Carex.] CYPERAGE/E. 3#5 



44. C. hirta, Linn. Hairy Carex. Hairy ; sheaths elong- 

 ated, nearly equal to the flower stalks ; bracteas long, foliaceous; 

 fertile spikes short, cylindrical, distant, the scales cuspidate ; 

 fruit hairy, ovate, with a long beak. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 405. E. 

 Fl. v. iv. p. 125. E. Bot. t. 685. 



Wet pastures and woods, frequent. Fl. May, June. %. — One to 

 two feet high, more or less hairy in every part. 



45. C. filiformis, Linn. Slender-leaved Carex. Glabrous; 

 sheaths scarcely any ; bracteas long, very narrow ; fertile spikes 

 shortly pedunculate, oblongo-cylindrical, their scales cuspidate; 

 fruit ovate, shortly beaked, deeply bifid at the point, very pu- 

 bescent. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 405. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 128. E. Bot. 

 t. 904. 



Boggy marshes, rare. Ballyphehane bog, and Lough Carra, County 

 of Kerry ; Mr. J. Dntmmond. Fl. May. %. — One to two feet high. 

 Leaves' slender, their margins involute, filamentous at their bases near 

 the roots. ■ 



