52 CYPERACEAi—SEDGE TRIBE 
eee RE * Stigmas 3; fruit downy ; fertile spikelets stalked. 
59. Dwarf Silvery Sedge (C. clandestina).—Fertile spikelets 1—3, 
each of about 3 flowers, which are concealed by the large membranaceous 
bracts. A humble plant from 2—3 inches high, with a stout creeping root- 
stock ; the leaves are narrow and much longer than the stalks. It grows on 
Salisbury Plain and on dry grassy hills in a few other localities in neigh- 
bouring counties, but is rare. It flowers in May. Also known as C. humilis. 
60. Fingered Sedge (C. digitdta).—Fertile spikelets 3—4, rather distant, 
slender, loosely flowered, the upper one longer than the terminal barren 
spikelet ; bracts membranaceous, awl-shaped, the lower one with a short 
leafy point. A slender and graceful plant from 8—10 inches high; the 
spikelets are remarkably lax, but the glumes and fruit are comparatively 
large. In limestone woods between Yorkshire, Devon, and Wilts, very rare ; 
flowering in May. A sub-species, C. ornithopoides, with broader bracts, the 
fruit longer than the glumes and without beak, is found in Derbyshire and 
Yorkshire. 
61. Large Downy-fruited Sedge (C. tomentésa).—Fertile spikelets 
about 2, nearly sessile, short, obtuse, with acute glumes; fruit globose, 
densely downy, with a short notched beak. Wet meadows near Merston 
Measy, Wiltshire; flowering in June. ‘A well-marked and very rare 
species, no other station being known for it in Britain than that just men- 
tioned, whence I have an original specimen.” —Sir IV. J. Hooker. 
vi. Terminal spikelets barren, 2 or more ; the rest fertile. Stigmas 3. 
* Fruit downy. 
62. Slender-leaved Sedge (C. jiliférmis).—Fertile spikelets 3 or 4, 
nearly sessile ; bracts leafy, very narrow, much longer than their spikelets ; 
glumes sharp-pointed, chestnut brown with green midrib. Boggy marshes, 
rare; flowering in May. A slender plant from 2—3 feet high, with long, 
very narrow, channelled, stiff, sheathing leaves ; the sheaths reddish-brown. 
63. Hairy Sedge (C. hirta).—Whole plant downy ; fertile spikelets 2 
or 3, remote, erect ; bracts very long, leaf-like, with long sheaths. Marshy 
and damp woods, frequent. Much stouter than the last, and easily dis- 
tinguished by its broad hairy leaves, and spikelets of large downy fruit. It 
flowers in May and June. 
** Fruit smooth. 
64. Slender-beaked Bottle Sedge (C. ampulldcea).—Fertile spikelets 
2 or 3, remote, erect, shortly stalked ; bracts leaf-like, long, without sheaths ; 
fruit inflated, beaked ; stem smooth, with three rounded angles. Bogs and 
marshes, mostly in the north. Stem and leaves from 1—2 feet high. The 
leaves are channelled, glaucous, and round at the edges. It flowers in June. 
Also known as C. rostrata. 
65. Short-spiked Bladder Sedge (C. vesicdria).—Fertile spikelets 
2 or 3, slightly drooping, nearly sessile; bracts long and leafy, without 
sheaths ; fruit much inflated, beaked; stem rough, with 3 acute angles. 
Resembling the last, from which it is distinguished by the above characters, 
