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appear to the eye sufficiently distinct, yet the connecting links 
between the small upright plant and that floating in boggy 
pools, are so close, that it is difficult to draw any line of de- 
marcation. The swollen base of the stem of that state called 
bulbosus, which grows on rather dry ground, or more fre- 
quently on ground that had been flooded and left dry, seems 
a wise provision of Nature to enable the plant to provide for 
a time of scarcity — much moisture being desirable, as the spe- 
cies is naturally a marsh plant. 
J. castaneus , Sm. Clustered Alpine Rush. H. 357, B. 
312. — F. July, Augt. P. 
Along the upper part of the White Water, in considerable 
quantity, Augt. 1831, Prof. Graham. In the course of the 
White Water, above the Falls, so abundant that 250 specimens 
were gathered in one little spot, 1831, Dr Barry and Mr J. 
Macnab. Canlochen, 1836, Drs Greville , Balfour, and 
Mr Brand. 
J. trijidus, L. Three-leaved Rush. H. 357, B. 312. — 
F. July, Augt. P. 
Clova mountains, frequent. Very stunted on the summits, 
but growing in luxuriant tufts in moist crevices of the rocks 
between 2000 and 3000 feet. 
J. compressus , Jacq. Round- fruited Rush. IT. 358, B. 
314. — F. June, Augt. P. 
Various places along the coast, from Monifieth to Mon- 
trose. 
/8. Hook. (J. Bothnicus, Wahl. J. ccenosus, Bich., Bab. 
J. Gerardi, Loisel.) 
Side of the Montrose Basin, Mr A. Croall. It is not un- 
, frequent on the Fife side of the Tay, and probably on the 
: Forfarshire coast, future observation will prove it to be not 
uncommon. 
J. tenuis , Willd. Slender Spreading Rush. FI. 358, B. 
315. — F. July. P. (J. Gesneri, Sm. J. gracilis , E. 
Bot.) 
“ By a rivulet in marshy ground, among the mountains of 
i Clova, near their summits,” Mr G. Don , Mr D. Don. (H. 
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