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from this locality were distributed through the Bot. Exch. Club 

 for 1890, which is the first certain record of the species in the 

 county. The beakless perigynia and the much broader leaves 

 distinguish it from C. sylvatica. 

 C. strigosa is recorded, on somewhat doubtful authority, for Oxford- 

 shire, and is not recorded for Bucks, but is found in the other counties 

 bordering Berkshire. 



C. sylvatica, Huds. Fl. Angl. 353 (1762). Wood Sedge. 



Top, Bot. 466. Syme, E. B. x. 144, t. 1665. Nyman, 769. Fl. Oxf. 323. 



Native. Damp woods, hedges, &c. Common in all the districts. P. 



May-June. 

 First record. C. sylvatica, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. Bisham 

 Wood, Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyt. i. 994, 1843. 

 Too widely distributed to need citation of localities. It occurs in 

 a very luxuriant condition in Wytham Wood. 

 C. sylvatica occurs in all the bordering counties. 



[C. DEPAUPERATA, Curt. Cat. 92, No. 228 ex With. ed. 2, 1049 (1787). Syme, 

 E. B. X. 142, t. 1674. 

 C. ventricosa, Curtis, Fl. Lend. f. vi. t. 68 (c. 1790). . 

 A very rare British species ; is found in Surrey.] 



C. laevigata, Sm. in Linn. Soc. Trans, v. (1800) 272, read 1799 (not of 

 Wahlenberg). 

 C. Jielodes, Link in Schrad. Journ. (1799) 305. 

 Top. Bot. 464. Syme, E. B. x. 146, t. 1666. Nyman, 769. Fl. Oxf. 324. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Shady and marshy places. Very local. P. 



April- June. 

 First recorded by Mr. Gotobed in Bot. Guide, 1805, and in Mavor's Agr. 

 Berks, 1809. 

 1. Isis. Wytham Wood. (Some doubt exists as te- the correctness 

 of the name.) 



3. Pang. In some plenty, growing in the watery margin of a pond 



near Tilehurst, tisually with two male spikes. 



4. Kennet. Bucklebury Lower Common, L. G. Sutton. In a marshy 



place between Greenham Common and the Kennet, Jackson. 



5. Loddon. Near Crowthorn, Salmon. Windsor Great Park, in 



a bog, Gotohed. In a damp thicket near Bracknell. 



The bracts of the female spikes exceeded in length the top of the 

 upper male spike in most of the Tilehurst plants. 



C. laevigata is recorded for the counties of Surrey, Hants, Wilts, and 

 Gloucestershire. 



C. "binervis, Sm. in Linn. Soc. Trans, v. (1800) 268, read 1799. 



C. distans, Lightf. Fl. Scot. ii. 561, not of Linn. 

 Top. Bot. 464. Syme, E. B. x. 147, t. 1667. Nyman, 770. Fl. Oxf. 324. 



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