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CYPERACEjE. [Carex. 



Fl. May. % . — Two to three feet high. Leaves broad, scarcely glau- 

 cous, rough. 



39. C. paludosa, Gooden. Lesser common Carex. Sheaths 

 none; bracteas very long, foliaceous; scales of the sterile spikes 

 obtuse ; fertile spikes cylindrical, obtuse ; fruit oblongo-ovate, 

 acute, bifid at the point, striated. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 404. E. Fl. 

 v. iv. p. 120. E. Bot. t. 807.— C. acuta, Curt. 



Boggy meadows, and by the sides of rivers and ditches. Fl. May. 

 %. — Two feet or more high. Leaves very broad, keeled, rough. 



40. C. riparia, Curt. Great common Carex. Sheaths 

 none; bracteas very long, foliaceous ; scales of the sterile spikes 

 acuminated ; fertile spikes scarcely pedunculated, broadly 

 cylindrical, acute ; fruit oblongo-ovate, striated, subacuminated, 

 deeply bifid at the point. Br. FL ed. 3. p. 404. E. Fl. v. iv. 

 p. J 21. E. Bot. t. 579.— C. acuta, Buds.— Light/. 



Sides of ditches and rivers, common. Fl. May. %. — Longer than 

 the last, with much broader leaves and spikes ; and distinguished by 

 the acuminated scales of its sterile spikes. 



41. C. laevigata, Sm. Smooth- stalked beaked Carex. Sheaths 

 elongated, shorter than the flower-stalks ; bracteas foliaceous ; 

 fertile spikes drooping, cylindrical ; all the scales acuminated 

 or mucronate; fruit ovate, triangular, striated, with rather a 

 long acuminated beak, bifid at the point. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 404. 

 E. Fl. v. iv. p. 122. E. Bot. t. 1387. 



Marshes and boggy thickets. Near Ballylickey, Bantry ; Miss 

 Hutchins. Banks of the Laggan, near Belfast ; Mr. Templeton and 

 Mr. Campbell. Fl. June. %. — Two to three feet high. Leaves 

 broad, but rather short. It has rarely more than one sterile spike, 

 which is always triquetrous ; but its similarity to the following species 

 authorises its being placed in this division. If arranged in the section 

 with " 1 sterile spike," its station would be near C. distans, from which 

 Mr. Wilson does not think it different. Hooker. 



42. C. vesicaria, Linn. Short-spiked Bladder Carex. Sheaths 

 none; bracteas foliaceous, long; fertile spikes cylindrical, 

 slightly drooping; scales lanceolate; fruit broadly ovate, in- 

 flated, subulato- rostrate, bifid at the point. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 405. 

 E. FL v. iv. p. 123. E. Bot. t. 779. 



Bogs and marshes, frequent. Fl. May. June. %.— One and a half 

 to two feet high. Leaves rather broad. Stems acute, angular. Fruit 

 tawny, very large, shining, much inflated. 



43. C. ampullacea, Gooden. Slender beaked Bottle Carex. 

 Sheaths none; bracteas foliaceous, fertile spikes cylindrical, 

 long, nearly erect, scales lanceolate; fruit crowded, subglobose, 

 inflated, setaceo-rostrate, slightly bifid at the point. Br. Fl. 

 ed. 3. p. 405. E. FL v. iv. p. 124. E. Bot. t. 780. 



Bogs and marshes, frequent, all over the country. Fl. June. %.— 

 Differs from the last by the smooth and nearly round stem, by the 

 channelled glaucous leaves, and by the fruit, which is brownish and 

 not half so large, with a narrower beak and different shaje. 



