534 CYPERACEAE 



a long leafy bract, and the inflorescence is more interrupted than in the 

 type ; it occurs in the Coleshill and Wytham meadows, near Abingdon 

 {see Rep. Bot. Exch. Club, 1892), at Pad worth, near the Loddon, &c. ; it 

 has much of the appearance of C. repens, Bell. 



The plant {forma interrupta) with interrupted spikes is not rare ; an 

 extreme form has been seen in the Abingdon meadows. 



The fruits are sometimes found in a hypertx'ophied condition, 

 probably from the attack of a gall insect. 



C. dislicha is found in all the bordering counties. 



[C. diandra, Schrank in Act. Acad. Mogunt (1782) 49, not of Roth. 



C. teretiuscula, Good, in Linn. Soc. Trans, ii. 163 (1792). 

 Syme, E. B. x. 87, t. 1619. Is recorded for Surrey and Hampshire, 



and should be found in the wet bogs about Sandhurst ; hitherto 



it has eluded me.] 



[C. paradoxa, Willd. in Schrift Naturf. Fr. Berl. (1794) 30. 



Syme, E. B. x. 89, t. 1621. Although not recorded for any of the 



bordering counties, it should be looked for as being a not unlikely 



plant to occur. It is found in Middlesex.] 



[C. arenaria, Linn. Sp. PI. 973. Is recorded on the authority of 

 Dr. Noehden in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809, but of course erroneously.] 



C. paniculata, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 294 (1759). Sp. PL ed. 2, 1383 

 (1762), and Herb. Tussock Sedge. 



Top. Bot. 456. Syme, E. B. x. 90, t. 1622. Nyman, 781. Fl. Oxf. 333. 



Native. Paludal. Sides of rivers, canals, streams, and ponds. Osier- 

 holts, damp woods, and marshes. Locally iibundant, but absent 

 from extensive areas of the county. P. April-June. 



First recorded by Dr. Goodenough in Limi. Soc. Trans. I. c. 1792. 



2. Ock. Marcham, Walker. Denchworth, Wait. Frilford. Abundant 



at Cothill. Abundant in marsh between Cothill and Abingdon. 



3. Pang. Plentiful near Tidmarsh. Near Bradfield. Bucklebury. 



Pangbourn. Standford Dingley. 



4. Kennet. Ham Marsh, Busselfs Cat. 1839. Abundant at Alder- 



maston Decoy. Greenham Common. Theale. Shefiford, abvindant 

 by the Lambourn between the villa and Weston. Padworth, 

 canal-side. Aldermaston. Hampstead Marsliall. Mortimer. 

 Abundant in the water-meadows between Kintbury and New- 

 bury. Benham. Southcote. Bagnor Marsh, abundant. 



5. Loddon. Virginia Water, Goodenough. Wokingham, Watson, 



Herb. Kew. Boosey Hill. Bracknell. Sandhurst. East- 

 hampstead. Windsor Park. Finchampstead. 

 C. paniculata is a very variable sedge. A form with very long spike- 

 like panicle is the var. simplex, S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. ii. 46 (1821). 



