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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Wet ground Ninewells, and near Montrose, from one to 
three feet high. 
J. effusus, L. Soft Rush. 
J. conqlomeratus , L. Common Rush. II. 355, B. 311. 
— F. July. P. 
Both species common in wet and marshy ground, through- 
out the county. They are known by the vernacular name 
of “ Rashes,” and are associated with one of Burns’ most 
popular songs. “ Rasky-wicks ,” or the pith of the rushes, 
were much in use among the humbler classes before gas al- 
most superseded the use of the “ crusey” It was the leisure 
employment of herd-boys to strip the outer portion from the 
pith, and the latter tied up in bundles were brought into the 
towns on market days by country dames along with their 
rural produce. The “ crusey ” with its whale oil and rashy- 
wick is still extensively used in those places where gas can- 
not be procured, or candles afforded. 
J. Balticus, Willd. Baltic Rush. H. 355, B. 311. — F. 
July, Sept. P. 
On the sandy coast abundant, especially on the Sands of 
Barrie and Montrose Links. 
J. acutijforus, Ehrh. Sharp-flowered jointed Ptush. H. 
356, B. 313. — F. June, Augt. P. (J. cirticulatus, E. Bot. 
J. sulvaticus, Hoppe.) 
Marshy places and ditches, common. 
J. lampocarpus , Ehrh. Shining-fruited jointed Rush. 
H. 356, B. 313. — F. July, Augt. P. 
Abundant in moist places, from the sea-shore to the moun- 
tains, varying much in size. 
J. uliginosus, Sibth. Lesser Bog jointed Rush. H. 
357, B. 313. — F. June, Augt. P. (J. supinus , Mcench, 
Bab. J. bulbosus, L. J. subverticillatus, Wulf.) 
Generally diffused throughout the county. Its variations, 
caused by the varied degrees of humidity of its place of growth, 
so graphically described by Hooker, I have noticed in many 
places, and have observed, that although the extreme forms 
