Varex.\ CYPERACE.E. 331 



'27. C.fulva, Gooden. Taw?/?/ Carex. Sheaths elongated, 

 shorter than the peduncles ; bracteas foliaceous ; scales acute ; 

 fertile spikes oblongo-ovate, distant; fruit broadly ovate, as- 

 cending, glabrous, acuminated into a straight beak, bifid at the 

 point; stem scabrous. Br. FL ed. 3. p. 400. E. FL v. iv. 

 p. 107. E. Bot. t. 1295. 



Elevated boggy meadows. On many of the Cork and Kerry moun- 

 tains. Mourne mountains, &c. ; Mr. Templeton. Derry mountains ; 

 Mr. D. Moore. Fl. June. %. — One foot high ; somewhat resembling 

 C. dista?is, but is smaller, with shorter, more lax, paler-coloured and 

 fewer-flowered spikes ; and acute, not mucronate, calyx-scales. 



28. C. exte?isa, Gooden. Long bracteated Carex. Sheaths 

 very short (scarcely any) with extremely long foliaceous brac- 

 teas ; fertile spikes nearly sessile, oblong ; scales slightly mu- 

 cronate ; fruit ovate, striated, with a short acuminated beak, 

 bifid at the point ; leaves very narrow ; stem smooth. Br. FL 

 ed. 3. p. 400. E. FL v. iv. p. 108. E. Bot. t. 8:33. 



Salt marshes. Near Ballylickey, Bantry, and at Portmarnock. Near 

 Donaghadee ; Mr. Te??xpleto?i. Side of the Foyle, and near the 

 mouth of the river Roe, County of Oerry ; Mr. D. Moore. Fl. 

 June. %.. — Well distinguished by its channelled, narrow, long leaves 

 and bracteas. 



29. C. distans, Linn. Loose Carex. Sheaths elongated, 

 about equal to the flower-stalks, with leafy bracteas ; fertile 

 spikes sometimes compound, remote, oblong, erect; calyx 

 mucronate ; fruit ovate, somewhat inflated, subtriquetrous, 

 uniformly nerved, with a rather short beak, bifid at the 

 point. Br. FL ed. 3. p. 401. E. FL v. iv. ;j. 109. E. Bot. 

 t. 1234. 



Salt marshes near Sandymount, Baldoyle, and Portmarnock, and 

 other places on the coast, abundant. Fl. June. 1£. — Eight inches to 

 two feet high, slender. Spikes very distantly placed, their rather long 

 peduncles entirely concealed by the sheathing bases of the bracteas. 

 Scales of the calyx rather pale brown. 



30. C. bi?iervis, Sm. Green-ribbed Carex. Sheaths elon- 

 gated, about equal to the flower-stalks, with leafy bracteas ; 

 fertile spikes remote, cylindrical, the lower ones partly com- 

 pound, erect; scales mucronate ; fruit ovate, scarcely inflated, 

 rather acutely triquetrous, with two principal (green) nerves 

 near the margin at the back, and a rather short beak, bifid at 

 the point. Br. FL ed. 3. p. 401. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 110. E. Bot. 

 t. 1099. 



Dry heaths, frequent. Fl. June. %. — A much stouter and taller 

 plant than the last. Three, or even four feet high, when growing 

 among furze bushes on Howth and other similar situations. Calyx- 

 scales, and especially the fruit, more highly coloured, the latter more 

 acutely triquetrous, with two nerves near the margin at the back, which 

 are always green. 



31. C. precox, Jacq. Vernal Carex. Sheaths short (scarcely 



