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ENGLISH BOTATfT. 
Yar. a, genuina. 
Plate IIDCCXXV. 
C. stricta, Bool. Brit. Fl. ed. it. p. 34. 
Uppermost ligule scarcely so long as broad, very obtuse. Lowest 
glume lanceolate, gradually tapering to the point ; upper glume 
elliptical-lanceolate, rather abruptly acute. Awn scarcely exceeding 
the lower pale. Hairs at the base of the florets about half as long as 
the glumes. 
Var. a, Hookeri. 
Plate IVIDCCXXVT. 
€. Lapponica, Bool:. Brit. Fl. ed. iv. p. 34 (non Eartm.). 
Ligule rather longer than broad, subacute. Both glumes elliptical- 
lanceolate and abruptly pointed, but the upper one a little broader 
than the lower. Awn slightly exceeding the lower pale. Hairs at 
the base of the florets about three-fourths the length of the glumes. 
Panicle shorter and denser than in var. a. 
In marshes on the gravelly shores of lakes. Very rare. Formerly 
found at Whitemore Marsh, about a mile from Forfar, but now de- 
stroyed by drainage ; Oakmere, Cheshire. Var. 3 confined to Ireland. 
On the shores and islands of Lough IS'eagh, in the counties Ar- 
magh ( ?),* Antrim, and Derry. 
England, [Scotland] (extinct), Ireland (var. 3 only). Perennial. 
Summer. 
Rootstock shortly creeping, with rather short slender stolons. 
Stems 1 to 3 feet high, slender, erect, radical leaves very slender, 
G inches to 1 foot long, those of the stem a little broader (about 
inch broad) and 3 to 6 inches long. Panicle 3 to 8 inches long in the 
Uakmere plant. Spikelets ^ mcM long. Glumes purple with a broad 
green stripe at the ba:^e, ultimately yellowish. 
\ ar. S has the panicle 3 to 4.', inches long, the panicle-branches 
considerably shorter, the florets much more 'crowded, the glumes 
broader, more purple, and the hairs longer. Possibly it ouoht to 
be considered a subspecies. I am indebted to Mr. S". A. Stewart, 
of Belfast, tor li\-ing roots gathered by the Rev. (i. Robinson, froni 
<,\ninty ''xVniiagh." "Mr. Stewart, in a letter dated July M). 1870, says, 
" This plant (0. stricta, var. c) is much more rare here than it would 
