florets barren. Glumes oblong, acute, often mucronate, at
first deep fuscous, afterwards paler, upper part of the midrib
scabrous. Fruit (utriculus) ovate, gibbous on both sides,
suddenly contracted below so as to appear stalked, with numerous
short prominent ribs, (about seven on one side and
nine on the other,) not extending to the beak ; beak slightly
notched at the end, the edges slightly margined and serrulate,
the outer side convex, but without any wing. Nut suddenly
widening below the middle, then gradually contracting to a
blunt point furnished with a short beak. Style slightly en-
laiged at the base. Stigmas two.
This interesting addition to the British flora was discovered
by D. Moore, Esq., in the month of July 1842, in a boggy
wood at Ladiston near Mullingar, Ireland, from which place
he obligingly sent the principal specimen represented on our
plate. It has also been gathered in Heslington Field and As-
cham Bog, both near York, by R. Spruce, Esq., from whose
specimens we have added the advanced panicle and fruit.—
C. C. B.