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below ; fruit with numerous ribs near its base. — Bogs. — Fl. June, 

 July. Perennial. 



12. C. paniculdta (Great Panicled Sedge). — A stout species 

 forming large tussocks, 2 — 4 feet across ; stems stout, i — 4 feet 

 high, triangular, rough, leafy ; leaves long, narrow, flat ; spikelets 

 numerous, brown, crowded into a compound spike or panicle, 



cArex echinAta {Siar-hcadcd Sedge). 



4 — 5 in. long, the lower branches spreading ; glumes with bristly 

 points and pale membranous margins ; fruit ovate, beaked, with 

 many faint veins. — Bogs ; common. — FL June, July. Perennial. 

 13. C. vulpina (Great or Fox Sedge). — A stout tufted plant, 

 2 — 4 feet high, with runners ; stems numerous, 3-angled, with 

 rough edges, leafy ; leaves broad, flat, sharply pointed ; spikelets 

 numerous, green or pale brown, crowded into a compound 

 interrupted spike i — 3 in. long ; bracts bristly, spreading ; fruit 



