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CVI. CYPERACEAS. 
[. Eriophorum . . 
Yarmouth, Norfolk ; Anglesea, and Bangor in Wales. If.. 7, 8. — . 
Habit of small plants of Eleocharis palustris. Achene pale, obovate, 
triquetrous, terminated by the rigid base of the withered style, which 
is not swollen at the base nor jointed, but gradually tapering from the 
obtuse apex of the fruit. Roots fibrous, sending out jointed runners. 
[9. S. par vuliis Roem. et Sch. (least C .) ; csespitose, stems i 
terete without leaves or sheaths with several barren filiform ones, 
spike terminal few-flowered, glumes obtuse the two lowest 
slightly longer than the others, hypogynous bristles retrorsely 
hispid twice as long as the obovate oblong mueronate smooth 
achene. Eleocharis Hook. Br. FI. 
On a mud flat near Lymington, Hants ; not now to he met with. 
Q 7. — Creeping at the base by means of capillary runners. Mr. 1 
Babington describes this with “ one close-pressed leafless sheath” on 
t lie stem, and “leaves filiform acute radical slightly dilated at the 
base and clasping the stem,” probably meaning what we and others 
consider barren stems. In habit it is most related to Isolepis fluitans, i 
of which some consider it a dwarf variety.] 
10. S. coespitusus L. (scaly -stalked C., or Deer's Hair) ; stem 
nearly terete striate, sheaths with subulate leaves, the two 
outermost glumes (fertile) with long rigid points equal to or 
longer than the (small) few-flowered spikes, achene pointed with 
the persistent base of the style shorter than the bristles. E. B. 
t. 1029. Eleocharis Link. 
Moors and moist heathy places, everywhere. 2/. . 6, 7. — Stems 
3 — 12 inches high. Bristles 6, capillary, with a few erect teeth 
near the point. Achene obovate, triquetrous, pale yellow, tipped 
with a mucro, as in most of the true Scirpi. Upon Ben Lawers a 
variety is sometimes found, having the larger of the two outer glumes 
an inch long, 4 times the length of the spike. 
9. Eriophorum Linn. Cotton-grass. 
Spikelets many-flowered. Glumes imbricated on all sides, >. 
nearly equal, all fertile or the lowermost sometimes empty. 
Hypogynous bristles several, protruded, at length very long and 
silky. Style 3-fid, deciduous, its base not jointed upon the 
germen. Achene triquetrous, tipped with the narrow base of 
the style or pointless. — Named from tpiov , wool, and <ptpw, to 
bear. 
* Spikelets solitary. Bristles 4 — 6, at length crisped. 
1. E. alpinum L. (Alpine C.) ; stem triangular, leaves much I 
shorter than the sheaths, spikes oblong-ovate. E. B. t. 311. 
Moss of Restenet (now drained), near Forfar: Mr. R. Brown and 
Mr. G. Don. Durness, Sutherlandshire : Prof. Balfour. If.. 6. (J 
— Scirpus cccspitosus has been often collected for this rare species, but 
in fruit they are readily distinguished by the bristles. 
