MONCrc. — TRIAND. 261 



Hae. Subalpine bogs, Mearns-shire, Prof. J. Beattie. Bog near 



Crossgate-toU 5 and by the side of Guillon Loch, Edinb., Maugh. 



Fl. June. 11. 

 Root fibrous. Culms a span to a foot high, rough. Fruit much 



browner than the last, shining. Stigmas 2. — Wahlenberg is surely 



wrong in making this a var. of the preceding. 



3. C. pnlicaris [Flea Carcx), spike simple androgynous, flow- 

 ers few, fruit distant oblongo-lanceolate acuminate reflexed, 

 stigmas 2. Light/, p. 543. E. B. t. 1051. 



H.vB. Bogs, frequent. Fl. May, June. If . 



A span high. Culms smooth. Leaves, as in all of this divnsion, se- 

 taceous or filiform. Fruit dark brown, smooth. 



4. C. pauciflora {few -flowered Carex), spike simple androgy- 

 nous of very few flowers, fruit distant lanceolato-subulate pa- 

 tenti- reflexed, stigmas 3. Light/, p. 543. t. 6./. 2. E. B. 

 t. 204 1 . 



Hab. Discovered by Mr. Lightfoot in bogs half way up the mountain 

 Goatfell, in Arran, in the ascent from Brodick castle. Wet moors 

 in the Highlands, Dickson. Near Glasgow, Huds. Middle of 

 Ben Lomond, Dr. Walker. N. of Blair, Mr. PFitich. Merlentii- 

 gal, the ascent to Ben Nevis, Mr. Borrer and Hook. Fl. June. 1/ . 



Readily known from the last, if any other character were wanting, by 

 the very pale yellowish colour of X\iQ fruit, which is also striated. 



■** Culm divided upwards into several spikes, which are sessile, andro- 

 gynous, with a suhamplexicaul bractea at the base, and Jlowers with 

 2 stigmas. 



t Spikelets sterile at their extremity (ei;cept in C, arenaria and C. 



intermedia) . 



5^. C. incurva {curved Carex), spikelets sterile at their extre- 

 mity collected into a roundish head, fruit broadly rotundato- 

 ovate shortly acuminated swelling on both sides nearly entire 

 at the point, culm obtusely angular, leaves channelled. 

 Light/ p. 544. /. 24./ 1 . £. B. t. 927. 



Hab. Discovered by the late Dr. Hope at the mouth of the water of 

 Naver, and near Skelherry, in Durrsness, Shetland. Near Aber- 

 deen, Prof. Beattie. Links of St. Andrew's, Maugh. Coast of 

 Moray, James Brodie, Esq. Sands between the Brora and Helms- 

 dale rivers, Sutherland ; and Keis Bay, Caithness,, Mr. Borrer aritl 

 Hook. Fl. June. % . 



Root very creeping. Culms 2 — 4 inches high, curved. Head large, 

 broadly rotundo-ovate. Cal. glumes with a broad membranous 

 border. 



6. C. arenaria {Sea-side Carex), lower spikelets fertile upper 

 ones sterile all crowded, fruit vvith a membranous margin, brae- 

 teas membranaceous the lower ones subfoliaceous, cuhn trian- 

 gular, leaves plane. Light/ p, 545, E. B. t, 928. 



