328 CYPERACE^E. [Carex. 



striated, as long as the scales. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 395. E. Fl. 

 v. iv. p. 81. E. Bot. t. 1386. 



Boggy ground on Slieve Gallion, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. 

 Bogs in several places in the County of Down ; Mr. Campbell. Fl. 

 June, i;.— Distinguished by its pale elliptical spikelets, and imbri- 

 cated, compressed, almost elliptical fruit. 



14. C. Buxbaumii, Wahl. Buxbaums Carex. " Spikelets 

 about four, rather distant, erect ; nearly sessile, elliptical ; the 

 upper one sterile at the base ; stigmas three, which are short ; 

 fruit elliptical, substipitate, slightly downy, bicuspidate ; scales 

 ovate-lanceolate, longer than the fruit, in the male having a 

 short, in the female a long awn ; stem triangular, much longer 

 than the leaves, the edges roughish upwards ; bracteas leafy, 

 little exceeding the stem ; sheath none." Hook, in litt. 



Found by Mr. D. Moore, in July 1835, on a small island in Lough 

 Neagh, near Toom-bridge. %. — Mr. Moore having sent Dr. Hooker 

 specimens of the above interesting addition to our Flora, for his opinion, 

 he has determined it to be C. Buxbaumii of Wahlenberg, and 

 has favoured us with the above correct description of it. In some 

 respects it approaches C. tomentosa, but that has fewer spikes, a ter- 

 minal spike wholly male, differently formed and more downy fruit, and 

 very different scales. 



15. C. oralis, Gooden. Oval spiked Carex. Spikelets 

 about six, sterile at the base, oval, approximate ; fruit as long 

 as the calyx, ovato-acuminate, compressed, plano-convex, 

 striated, with a broad membranous margin, rough at the edge ; 

 the beak bifid. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. §95. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 82. 

 E. Bot. t. 806. 



Bogs and marshy places. Fl. June. %.— Stems one foot high, tri- 

 angular. Spikelets brownish-green, shining. Calyx-scales concealing 

 the fruit. Bracteas small, upper ones resembling the calyx-scales. 



16. C. remota, Linn. Remote Carex. Spikelets several, 

 (small) sterile at their base, very distant; fruit longer than the 

 calyx, oblongo-ovate, shortly acuminate, plano-convex, acute, 

 angular, bifid at the point; bracteas very long and narrow, 

 leafy, reaching bevond the spike. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 396. E. 

 Fl. v. iv. p. 84. E. Bot. t. 832. 



Woods and moist shady places. Fl. June. %.— Whole plant very 

 slender, pale green, one to one foot and a half high, leafy, smooth and 

 roundish below, triangular and rough-edged in the upper part. Leaves 

 narrow. 



17. C. axillaris, Gooden. Axillary clustered Carex. Spike- 

 lets several, sterile at their base, very distant ; fruit longer than 

 the calyx, oblongo-ovate, shortly acuminate, plano-convex, 

 acute, angular, the beak deeply bifid ; bracteas setaceous, lower 

 one long, the rest scarcely so long as the spike. Br. Fl. ed. 3. 

 p. 396. E. FL v. iv. p. 84. E. Bot. t. 993. 



