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luxuriantly. It grows in bog below Caldale, St. Ola. 
458. C. STELLULATA (Good), Little Sedge. Common. 
459. C. MURICATA (Linn.), Prickly Sedge. Rare. 
I found this once in passing from Bigswell Hill 
towards Heddle, in the valley near peat banks in the 
meadow below Germiston. 
460. C. LEPORINA (Linn.), Oval-spiked Sedge. Fairly 
common. 
It is often met with in pastures which have at one 
time been under cultivation. 
461. C. RIGIDA (Good.), Rigid Sedge. Rare. 
Hoy Hills. Dr Fortescue says he once found this. 
Dr Flett and I got it there, too. I found one plant 
on top of Kirbuster Hill, Birsay, in 1904. 
462. C. vuLGARIS (Fr.), Common Sedge. Common. 
463. C. GLAUCA (Scop.), Gluucous Heath Sedge. 
Common. 
464. C. PILULIFERA (Linn.), Round-headed Sedge. 
Fairly common. 
Several places in Orphir (Dr Fortescue); Harray 
and Birsay (Prof. Trail). Dr Fortescue writes :—‘“I 
once found one fruiting stem of a carex in Ramsdale, 
Orphir, which I sent to Dr Boswell. He wrote :— 
‘Probably pilulifera, if not unknown to me. It had 
a long bract, perhaps three inches in length.” 
465. C. VERNA (Chaix), Vernal Sedye. 
Dry pastures (R. Heddle). I have never found it. 
