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marshy banks of streams and lakes, varying much in height, 
and in the size and ramification of its spikeleted heads. Var. 
0. (L. conjesta, Lej.) is not uncommon, particularly in moist 
and shady situations. 
L. multiflora^ Lej. Many-flowered Wood-rush. B. 316. 
— F. June. P. 
Baldovan Woods, Sands of Barrie, Bescobie, &c. This is 
apparently a good species, but L. conjesta , and other inter- 
mediate forms seem to link it very closely to L. campestris. 
Mr Bentall of Halstead, Essex (the manufacturer of the ad- 
mit able botanical drying paper), who has studied these plants 
with care, points out a character, which, if constant, might de- 
cide the point. The seeds of L. multiflora , he observes, are 
somewhat oblong, whilst those of L. campestris are nearly 
globular, and have a much more conspicuous basal appen- 
dage. 
L. spicata, D. C. Spiked Mountain Wood-rush. H. 
361, B. 316 — F. July, Augt. P. ( Juncus , L.) 
Plentiful on rocky shelves among the mountains, and scat- 
tered in tufts over their summits. 
L. arcuata , Hook. Curved Mountain Wood rush. H, 
361, B. 316.— F. July. P. 
Clova mountains, July 1824. Hooker , Greville, Burchell , 
and Drummond . The precise locality is not specified, and 
I have not seen it except on the highest ground in Scotland, 
Ben-na-Muic-Dhui. It is, however, an inconspicuous plant, 
and may be easily overlooked. In the neighbouring county 
of Aberdeen, in August 1846, it was picked on the classical 
Lochnagar by Prof. Balfour. 
Narthecium, Huds . Bog-Asphodel. 
Br. sp. 1 . F. 1 . 
N. ossifraqum , Huds. Bog Asphodel. H. 361, B. 310. 
— F. May, Augt. P. 
Plentiful in marshy places, on moors, in woods, on the 
lower hills, and ascending to upwards of 2000 feet on the 
mountains. 
