THE SEDGE FAMILY. 456 



28. Slendek-spiked Carex — {Carex aciita,) 



Moist meadows and swampy places. Near the excavations for the 



intended canal above Reddish, tolerably plentiful. Margin of Rostherne 



Mere, abundant, and in one or two places in Chorlton fields. Fl. May. 



Curtis, ii. 282 (as Carex gracilis); E, B. ix. 580. 



29. Steaight-leaved Carex — {Carex cosspifdsa.) 

 Borders of Rostherne Mere, the only locality known in this 

 neighbourhood. Fl. May. 



E. B. xiii. 914 (as Carex stricta). 



30. Small Yellow Carex — [Carex (Ederi.) 



Moist, boggy places, in low, wet meadows and pastures, and on the 

 mosses, abundant. Fl. May, June. 



E. B. XXV. 1773. 



Easily distinguished by its small size, being rarely more than four or five inches 

 high, yellowish-green colour, and the sessile heads with long straight beaks to the 

 fruit. This plant has been commonly confounded with the Carex Jiava, (E. B. 

 x-viii. 1294.) but the latter does not grow near Manchester. On the banks of 

 the canal at Kendal and near Lancaster it may be gathered in abundance. 

 (Mr. Sidebotham.) 



31. Tawny Carex — [Carex fulva.) 

 Boggy meadows and pastures, not uncommon. Between Hyde and 

 Apethorne, near the railway, abundant. Werneth Lowe. Several 

 places about Reddish. Hale Moss. Fl. July. 

 E. B. xviii. 1295. 



32. Pale Carex — [Carex pallescens.) 

 ^Wet, shady places, rather uncommon. Woods near Reddish Mill. 

 Bottoms Hall Wood. Mere Clough, on the bank above the reservoir, 

 on the left hand, descending from Prestwich. Near Burley Hurst 

 Wood, Mobberley. Near Marple Aqueduct. Coutacre Clough. (R. H.) 

 Cotterill and Ashley. Fl. June, July. 



Curtis, iv. 641 ; E. B. xxxi. 2185. 



33. Green-ribbed Sedge — [Carex hinervis.) 

 Moist, shady places, rather rare. Mere Clough. Alderley Edge. 

 Between Hayfield and Kinder Scout, and near Tintwistle, on the sides 

 of the hills, tolerably abundant. Fl. July. 

 E. B. xviii. 1235, 



