86 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



1, E. vaginatum, (Linn.) Hare^s-tail Cotton-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 

 873. Reich Icones, viii., 289. 



Locality. Bogs and peaty marshes. P. Fl. May. Area, 1. **** 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Bogs on Alderbury Common, very 

 sparingly/' Dr. Maton, Kat. Hist. Wilts. This species has not been 

 observed of late years. Stems tufted Jointed, smooth, 12 to 15 inches 

 high, terete below, triangular upwards. Leaves long, setaceous. 

 Spike silvery grey when in flower, with long, pointed, thin, single- 

 ribbed scales, and yellow prominent anthers, when in seed very 

 conspicuous. 



2. E./)C>/^5^ac/«o?», (Linn.) common Cotton-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 

 564. Reich Icones, viii., 291. 



Locality. In turfy boggy meadows. P. Fl. May, June. Area, 

 1, * * 4, * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, "Bogs on A.lderbury Common," Mr. 

 James Russey. 



North Division. 



4. North-toest District. Bogs at South Wraxhall. "Bowden 

 Pond," Dr. R. C. Trior, Not common in the county. Stem nearly 

 terete. Leaves linear, channelled and folded, or sometimes nearly 

 flat towards the base, triangular above the middle. Sialics of the 

 spikelets quite smooth. Nut obovate, triquetrous. About a foot 

 high and rather slender. 



Cakex, (Linn.)' Carex, Sedge. 

 Linn. CI. xxi., Ord. iii. 

 Name. From Keiro, (Gr.) to shear or cut, in allusion to the 

 sharp leaves and stems. 



1. C pulicaris, (Linn) Flea Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 1051. Schk. 

 A. 3. Reich Icones, 195. 



Locality. Bogs. P. Fl. Jtme. Area, 1, ''^ * 4, 5. 



^ In this difficult genus the "Wiltshire species have been carefully compared 

 T7ith the plates of Schkuhr's Riedgraser and Heichenbach's Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 For an excellent monograph consult Andersson's PI. Stand. 



