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quent in all the northern Counties. Mr. Woodward. (Peat Bogs at 
Llvnaled, Denbighshire, and on all the mountains of North Wales. Mr. 
Griffith. E.) Ancott bog, near Salop. Mr. Aikin. Birmingham Heath, 
in the marshy valley (since drained. E.) crossed by the foot road to 
Winson Green. In Cornwall on wet moors, not uncommon. (Bogs near 
the road leading from Clovelly to Kilkhampton, Devon ; and Dartmoor. 
On Bawsey Bottom, near Llynn. Mr. Pitchford. Marshes at Hedington 
near Oxford. Dr. Maton. On Leath Hill Common near Dorking. Mr. J. 
Woods, jun. On Amberley Wild-brooks, Sussex. Mr. Borrer; and on 
Broadwater Common near Tunbridge Wells. Mr. J. Woods, jun. On 
Glastonbury and Burtle turf moors. Bot. Guide. On the summit of 
Cawsey Pike, Cumberland. Mr. Winch. Pentland Hills. Greville. E.) 
P. Feb.—April.* 
E. polysta'chion. Stem cylindrical; leaves flat, spear-shaped, point 
triangular: (stalks of the spikes smooth: hairs thrice the length 
of the spike. Sm. E.) 
Dicks . H. S.—{E . Bot. 563. E.)— Vaill. 16. 2— Leers 1. 5. 
( Stem two feet high, jointed, cylindrical except at the top. Leaves with a 
narrow, acute heel. Spikes five to eight, ovate, grey, pendulous after 
flowering. Glumes scariose, greenish brown. E.) Spike smaller and 
more compact than in the next species; and the leaves being flat as well 
as shorter, the plants may be distinguished, though not in flower. 
(Broad-leaved Cotton-grass. Irish: Keannan ban. Welsh: Plu 
gweunydd ; Sidan y waun llydan-ddail. E.) E. polystachion Linn. 
P'irst distinguished from the next, which is our more common species, by 
Dickson. Bogs in Northamptonshire; near Dunstable; in Yorkshire, 
Cumberland, and Scotland. Linn. Tr. ii.289. (In a bog at the back of 
Invercauld House, and in various parts of the Highlands, but not com¬ 
mon. Mr. Brown. In the peat bogs of Denbighshire, and turbaries near 
Llyn Idwell, North Wales. Bingley. Near Baumaris. Rev. H. Davies. 
Bog at Hilton Castle, Durham ; and at the foot of Derwentwater. Mr. 
Winch. Whey Sike, Teesdale Forest. Rev. J. Harriman. Alderbury 
Common, Wiltshire. Dr. Maton. Bot. Guide. E.) P. May—June. 
E. angustifo'lium. (Stem nearly cylindrical: leaves strap-shaped, 
triangular; channelled towards the base: stalks of the spikes 
smooth: hairs four times the length of the spike. Sm. E.) 
Dicks. H. S. — {E. Bot. 564. E.)— Curt. 222— Vaill. 16.1— II. Ox. viii. 9. row 
3. 1— Ger.27. L—C.B. Th. 61—Trag. 683 —Garid. U-Dod.562. 2—Ger. 
Em. 29**— Barr. 12— J. B. ii. 514. 1— Parts of fructif. Mont. (Lina - 
grost.) K.L.I. 
{Stem twelve to eighteen inches high: plant much more slender than E. 
polystachion. Silky hair most abundant in this species, remaining con¬ 
spicuous through the summer. Smith observes, the very narrow trian¬ 
gular leaves afford a ready distinction. E.) Spikes about three upon 
each straw, which rises out of a sheath, formed by three brownish leaves, 
the outermost of which is much longer than the rest, and green at the 
* (Sheep are said to be very fond of it, whence it is called Moss Crop in some countries. 
Curtis. It may be acceptable from its early herbage, but not as preferred to various 
grasses, though eaten in combination with them by other cattle also. The produce and 
nutritive qualities arc inferior to those of E. angustifolium. Hort. Gram. E.) 
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