on the Britifh Species of Carex, 187 
34 CAREX LIMOSA. 
C. vaginis abbreviatiffimis fub-nullis, fpicis foemineis ovatis pendulis, 
capfulis ovatis compreffis, radice repenti. . 
Cyperoides fpicà pendulà breviore, fquamis e fpadiceo vel fufco 
rutilante viridibus. Scheuchzer, 443. t. 10. f. 13. 
Flor. Suecic. n. 850. FI. Angl. 409. Withering, 1041. Pollich. 
n. 888. F/ Dan. 646. 
Habitat in paludibus turfofis, in comitatibus Eboracenfi, Lancaf- 
trienfi, Weftmorelandico, &c. paffim. Junio. 
Radix repens, perennis. Fola glauca, erecta, tenuia, marginibus 
carinâque afpera. Culmus erectus, triqueter, angulis acutis, afpe- 
riufculis. Spice, una mafcula, duæ foeminez. Spica mafcula ter- 
minalis, oblonga, fub-linearis;: fquamis flavefcentibus f. fubferru- 
gincis, oblongis, acutis. Spice fœmineæ longiüs pedunculatz, mox 
pendulæ, ovate, acutrufculæ; fquamis ovatis, acutis, fæpe mucrona- 
tis, fufcis, nervo dorfali viridi, capfulà paulo longioribus. Ad bafin 
pedunculorum braétea culmo longior, que vix ac ne vix quidem 
ullam partem pedunculi complectitur.  Cap/xla fub-compreffa, 
nervofa, ovata, mucronata, ore integro. Fi/amenta ut in ceteris. 
Stylus ftigmatibus tribus. 
This plant has been confounded with recurva, from which it ss 
readily diftinguifhable by its very fhort vaginæ, by its ovate fpikes, 
and by the fhape and colour of its capfules, which are compreffed ; 
of a cæfous green colour when young, and brown when npe 
not round, ovate, and black as in recurva. 
Upon cultivating it, I obierved, that it frequently threw vp bar- 
ren leafy ftalks; upon cutting thefe off, and planting them in 
Bb 2 pots 
