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^. smaller, spike very compact. C. teretiuscnla, E. B. 1. 1065. 



Hab. Marshy places, occasionally ; Bog Daldowie and at Kenmuir ; 

 Banks of the Clyde near New Kilpatrick. Revelrig-toU, Mr. Gre^ 

 ville. ForhrLoch, Mr. Arnott. A]iTpm, Capt. Car michael. /3. N. 

 Queensferry, Mr. T. Mackay. Marsh at the foot of Dundas hill, 

 Edinb., Mr. P. Neill. Banks of the Clyde, 2 miles beyond Hamil- 

 ton, Hopk. Marsh of Restenat, near Forfar and Pentland hills, 

 G. Don. Fl. June. H . 



Two to three feet high. Cuhns triangular, striated. Spike very brown, 

 shining. Bracteas small, subsetaceous. — Future observations may 

 teach me otherwise ; but after a careful examination of numerous 

 specimens of C. panic, and C. teret., I can find no other difference 

 than what I have noticed above, and heartily concur with Wah- 

 lenberg in uniting them ; sensible that science suffers instead of 

 gaining by multiplying species on such slight grounds. . 

 ft Spikelets sterile at tlieir base. 



12. C. stellulata {small stellated Carex), spikelets sterile at 

 their base 3 or 4 distant, fruit ovate much attenuated convexo- 

 fjlane acutangular divaricated rough at the margins. Light/, 

 p. 549 (C. muricnta). E. B. t. 806. 



Hab. Marshes in heathy places, frequent. F/. May, June. 11. 



A span or a foot high. Leaves nearly as long as the culm. Distin- 

 guished by the few much beaked capsules, in small distant rounded 

 spikelets, which spread when ripe in every direction. 



13. C. curta {white Carex), spikelets sterile at their base about 

 5 rather distant elliptical, bracteas very minute (except the 

 lower one), capsules broadly ovate acute convex on one side 

 and nearly plane on the other subobtusangular with 2 teeth at 

 the extrc" ity. Lightf. p. 550 {C canescens^). E. B. t. 1386. 



Hab. Bogs, but not "common. In Isla, 2 miles from the sound, 

 Lightf. N. Queensferry; near Habbies How, Pentland hills j 

 and ilavelrig Bog, Maugh., &c. Fl. June. 1/ . 



One foot high. Distinguished by its pale elliptical spikes, and imbri- 

 cating capsules. 



14. C. ovalis {oval-spiked Carex), spikelets sterile at the base 

 oval about 5 approximate, fruit as long as the cal. ovato- 

 acuminate convex on one side concave on the other with a 

 membranaceous margin bifid at the point. Lightf. p. 547 

 {C.leporina). E.B.t.'SOQ. 



Hab. Bogs and marshy places, not unfrequent. Fl. June. 1/ , 

 Culms 1 foot high, triangular. Spike brownish green, shining. Cal. 

 glumes concealing the fruit. Bracteas small, uppermost ones re- 

 sembling the glumes. 



15. C. remota {remote Carex), spikelets sterile at the base 

 distant, fruit longer than the cal. oblongo-ovate acumiaate 

 convexo-plane subacutangular obtuse at the margins the point 



* C. canesccm of Linn. Fl. Succ, according to Wahlenberg. 



