BOTANY LiLIACEAE Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris). A {JVakerley TFood, Northants), C Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley). B, C Ruscus aculeatus (Butclier's Broom). A
- t Ornithogallum umbellatum (Star of Beth-
lehem). A Agraphis nutans Scilla nutans — • festalis Hyacinthus non-scriptus Gagea lutea (Yellow Gagea). Allium ursinum (Ramsons, Broad-leaved Gar- lic). B, C (Blue Bell). Gen. dist. At, C JUNCACEAE 10 Luzula pilosa (Broad-leaved Hairy Wood- Rush). A, C — sylvatica (Great Hairy Wood-Rush) — campestris (Field Wood-Rush) [ — var. multiflora] Juncus conglomeratus (Common Rush) — effusus (Soft Rush) [ — glaucus (Hard Rush)] — acutiflorus (Sharp-flowered Jointed Rush) [ — Lamprocarpus (Shining -fruited Jointed Rush)] [ — supinus] — bufonius (Toad Rush) [ — squarrosus (Heath Rush)] Cyperaceae [Scirpus palustris] [ — caespitosus (Scaly-stalked Club-rush)] [ — setaceus] [ — lacListris (Lake Club-rush)] [Eriophorum angustifolium (Narrow-leaved Cotton-grass)] Carex pulicaris (Flea Sedge) — vulpina (Great Sedge) — muricata (Greater Prickly Sedge) [ — divulsa (Grey Sedge)] — stellulata (Little Prickly Sedge) — remota (Distant-spiked Sedge) — ovalis (Oval-spiked Sedge) [ — vulgaris (Common Sed^e)] — glauca (Glaucous Heath Sedge) — pilulifera (Round-headed Sedge) — praecox (Vernal Sedge) — panicea (Pink-leaved Sedge) — sylvatica (Wood Sedge) [ — binervis (Green-ribbed Sedge)] — distans (Loose Sedge) — flava (Yellow Sedge) [ — hirta (Hairy Sedge)] — Pseudo-cyperus (Cyperus-like Sedge) [ — paludosa (Lesser Common Sedge)] [ — riparia (Great Common Sedge)] — ampullacea (Slender-beaked Bottle Sedge) — paniculata (Great Panicled Sedge) — axillaris (Axillary-clustered Sedge) [ — pallescens (Pale Sedge)] CRYPTOGAMIA FiLICES {Ferns and Fern AlUes) Pteris aquilina (Brake) [Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum (Black Spleen- wort)] Athyrium Filix-foemina (Lady Fern) Scolopendrium vulgare (Hart's-tongue Fern) Polystichum lobatum (Common Prickly Fern) [var. aculeatum] Lastrea Filix-mas (Male Fern) — Spinulosa (Broad Shield Fern) — dilatata. Variety of above — Thelypteris (Marsh Fern). Over the border, JFundsford [ — Oreopteris (Heath Mountain Fern)] Polypodium vulgare (Common Polypody) var. serratum '" The list of Rushes, Sedges, Ferns, and Horse- tails has been mostly contributed by Mrs. J. C. Thring, and represents South Rutland. Only in the case of two or three of the less common ferns is the district indicated. FiLiCES {continued) Blechnum boreale (Northern Hard Fern) Asplenium Ruta-muraria (Wall-rue Spleen- wort). A, C — Trichomanes (Wall Spleenwort). A, C Ceterach ofEcinarum (Common Ceterach). C Ophioglossum vulgatum (Adder's-tongue). A, C Osmunda regalis (Flowering Fern). B, C Equisetaceae {Horsetails) Equisetum Telmeteia (Great Horsetail). A — arvense (Cornfield Horsetail). A — palustre (Marsh Horsetail). Rockingham — limosum (Water Horsetail). C — sylvaticum (Wood Horsetail). A Lycopodiaceak {Club-mosses) [ Lycopodium complanatum fClub-moss) ] 33 5
