326 CYPERACEiE. [Carer, 



gular ; leaves plane. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 393. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 85. 

 E. Bot. t. 923. 



Sandy sea-shores, frequent. Fl. June. %. — Root excessively long 

 and creeping. Stems rough, eight inches to a foot high. Fruit with 

 a green membranous wing. It is of great service in binding the sand. 



5. C. intermedia, Gooden. Soft brown Carex. Inferior and 

 terminal spikelets fertile, all crowded into an oblong inter- 

 rupted head, the intermediate ones sterile; fruit acutely mar- 

 gined, longer than the calyx; bracteas membranaceous, the 

 lower ones somewhat leafy ; stem triangular ; leaves plane. Br. 

 Fl. ed. 3. p. 393. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 86. E. Bot. t. 2042. 



Marshy ground and wet meadows. Fl. June. %. — Root creeping. 

 Stem one to one and a half foot high. Spikes, or heads of spikelets, 

 similar in general appearance to the last. Fruit large, not so distinctly 

 winged as gradually flattened towards the margin, more striated on its 

 flat or inner side, the beak broader at its summit. Stem much taller, 

 and the leaves confined to the lower part of it. 



6. C. divisa, Huds. Bracteated Marsh Carex. Spikelets 

 sterile at their extremity, crowded into a somewhat ovate head, 

 the lower ones simple or compound, with a leafy erect bractea 

 at their base ; fruit roundish-ovate, convex on one side, slightly 

 concave on the other, acutely angular, cloven at the point. Br. 

 Fl. ed. 3. p. 393. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 87. E. Bot. t. 1096. 



Marshy places, especially near the sea. Salt marsh at Aghris, Cun- 

 namara ; Doctor Wade. County of Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. 

 May, June. % . — Stem about a foot high : lower bracteas with a long 

 leafy point. 



7. C. muricata, Linn. Greater prickly Carex. Spikelets 

 sterile at their extremity, slightly compound, collected into an 

 oblong rather dense spike ; fruit plano-convex, ovato-acumi- 

 nate, acute, angular, spreading, rough at the beak. Br. Fl. ed. 

 3. p. 393. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 88. E. Bot. t. 1097. 



Marshy and especially gravelly pastures, and ditch-banks in various 

 parts of the country. Fl. May, June. %. — One to two feet high, 

 slender. Bracteas small, lanceolate, subsetaceous. Fruit yellow- 

 brown, broad, rather large. 



8. C. divulsa, Gooden. Grey Carex. Spikelets sterile at 

 their extremities, distant, upon an elongated spike ; fruit plano- 

 convex, ovato-acuminate, acute, angular, " erect," (Smith) 

 rough at the beak. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 394. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 89. 

 E. Bot. t. 629. (young spike.) — C. muricata, /3. Wahl. — Hook. 

 Scot. 1. p. 262. 



Grassy hedges near Killiney-bay. Fl. May, June. % . — Very much 

 resembling the last. The colour is paler, the spikes more elongated 

 and slender, with more distant spikelets. Probably, as Dr. Hooker 

 thinks, only a variety of the last. 



9. C. vulpina, Linn. Great Carex. Spikelets sterile at 

 their extremities, compound, collected into a cylindrical crowded 



