156 Cyperaceae. 



CA'REX PRJE'COX (94). Vernal Sedge. 4—5. Stem 3—8 in., leaves 

 (1598) short flat curved rather broad, staminate spikelet solitary, pistillate 

 sf^kelets 2 — 3 crowded sessile, perigynia brown hispid equalling the 

 small broadly ovate brown-edged glumes. Conspicuous by its numer- 

 ous yellow anthers. Dry pastures. 



CA'REX PILULIF'ERA (95). Round-headed Sedge. 6—7. Stem 

 (1596) 6 — 18 in. slender rough, staminate spikelet solitary slender, pistillate 

 spikelets 2 — 4 crowded roundish sessile, bracts short and narrow with- 

 out sheaths, perigynia short stalked pubescent with a short notched 

 beak. Heaths. 



CA'REX GLAU'CA (106). Glaucous Heath Sedge. 6—7. Stem \-2, 

 (1588) ft. wiry smooth, leaves narrow flat glaucous erect or recurved, spikelets 

 4 — 6 cylindrical nearly erect many-flowered. Moors. 



CA'REX PALLES'CENS (79)- Pale Sedge. 6. Stem wiry 1—2 ft. 



(1600) tufted, leaves hairy erect flat, staminate spikelets erect yellowish-red, 

 pistillate spikelets 2 — 3 oblong shortly stalked lower spikelets droop- 

 ing, fruit obovoid blunt without a beak. Marshes. 



CA'PREX PANIC'EA (in). Pink-leaved Sedge. 6. Stem 1—2 ft. leafy 



(1601) curved tufted, leaves glaucous flat, staminate spikelets l — 2 narrow 

 club-shaped, anthers yellow, pistillate spikelets 2 — 4 about \ in. loose, 

 glumes ovate dark purple, fruit smooth ovoid dotted not veined with a 

 very short obliquely notched beak. Marshes and damp meadows. 



CA'REX VESICA'RIA (69). Short-spiked Bladder Sedge. 6. Stem 



(1623) 1—2 ft. stout rough, leaves \ in. broad flat, staminate spikelets i — 3 



(1624) slender pale-brown, pistillate i — 3 in. cylindric \ in. diameter when 

 ripe, glumes much smaller than the perigynia brown, perigynia large 

 {\ in.) spreading ovoid inflated with a stout beak. Bogs and marshes. 



CA'REX AMPULLA'CEA (99). Slender-beaked Bladder Sedge. 6. 



(1623) Stem I — 2 ft. stout smooth, leaves glaucous channelled, staminate 

 spikelets 2 — 3 slender, pistillate 2 — 4 cylindric stout, perigynia inflated 

 \ in. obovoid with a very slender beak. Marshes and bogs, 



Ca'rex Pseudo-Cype'rus (46). Cyperus-like Sedge. 6 — 7. Stem 2 — 3 



(1620) ft. rough, leaves \ — \ in. broad rough, bracts leaf-like broad much over- 

 topping the stem, staminate spikelets 2 — 3 slender forming a solitary 

 terminal spike, pistillate spikelets 5 — 6 cylindrical 2 inches long on 

 long stalks, glumes awned, fruit terminating in a long deeply split rigid 

 beak. [G. {Penygheni), C. CI. 



CA'REX PALUDO'SA (70). Lesser Common Sedge. 5. Stem 2—3 



(1621) ft, rough, leaves \ — | in. broad glaucous rough keeled, staminate 

 spikelets terminal stout, pistillate spikelets cylindrical erect dark brown, 

 bracts long and leafy, perigynia ovoid ribbed with a short 2-toothed 

 beak. River banks and ditches. 



