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the length of the flower-stalks. Catkins slender, rather loose, 

 drooping. Fruit ovate, triangular, beaked, without ribs. 

 Woods. 14,5,6. Bright grass-green. Stem 3 /. stouter. Fl.-stalks 

 slender. 



26. C. depauperata, 16. 1098. (Starved Wood C.) Sheaths much 



shorter than the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins distant, erect, of 

 about three florets. Fruit inflated, ribbed, with a notched beak. 

 Dry woods, rare. If. 5, 6. Fr. 2 — 4, large, green, ovate, smooth. 



27. C. Mielichoferi, 32. 2293. (Loose-spiked C.) Sheaths not half 



the length of the flower- stalks. Fertile catkins three, distant, 

 erect, lax. Fruit ovate, tumid, triangular, rough-edged ; its 

 beak cloven, membranous at the summit. 

 Alpine rocks in Scot. If . 7, 8. Stem 1 /. roundish. L. smooth, flat. 



28. C. speirostdchya, Suppl. 2770. (Short-spiked C.) Sheaths shorter 



than the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins about three, distant, 

 erect, ovate, dense, many-flowered. Fruit ovate, triangular, ribbed, 

 smooth ; with a deeply cloven beak, membranous at the orifice. 

 Marshes in Scot. If . 7, 8. — Var. of C. fulva. 



29. C. phaostdchya, Suppl. 2731. (Short-brown-spiked C.) Sheaths 



shorter than the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins two, distant, erect, 

 ovate. Fruit triangular, smooth ; with a cloven beak. Scales of 

 the barren catkin pointed ; of the fertile ones obtuse. 

 Highl. rocks, Scot. If. 6. — Var. of C. panicea. 



30. C. capilldris, 29. 2069. (Capillary C.) Common sheath much 

 shorter than the two or three capillary drooping flower-stalks. 

 Fertile catkins ovate, rather loose, pendulous. Fruit ovate, tri- 

 angular, pointed, without ribs ; membranous at the tip. Root 

 fibrous. 



Highl. Mts. Scot.2£ . 7, 8. Slender, 2—4 in. Fl.-stalks very slender. 



31. C. rariflora, 35. 2516. (Loose-flowered C.) Sheaths scarcely any. 



Fertile catkins lax, drooping, of few florets. Fruit obovate, tri- 

 angular, slightly pointed, without ribs. Root creeping. 

 Clova Mts. If. 7. Bather larger. Scales ovate, acute, black. 



32. C.Pseudo-cyperus, 4. 242. ( Bastard- Cy per us C.) Sheaths scarce- 



ly any. Fertile catkins dense, cylindrical, drooping, many-flow- 

 ered. Scales awl-shaped. Fruit spreading, lanceolate, furrowed, 

 rough-edged, with a deeply-cloven beak. 

 Wet shady pi. If-. 6. 1 /. Spikel. \\— 2 in. green, on rough stalks. 



33. C. limosa, 29. 2043. (Green-and-Gold CJ Sheaths scarcely any. 



Fertile catkins ovate, dense, drooping, many-flowered. Fruit 

 elliptical, compressed, ribbed, smooth-edged, without a beak. 

 Root creeping. 

 Deep rotten bogs. "U. 6. A span high. Scales brown, with a golden 

 lustre. Fr. green. 



34. C. ustuldta, 34. 2404. (Scorched C.) Sheaths very short. Fer- 

 tile catkins ovate, dense, pendulous. Fruit elliptical, compressed, 

 rough-edged, with acloven beak. Root tufted, somewhat creeping. 



Wet micaceous sit. If.l. 3 — 4 in. Scales and fruit dark brown. 



35. C. atrata, 29. 2044. (Black C.) Sheaths scarcely any. Catkins 



