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26. Blysmus compressiis. (L. Sp. 65.) 



Moab highlands, Lebanon, in wet places. Area, Northern and 

 Central Europe, Himalayas. 



27. HclcocJiaris paliistris. (L. Sp. 70.) Spike Rush. 

 Marshes and wet places ; general. Area, almost world-wide. 



28. Hckocharis macrautha. Bockel. Linn, xxxvi., p. 453. 

 Coast near Bey rout. P. 



29. Fiinbristylis ferniginea. (L. Sp. 74.) 



Gravelly streams and marshes, coast. Area, India, China, Nubia, 

 Abyssinia, Senegal, Tropical America, Australia. 



30. Fimbristylis dichotoDia. (Rottb. Gram, p. 57, pi. 13, f. i.) 

 Marshes, littoral districts. Area, Southern Europe, North-east 



Africa, Senegal, India, Canaries. 



31. Schanus nigricans. L. Sp. 64. Bog Rush. 



General in moist places. Area, Europe, North Africa, Siberia. 



32. Carex stenophylla. Wahl. Act. Holm. 1803, No. 21. 



Moist places, sub-alpine and alpine Lebanon. Area, Danube region, 

 Siberia, Thibet, North America. 



33. Ditto, van planifolia. Boiss. = C. pachystylis. Gay. 

 Judaea, Philistia, Southern Desert. 



34. Carex divisa. Huds. FI. Angl. i., p. 348. Bracteate Marsh 

 Sedge. 



General in marshes. Area, Central and Southern Europe, West 

 Siberia, North Africa, Madeira, Canaries, North-west India. 



35. Carex viilpina. L. Sp. 13S2. Great Sedge. 



General in marshes, and by rivers. Area, Europe, West Siberia, 



North Africa, North America. 



36. Carex nmricata. L. Sp. 1382. Prickly Sedge. 



General, up to 6,000 feet on Lebanon. Area, North temperate zone. 



