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species figured is widely distributed in the British 

 Islands, though not one of the commonest. It 

 grows to the height of upwards of a foot ; there 

 are several flowers on a spike, and the leaves are 

 more flattened than in the allied species. 



Bath Carex — Carex Davalliana 



(Plate CXIII) 



The species of Carex are very numerous, and 

 nearly eighty are recorded as British. They are 

 grass-like plants, and are generally known as Sedges. 

 Most of them, but not all, grow in wet places. 

 The Bath Carex grows about 6 inches high, and is 

 found on peaty moors. It used formerly to grow 

 near Bath, but is now believed to be extinct in 

 Britain. It is found in damp meadows in South 

 France, Switzerland, North Italy, and Eastern 

 Germany, being particularly common near Stettin ; 

 it flowers from April to June. The male and 

 female flowers grow on separate stalks, some 

 consisting of stamens only, and others of a pistil 

 with two sti- r mas. 



Fox Sedge — Carex vulpiiia 

 (Plate CXIV) 

 This is a handsome and easily recognisable 

 species, which grows plentifully in ditches, swampy 

 places, etc. It grows to the height of 3 or 4 feet, 

 and the spike is broken up into several divisions, 

 having male flowers on the upper portion with 

 3 stamens, and female flowers on the lower portion 

 with a pistil with two stigmas. It flowers in summer. 



Acute Carex — Carex acuta 

 (Plate CXV) 

 This is a common species in swampy places 

 and water-meadows. It grows to the height of 2 

 or 3 feet, and flowers in early summer. In most 

 species of Carex the stem is rough and triquetral, 

 and su fficiently hard in large specimens to draw 

 blood if pulled quickly through the hand. 



Order CV. Gramincce (50 genera) 



The Grasses are plants with fibrous roots and a 

 hollow stem, sometimes containing pith, interrupted 



