CAREX 539 



Mr. J. C. Melvill tells me that he found it in 1875 by ditches along the 

 Reading road past Hurst Grove in considerable quantity. 



C. elongata is only recorded for Surrey of the bordering counties, but 

 I have seen it in Hants by the Blackwater. 



C. canescens, Linn. Sp. PL 974 (1753). Fl. Suec. ed. 2, 842 (teste 



Wahlenberg). Herb. No. 34. 



C. ciirta, Good, in Linn. Soe. Ti-ans. ii. 145 (1792''. C. hrizoicles, Huds. 



Fl. Angl. 349 and Linn. Herb. No. 10, not of Sp. PI. C. cinerea, 



Pollich, Hist. PI. Pal. ii. 571. 



Top. Bot. 450. Syme, E. B. x. 102, t. 1631. Nyman, 780. Fl. Oxf. 331. 



Native. Uliginal. Marshes, bogs, wet places on heaths. Local, but 



abundant over limited areas in the Loddon district. P. June-July. 



First record. C. curta, Dr. Goodenough in Linn. Soc. Trans. 1892. Dr. 



Lightfoot also notes it in his MSS. under Carex brizoides, and he 



may have been the prior discoverer. Mentioned as a Berkshire 



plant in Smith's Fl. Brit. 968 (1804), and in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



5. Loddon. Virginia Water, Goodenough. Still plentiful there, 



especially at the M^estern end in Bei'kshire. It is given for 



Bagshot in the Winch MSS. but the locality may be in Surrey. 



I have found it plentifully by the Lake at Sandhurst, in great 



luxuriance by Spout Pond, and by Heath Pool near Wellington 



College, also at Long Moor, and by the road between Wellington 



College and Wokingham. Also plentifully in Sunninghill bog. 



The light yellowish-green foliage renders it distinguishable at a 



glance from its allies. 



C. canescens is recorded only for Surrey, Hants, and Wilts. 



C. leporina, Linn. Sp. PI. 973 (1753% 



C. ovalis, Good, in Linn. Soc. Trans, ii. 148 (1792). 

 Top. Bot. 450. Syme, E. B. x. 103, t. 1634. Nyman, 779. Fl. Oxf. 328. 

 Native. Ericetal, &c. Moist heaths, marshes, &c. Local. Scarce in 



the north of the county. P. May-June. 

 First record. C. ovalis, Dr. Goodenough, I.e. 1792. 



1. Isis. Wytham. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, Baxter in Walk. Fl. 267 (1833). Boar's Hill. 



Frilfurd. TubneJ^ Wootton. 



3. Pang. Oarebury Hill Wood. Cold Ash Common. Bucklebury. 



Oare Common. Fence Wood. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, Tufnail. Shaw. Bucklebury. Newbury 



Wash Common. Burghfield. Aldermaston. Little Common, 

 Hungerford. Inkpen. Hampstead Marshall. Snelsmore. 

 Crookham Heath. Tilcombe Green. 



5. Loddon. On the high ground above Virginia Water I found 



C. ovalis with one male oblong spike, Goodenough, 1792. By the 



