186 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. [CI. 21. 



uniform, stalked, ovate, drooping ; the terminal one with many 

 barren florets below. Fruit elliptical, compressed, smooth, with 

 a notched beak. Stamens two or three. 

 Alpine past. If . 6, 7. Stem 12 — 15 m. Scales black. Fr. yellow. 



36. Cpulla, 29. 2045. (Russet C.) Sheaths none. Fertile catkins 

 ovate ; the lower one stalked. Fruit elliptical, slightly inflated, 

 with a short notched beak. Stigmas two. 



Highl. mts. rare. V- . 7. R. creeping. Stem a span. Scales black. 



37. C. pallescens, 31. 2185. (Pale C.) Sheaths very short. Fertile 



catkins cylindrical, stalked ; at length pendulous. Fruit obovate, 



triangular, inflated, smooth, obtuse, with a minute abrupt beak'. 



Mead. & past.lf . 5, 6. Pale green, \f Scales yellowish. Fr. green. 



38. C.Jldva, 18. 1294. (Yellow C.) Sheaths short, nearly equal to 

 the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins roundish-ovate. Fruit trian- 

 gular, smooth, with a cloven beak curved downward. Stem nearly 

 smooth. 



Boggy mead. If. . 5, 6. 9 — 12 in. Scales light brown. Fr. ultimately 

 yellow. 



39. C. Oederi, 25. 1773. (Oederian C.) Sheaths and flower-stalks all 

 very short. Fertile catkins roundish-ovate. Fruit globular, trian- 

 gular, direct, smooth, with a straight cloven beak. Stem smooth. 



Wet commons. If. 7. Of humble growth, and less yellow. 



40. C.fulva, 18. 1295. (Tawny C.) ' Sheaths tubular, elongated, 

 shorter than the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins ovate, erect. 

 Scales pointless. Fruit ovate, triangular, direct, smooth, with 

 a straight, cloven, rough-edged beak. Stem rough. 



Boggy mead. If.. 6, 7. Slender, 12 — 15 in. Sp. tawny brown. Fr. 

 brownish. 



41. C. extensa, 12. 833. (Long-bracteated C.) Sheaths and flower- 

 stalks very short. Bracteas very long and spreading. Fertile 

 catkins elliptic-oblong, near together. Scales somewhat awned. 

 Fruit ovate, triangular, with a short, smooth, cloven beak. Stem 

 very smooth. 



Sea coast. 2f . 6. 6 — 18 in., a little curved, as well as the bracteas. 



42. C. distans, 18. 1234. (Loose C.) Sheaths tubular, elongated, 

 nearly equal to the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins elliptic-oblong, 

 widely distant. Scales pointed. Stem smooth. 



Muddy marshes. If. . 6. Stem weak, I — \\f Sp. dark rusty brown. 



43. C. binervis, 18. 1235. (Green-ribbed C.) Sheaths tubular, elon- 

 gated, shorter than the flower-stalks. Fertile catkins cylindrical, 

 distant; partly compound. Scales pointed. Stem smooth. Fruit 

 with two principal ribs. 



Drv heaths. If. 6. Larger and stouter. Sp. blackish. 



44. C. prcecox, 16. 1099. (Vernal C.) Sheaths about equal to the 

 very short flower-stalks. Catkins all elliptical, rather crowded. 

 Scales of the fertile ones pointed. Fruit pear-shaped, downy, 

 with an abrupt entire point. 



Dry heaths. 2f . 4. 3 — 8 in. Fert. catkins club-shaped, pale-yell. 



45. C. pilulifera, 13. 885. (Round-headed C.) Sheaths none. Fertile 



