268 MONCEC. ^TRIAND, 



Hab. Marshy places and bogs, common. Fl. June. 1^ . 



Stein 1 — 1 i foot high. Leaves rather broad, very glaucous, and rough 



at the edges. Cat. glumes dark brown, their keel green. Fruit 



greenish brown. 



35. C. recurva {glaucous Heutli Carex), sheaths short scarcely 

 any, bracteas subfoliaceous, fertile spikes subcylindiical dropp- 

 ing, fruit obovato-globose obtuse rather downy entire at the 

 point. E. B. t. 1506. 



Hab. Moist meadows and moors. In the S. of Scotland, Dicks. About 

 Glasg., iJop/c. A^^\n,Capt.Carmichael. F/. June. 1/. 



Leaves mostly radical, short, broadish. Culms about 1 foot high. Fer- 

 tile spikes 2. Fruit closely placed, brownish. 



-(--(- Stigmas 2. 



36. C. puUa (russet Carex), sheaths none, bracteas foliaceous, 

 fertile spikes ovate the lower one pedunculated, cal. oblong, 

 fruit subglobose apiculate with a short bifid beak. E. B. 

 j!.2045. 



Hab. Ben Lawers, Mr. J. Mackaij in E. B. Banks of the Tilt, Perih- 



&h.ire, Anderson. H.June. 1/. 

 Six to eight inches high. Leaves rather broad. Glumes dark brown. 



Fruit brownish. 



37. C. ccsspitosa {tufted Bog Carex), sheaths none, bracteas 

 foliaceous auricled at the base, spikes sessile oblong or ^ubcy- 

 lindrical obtuse, fruit broadly elliptical. Light/, p. 560. E.B, 



t. 1507. 



Hab. Marshes and wet pastures, frequent. Fl. June. 2/ . 



«. leaves narrow erect somewhat flaccid, spikes snbcyHndrical, 



cal. generally shorter than the fruit. C. ccespitosa, Light/. 



p. 560. E.B.t. 1507. 

 /3. leaves broader recurved rigid, spikes oblong, cal. generally as 



long as the fruit. C. rigida, E. B. t. 2047. C. saxatilis F 



W'ahl. Lapp. 

 Hab. ol. Marshes and wet pastures, frequent. /3. Summits of the 



Highland mountains, plentiful. Fl. June, July. %. . 

 It is no wonder that foreign botanists should be at a loss to know our 



C. rigida; for there is in reality no specific mark to distinguish it 



from C. cccspitosa, nor any difference which is not accounted for by 



its different place of growth. — It is the alpine state of it. 

 One foot and a half high. Leaves rather long, erect, flaccid. 



38. C. strict a {straight-leaved Carex), sheaths none, bracteas 

 with small auricles at the base short subfoliaceous, fertile 

 spikes nearly sessile cylindrical-filiform acuminate, fruit ovate 

 somewhat acute plane above on each side, culm acutely angu- 

 lar straight. Lighlf. p. 561 (C. ccespitosa jS.). E. ^. /. 914. 



Hab. Marshy places by the side of water. Banks of the water of 

 Leith, above Currie, Edinb., Maugh. Bog Kenmuir, and near Dal- 

 dowie, Hopk. Bogs, not unfrequent, D. Don. FL May. 11 • 



