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Ca'rex filifor'mis (34). 5. Stem slender 2—3 ft., leaves numerous very 



{16 1 8) slender stiff, bracts long with short sheaths, spikelets erect, upper 



staminate ones 2—3 very slender I — 2^ in. long, lower pistillate ones 



I — 3 lax I — I in. long, perigynia large narrow-ovoid with a long bifid 



beak. " [Wl. C. 



CA'REX HIR'TA (90). Hairy Sedge. 5—6. Stem slender 1—2 ft., 



(1619) leaves long flat I — ^ in. broad hairy, bracts long leaflike with long 



sheaths, spikelets long-pedicelled erect cylindric, upper staminate ones 



2 or 3 close ^ — i in. long, lower pistillate ones 2 — 5 distant I — ij in. 



long, perig)'nia large ovoid hairy with a long bifid beak. Damp woods. 



CA'REX STELLULA'TA (109). Little Prickly Sedge. 5—6. Stems 



(1569) slender, 6 — 18 in. densely tufted, bracts small, spikelets 3 — 4 roundish 

 distant, perigynia ovoid with a broad bifid beak 7 — 8 together in a 

 roundish star-like head. Marshes. 



CA'REX REMO'TA {78). Distant -spiked Sedge. 6—7. Stem slender 



(1570) I — 2 ft. tufled with spreading branches, spikelet oblong distant below 

 closer above, bracts very long lower ones longer than the stem. 

 Shady places. 



CA'REX PANICULA'TA (82). Great panicled Sedge. 6—7. Stem 



(1564) 3 — 5 ft. triangular stout leafy, leaves harsh long narrow tufted, spike- 

 lets many in an elongate (2 — 6 in.) pale-brown panicle or spike, bracts 

 none or setaceous inconspicuous. Marshes. 



CA'REX VULPI'NA (83). Great Sedge. 6—7. Stems many 2—4 ft. 



(1565) rough, leaves broad \ — \ in. flat very rough at the margins, spikelets 

 numerous crowded in a cylindrical (i — 3 in.) spike, bracts setaceous 

 spreading conspicuous, ikarshes. 



CA'REX MURICA'TA (78). Greater Prickly Sedge. 5—6. Slender 

 {1567) tufted I — 2 ft. high, spikelets few staminate at the top only in slender 

 spikes or panicles, bracts none or setaceous, perigynia spreading with 

 a broad serrulate bifid beak. Marshes and wet meadows. 



CA'REX TERETIUS'CULA (53). Lesser Panicled Sedge. 6. Slen- 

 (1562) der not tufted i — 2 ft., spikelets few staminate at the top only, panicle 



ovoid compact, perigynia spreading with a long rough 2-toothed beak. 



Bogs and wet meadows. 



Ca'rex limo'sa (19). Mud Sedge. — Green-and-gold Sedge. 6. Stem 



(1590) filiform 6 — 12 in., leaves as long as the stem ^^^ in. broad, bracts 



narrow as long as the capillary pedicels of the 1—3 short drooping 



pistillate spikelets, staminate spikelet erect solitary slender, glumes 



large pale perigynia green with a short entire beak. 



[G. {Langcliffe, Malham Tarn.) 



CA'REX PEN'DULA (72). Great Pendulous Sedge. 5—6. Stem 



(1606) 3 — 6 ft. leafy rough at the angles above, terminal spikelet staminate 



cylindrical 4 — 6 in., pistillate spikelets many 3 — 5 in. slender drooping, 



glumes small oblong pal'^-brown awned, bracts leafy with long sheaths, 



perigynia acuminate with a short notched beak. Damp woods. 



