. Field and woodland plants. The Bog Asphodel. 252 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS larger and more succulent fio. The Common ^ is generally irom one wers it is often included among the has a creeping rootstock, andstiff, erect stems from six to teninches high. Its bright yellow, star-like flowers form a stiff, terminalraceme, with a bract at the base,and another one above the middleof each pedicel. The segments ofthe perianth are about a thirdof an inch long, yellow above andgreenish below. The stamens area little shorter than the ])erianthsegments ; and thek filaments areclothed
. Field and woodland plants. The Bog Asphodel. 252 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS larger and more succulent fio. The Common ^ is generally irom one wers it is often included among the has a creeping rootstock, andstiff, erect stems from six to teninches high. Its bright yellow, star-like flowers form a stiff, terminalraceme, with a bract at the base,and another one above the middleof each pedicel. The segments ofthe perianth are about a thirdof an inch long, yellow above andgreenish below. The stamens area little shorter than the ])erianthsegments ; and thek filaments areclothed with white woolly plant is common on wet moorsand in mountain bogs, floweringfrom June to August. The Common Rush (Jiincns com-munis) is a very abundant species,to be found in almost all wet andmarshy j)Iaces, flowering during Julyand August. Its stems are round,leafless, soft, faintly furrowed, solid,with a continuous pith. They arefrom one to three feet high, and aresheathed at the base by a fewbrownish scales, but the j)lant hasno true leaves. Most of the stemsbear a panicled cluster of
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