1 54 Cyperaceae. 



CA'REX DIOrCA(77). Separate-headed Sedge. 5—6. Stem6— loin. 



(1553) high wiry smooth, root creeping, leaves setaceous, pistillate spikelet 

 solitary terminal ovate, perigynia erect or spreading. Bogs and 

 7}ioorlands. 



CA'REX PULICA'RIS (104). Flea Sedge. 5—6. Stem 3—8 in. 



{1555) slender smooth grooved, leaves setaceous tufted, spikelet slender 

 staminate at the apex pistillate at the base, perigynia reflexed distant 

 (having a certain resemblance to insects clustering round the stem). 

 Bogs. 



CA'REX VULGA'RIS (106). Common Sedge. 6—8. Stem triangular 

 (1587) \ — 2 ft.short and curved or long slender and erect, leaves very slender 

 with incurved margins (best seen when dry), spikelets 3 — 5 sessile short 

 the terminal one staminate the rest pistillate, stigmas 2, glumes obtuse 

 dark purplish-brown, perigynia elliptical with a very short beak. 

 Marshes and wet meadows. 



Ca'rex divi'sa (26). Bracteate Marsh Sedge. 6 — 7. Stem i — 3 ft. very 



(1559) slender, spikelets all similar sessile short crowded forming an oblong- 

 oyate spike with a slender leaf-like bract at its base, leaves long very 

 narrow light green with involute margins, perigynia ovoid, beak bifid 

 serrulate. [G. {Malham Cove.) 



CA'REX DIS'TICHA (78). Soft-brown Sedge. 7. Stem 1—3 ft., 



(1560) spikelets numerous ascending acute upper and lower pistillate middle 

 ones staminate crowded in an elongate head or spike ^ — 3 in. long 

 which when mature is divided into two portions by the remains of the 

 barren spikelets in the centre, leaves J — J in. broad flat, perigynia 

 stalked ovoid ribbed, beak bifid serrulate. Marshes and wet meadows. 



CA'REX LEPORI'NA (no). Hare's-foot Sedge. 6—7. Stem trian- 



(1577) gular 6 — 10 in. high smooth, spikelets 3 (or 4), ovate crowded into 



a compact lobed head, spikelets staminate at the base only, leaves 



shorter than the stem flat, perigynia ovoid striate with rigid margins 



and a bifid serrulate beak. Wet places. 



CA'REX STRIC'TA (40). Tufted Bog Sedge. 5-6. Stems 1—3 ft. 



(1581) high triangular densely tufted, leaves \ — \ in. broad long erect flat, 

 sheaths of leaves filamentous at the edges, spikelets erect cylindrical 

 I — 2 in. long. Bogs. 



CA'REX ACUTA (64). Slender-spiked Sedge. 5. Stem 2—3 ft. stout 



(1582) triangular tufted, leaves l—\ in. broad as long as the stem, sheaths 

 not filamentous, spikelets long and slender (i — 4 in.) bracts very long. 



Watery places. 



CA'REX CANES'CENS (69). Whitish Sedge. 6—7. Stems slender 

 (1576) triangular tufted i ft. high, spikelets 4 — 6 pale-green ovoid staminate 



at the base only, bracts o, perigynia acuminate not beaked. Bogs and 



marshes. 



