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C. limosa. Mud Sedge. Fig. 1441. 
Sheaths very short. Fertile spikes oblong-ovate, dense, pendulous. 
Scales as long as the fruit. Muddy bogs. 8-10 in. Perenn. June. 
Brown. (4) E.B. 1. 2043. E. B. 2. 1279. H.^Am. 514. Bab. 
3 73. Lin 'd. 288. 
C. rariflora. Loose-flowered Sedge. Fig. 1442. 
Sheaths nearly wanting. Fertile spikes narrow-oblong, few-flowered, 
pendulous. Scales longer than the fruit. 5-6 in. Perenn. June. 
Dark brown. (§) E. B. 1. 2516. E.B. 2.1280. H. ^ Am. 514. 
Bab. 373. Lind. 288. 
C. Pseudo-Cyperus. Cyperus Sedge. Fig. 1443. 
Sheaths nearly absent. Fertile spikes dense, cylindrical, pendulous, 
on very long stalks. Scales setaceous. Moist places. 2-3 ft. Perenn. 
June. Fertile green; barren brown. (|) E.B. 1. 242. E.B. 2. 
1281. H. fy Am. 516. Bab. 379. Lind 288. 
C. ustulata. Scorched Sedge. Fig. 1444. 
Sheaths shorter than the stalks. Fertile spikes oval, pendulous. 
Fruit elliptical, compressed. Highlands. 8 in. Perenn. July. 
Dark brown, (f) E. B. 1. 2404. E.B. 2. 1282. H. ^ Am. 515. 
Bab. 376. Lind. 288. 
C. atrata. Black Sedge. Fig. 1445. 
Sheaths nearly absent. Spikes ovate, rather pendulous; the ter¬ 
minal one sterile at the base. Mountains. 1 ft. Perenn. June and 
July. Dark purple. (§) E.B.\.20A4. E.B. 2.1283. H.fy Am. 
50 7. Bab. 372. Lind. 289. 
C. Vahlii. Close-headed Mountain Sedge. Fig. 1446. 
Sheath nearly absent. Spikes three or four, roundish or oblong, close 
together; the terminal barren at the base. Rocks. 6 in.-l ft. Perenn. 
Aug. and Sept. Dark brown. (§) E. B. Supp. 2666. E. B. 2. 
1283*. H. Am. 506. Bab. 372. Lind. 338. 
C. pallescens. Pale Sedge. Fig. 1447. 
Sheaths very short. Fertile spikes pedunculated, oblong-cylindrical, 
pendulous in fruit. Marshes. 1-1 g ft. Perenn. June. Fertile 
green; barren brown. (f) E.B. 1. 2185. E.B. 2. 1284. H. 
Arn. 514. Bab. 372. Lind. 289. 
C. fi.ava. Yellow Sedge. Fig. 1448. 
Sheaths short, about equal to the stalks. Fertile spikes roundish- 
oval. Beak of fruit curved. Turfy bogs. 4 in.-l ft. Perenn. June. 
Brownish, (f) E.B. 1. 1294. E.B. 2. 1285. H. Am. 511. 
Bab. 3/6. Lind. 289. 
C. (Ederi. Fig. 1449. 
Sheaths short. Beak of the fruit straight. A variety o i flava. 
Moist heaths. 4 in.-l ft. Perenn. June. Brownish. (f) E. B. 
1. 1773. E.B. 2.1286. U. ^ Am. 511. Bab. 54. Lind. 289. 
C. fulva. Tawny Sedge. Fig. 1450. 
Sheaths shorter than the stalks. Fertile spikes ovate, distant, erect. 
Boggy meadows. 1 ft. Perenn. June. Tawny brown. (§) E. B • 
1. 1295. E. B. 2. 1287. II. $ Arn. 511. Bab. 377. Lind. 289. 
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