L.) ; st. round, peduncles smooth, 1. linear 
