188 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. [CI. 21. 



cylindrical, slender ; drooping in flower ; afterwards erect. Fruit 

 elliptical, with a blunt, undivided beak. 

 Watery mead. If • 5. Bright green, 2f. Sp. elongated. 



53. C.paludosa, 12, 807. (Lesser common C.) Stigmas three. Cat- 



kins cylindrical, bluntish, erect ; the fertile ones with taper- 

 pointed scales. Fruit ovate, triangular, compressed, with a notched 



beak. 

 Boggy mead. If. 5. Of a glaucous hue, erect, If. 



54. C. ripdria, 9. 579. (Great common C.) Stigmas three. Catkins 



erect, with taper-pointed scales. Fruit ovate, tumid, with a 

 deeply cloven beak. 

 Watery pi. If. 4, 5- 3/. or more, rough : the largest and stoutest 

 Carex. 



55. C. laevigata, 20. 1387. (Smooth-stalked C.) Catkins cylindrical; 



fertile ones stalked. Scales all pointed. Sheaths very long. Fruit 

 triangular, with a cloven beak. 

 Marshes; not freq. If. 5. Bright green, smooth, 3/. Fruit green. 



56. C. vesicaria, 11. 779. (Bladder C.) Fertile catkins cylindrical, 



short, abrupt, on short stalks. Scales all lanceolate, acute. Sheaths 

 none.' Fruit ovate, inflated, with an elongated cloven beak. 

 Marshes. If. 5. Erect, 2f with rough angles. Fr.very smooth, 

 yellowish. 



57. C. ampulldcea, 11. 780. (Flagon C.) Fertile catkins cylindrical, 



elongated, nearly sessile. Scales all lanceolate, acute. Sheaths 

 none. Fruit inflated, globose, with a linear cloven beak. 

 Pools & marshes.lf . 5,6. Somewhat glauc. 1 — 2/. Fr. small, yell. 



58. C. hirta, 10. 685. (Hairy C.) Herbage hairy. Fertile catkins 

 ovate-cylindrical, remote. Scales awned. Sheaths nearly as long 

 as the flower-stalks. Fruit hairy, tumid, with a deeply cloven 

 beak. Stem rough-edged. 



Wet mead, and watery pi. If. 5, 6. Dull green, 2/. Sp. brown. 



59. C. secdlina. (Rye C.) Fertile catkins ovate-cylindrical ; the 

 lower one very remote. Scales acute. Sheaths as long as the 

 flower-stalks. Fruit ovate, rough-edged, compressed ; concave 

 at the inner side ; with an elongated, linear, cloven beak. Stem 

 smooth. 



Springy place, near Forfar : indig. ? If. 6, 7 ? Herb, naked. Stem 

 1 /. or more. Fr. large. 



60. C. stictocdrpa, Suppl. 2772. (Dotted C.) Fertile catkins two, 

 ovate, stalked. Scales pointed. Sheaths scarcely any. Fruit 

 obovate, obtuse, pointless, finely dotted. 



Highl. of Scot. If . 6, 7 ?— A var. of C. recurva. 

 51. C. angustifolia, (Narrow-leaved C.) Fertile catkins one or two, 

 ovate, stalked. Scales obtuse. Sheaths none. Fruit ovate, com- 

 pressed, smooth, with a short abrupt beak. Leaves linear, chan- 

 nelled. 

 Marshes in Scot. If . 6 ? Smooth and slender. Stem 15 in. — A 

 var. ofC csespit. 

 62. CJiliformis, 13. 904. (Slender-leaved C.) Fertile catkins ovate. 



