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C. pauciflora. Few-flowered Sedge. Fig. 1431. 
Spike simple, of few flowers; the uppermost barren. Fruit rather 
longer than the scale. Peaty moors. 3-6 in. Perenn. June. Brownish. 
(§) E. B. 1. 2041. E.B.2. 1270. H. £ Am. 500. Bab. 365. 
Lind. 284. 
C. rupestris. Bock Sedge. Fig. 1432. 
Spike linear, with a few lax fertile flowers at the base. Fruit obovate, 
triquetrous. Rocks in Scotland. 3-9 in. Perenn. Aug. Brown. 
(I) E.B.Supp. 2814. E. B. 2. 1270*. H. &■ Am. 500. Bab. 365. 
Lind. 338. 
C. digitata. Fingered Sedge. Fig. 1433. 
Leaves plane. Bracts membranaceous, sheathing. Spikes linear, 
lax, erect, approximated; fertile ones 2 or 3, longer than the barren. 
Woods. 6-8 in. Perenn. May. Brownish. (|) E. B. 1. 615. 
E. B.2. 1271. H. Am. 517. Bab. 374. Lind. 287. 
C. clandestina. Dwarf Silvery Sedge. Fig. 1434. 
Leaves channelled. Bracts membranaceous, sheathing. Fertile 
spikes distant, few-flowered, nearly covered by the sheaths. Near Bristol. 
1-2 in. Perenn. May. Brown, (!) E.B. 1.2124. E.B.2.1272. 
H. ty- Am. 517. Bab. 374. Lind. 287. 
C. pendula. Pendulous Sedge. Fig. 1435. 
Sheaths nearly equal to the flower-stalks. Spikes very long, cylin¬ 
drical, drooping. Moist woods. 3-6 ft. Perenn. May and June. 
Fertile greenish; barren brown. (|) E.B. 1.2315. E.B. 2.1273. 
H. fy Arn. 516. Bab. 374. Lind. 287. 
C. strigosa. Loose Pendulous Sedge. Fig. 1436. 
Sheaths nearly as long as the stalks. Spikes very slender, nearly 
erect. Woods. 1-2 ft. Perenn. May and June. Green. (|) 
E. B.l. 994. E.B. 2.1274. H.fyArn.5\6. Bab.374. Lind.287. 
C. sylvatica. Pendulous Wood Sedge. Fig. 1437. 
Sheaths not half the length of the stalks. Spikes slender, lax, droop¬ 
ing. Moist woods; common. 1-2 ft. Perenn. May and June. 
Brownish. (|) E. B. 1. 995. E. B. 2. 1275. H. Am. 516. 
Bab. 378. Lind. 287. 
C. depauperata. Starved Sedge. Fig. 1438. 
Sheaths much shorter than the stalks. Spikes erect; fertile ones 
distant, few-flowered. Drv woods. 1-1! ft. Perenn. May and June. 
Brown. (|) ^.^.1. 1098. E.B.2. 1276. H.$-Arn.5 13. Bab. 
378. Lind. 287. 
C. Mielichoferi. Loose-spiked Rock Sedge. Fig. 1439. 
Sheaths not half as long as the stalks. Fertile spikes few-flowered, 
lax, drooping. Mountains. 2-6 in. Perenn. June and July. Brown, 
(f) E. B. 1. 2293. E. B. 2. 1277. H. Am. 513. Bab. 373. 
Lind. 287. 
C. capielaris. Dwarf Sedge. Fig. 1440. 
Sheath shorter than the stalks. Fertile spikes lax, drooping, few- 
flowered. Mountains. 2-6 in. Perenn. June and July. Brown; 
fruit dark brown. (!) E. B. 1. 2069. E. B. 2. 1278. H. Am. 
514. Bab. 374. Lind. 288. 
