458 THE SEDGE FAMILY. 



45. Haiey Sedge — [Oarex hirta.) 

 "Wet meadows and pastures, and especially by the sides of the 

 trenches cut for draining them, common. Abundant in Greenheys 

 fields. Dunham Park. Sale. Blakeley. Fl. May, June. 



E. B.x. 685. 

 Immediately distinguished by its copious clothing of fine soft hairs, though in 

 very wet situations the quantity is sometimes diminished. 



46. Flask-fktjited Sedge — [Carex ampullacea.) 



Pondsides, and by meres and lakes, tolerably common. Three Lane 



Ends, Chorlton. Hale Moss. Agecroft. Borders of Radnor Mere, 



Alderley Park. Back Levenshulme. Borders of Rostherne Mere, 



abundant. Plentiful about Middleton and Pilkington. (J. P.) Bedford, 



near Leigh. (R. H.) Borders of the old mere below Disley Railway 



Station. Fl. May, June. 



E. B. xi. 780. 



47. Bladdek Sedge — {Carex vesicdria.) 

 In similar situations but less common. Borders of Radnor Mere, 

 Alderley Park. Borders of Mere Mere, plentiful. Ponds near Three 

 Lane Ends, Chorlton. Near Red Brows, Didsbury. Borders of Disley 

 Mere, with the preceding. Fl. May, June. 



E. B. xi. 779. 



48. Black Swamp Sedge — [Carex paluddsa.) 



Marshy places, and on the borders of water, common. Exceedingly 



fine and plentiful at the foot of Mere Clough and at the edge of 



Rostherne Mere. Barlow Wood. Reddish. Levenshulme. Swamp 



in Burley Hurst Wood, Mobberley. Seaman's Moss Pits. Hale Moss. 



Fl. June. 



Curtis, ii. 281 (as Carex acuta); E. B. xii. 807. 



The stems of this and the other large, coarse semi-aquatic sedges are in 

 Cheshire called " sniddel," and used for putting on the cheese-room floors, as 

 they do not give way so soon as the straws of grass or cereals, and seem to allow 

 of better ventilation. (Mr. Holland.) 



49. Rivek-side Caeex — (Carex riparta.) 

 Banks of rivers and streams, and in marshy places, rather rare. 

 Borders of Rostherne Mere, plentiful. Near Astley and Tyldcsley. 

 (J. E., R. H.) Fl. May, June. 



Curtis, ii. 280; E. B. ix. 579. 

 The largest and stoutest of our native sedges. 



