98 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Eriophorum. 
A var. has been observed with leaves striped. 
NAR'DUS.* * Cal. none: Bloss. twovalved: Nectary none. 
N. stric'ta. Spike slender, straight; the florets pointing in one direc¬ 
tion; (leaves thrice the length of their sheaths. E.) 
(Hook. FI. Loud. 175. E.)— E. Bot. 290— FI. Han. 1022— Sckreb. 7 — C. JB- 
Th. 70 —//. Ox. viii. 7. 8 — J. B. ii. 513.2— Lob. Ic. 90. 1 — Ger. Em. 1631. 
3 — Park. 1199. 5, 6, 7 — Spike, S$c .— Beers, 1. 7 — Scheuch. 2.10 — Mont. 31. 
Straw (five or six inches high, rigid, wiry, smooth, E.) with a single joint 
near its base, and one short bristle-like leaf. Root-leaves long, thread¬ 
shaped. Leers. Spike yellowish white, or violet-coloured. Florets all 
pointing to one side. (The only British example of a grass which has 
but one style to the germen. Hook. Plant tufted and surrounded at the 
base with the remains of old stems and leaves. E.) 
Heath Matweed or Common Matgrass. (Welsh: Cawnenddu; Cds- 
gan bladwuvr. Heaths and marshes. Heaths in Norfolk, frequent. Mr. 
Woodward. Malvern Chase. Mr. Ballard. Birmingham Heath. Stokes. 
Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Lilleshall pool dam, Shropshire. E.) 
P. June—Aug.+ 
ERIOPH'ORUM.J Husks like chaff, tiled on every side: 
Bloss. none : Seeds encompassed by very long silky hairs. 
E. vagina'tum. (Stem triangular above; cylindrical below, with a 
swelling sheath: spike ovate: glumes membranous. Sm. E.) 
Hicks. H. S. — Curt. 219 — (E. Bot. 873. E.)— FI. Han. 236 — Scheuch. Prod, 
and App. 7. 1— J. B. ii. 514. 2— C. B. pr. 23; Th. 188 —Park. 1272. 5— 
H. Ox. viii. 9. row 3, 6 — Gr. junceum lb. 6. Gr.juncoid — Park. 1272. 2— 
lb. 1— Park. 1189. 1 —Spike and parts of fructif. Scheuch. 7. 1 —3. Mont. 
Root' leaves imperfectly triangular, sharp, with two of the sides scored. 
Stem-leaves cylindrical. Sheaths inclosing the straw; the uppermost 
purple at the base. Straw twice as long as the leaves; scored, cylindri¬ 
cal, but flat on one side. Spike egg-shaped, tiled, single. Straw about 
a foot high. Spike silvery-grey when in flower; when in seed very con¬ 
spicuous from its copious, long, silky hairs, which facilitate the disper¬ 
sion of the little triangular seeds, and form collectively a beautiful tuft. 
Hare’s-tail Cotton-grass. Moss-crops. (Gaelic: Cainchean. E.) 
Peat bogs and swampy moors. Near Lynn. Mr. Pitchford. Very fre- 
* (From the Hebrew, signifying perfume or ointment, though not applicable to the 
British species ; but more properly referring to an entirely different plant, viz. the 
Spike-nard of the ancients, supposed by Sir W. Jones to be the (Valeriana) Jatamansx 
of India. E.) 
*f- This grass is stiff and hard to the touch, but being generally short, it eludes the 
stroke of the scythe, and takes off its edge, which makes it disliked by mowers. Goats 
and horses eat it. Cows and sheep are not fond of it. Rooks stock it up, for the sake 
of the larva of insects which they find at the root. (An inferior grass, with foliage too 
harsh and wiry to prove acceptable ; but Mr. Sinclair, whose practical experience renders 
his remarks valuable, states that the straw being long without joints, and very fine, 
equal, and tough, induces him to consider it as probably the best grass for the supply 
<*f straw for the Leghorn plat. E.) 
| (Eptov , wool, and ipepto, to bear; the seeds being encompassed with long wool-like 
hairs. E.) 
