88 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



margins of the Kennet and Avon Canal. P. Fl. June. Area, \, %, 

 3^ 4, 5. Frequently/ distributed throughout the counti/. Root iovramg 

 thick tufts, sending up numerous erect, stout rough stems, about 2 

 feet high. Leaves broad, their sheathing bases whitish and mem- 

 branaceous. Spike large, greenish. Fruit pale, not gibbous, rough 

 at the margin of the lengthened beak, and bifid at the point. Achene 

 oval, compressed with a very short beak; the beak is slightly 

 thickened at the insertion of the greenish base of the style in this, 

 and the two next. Bracts long in shady places. 



4. 0. muricata, (Linn.) greater prickly Carex Engl. Bot. t. 1097. 

 Beich Icones, 215. 



Locality. Marshy and especially gravelly pastures. P. Fl. June. 

 Area, 1, * * 4, 5. 



South Division. 

 1. South-east District. "Not unfrequent in the neighbourhood 

 of Salisbury," Mr. James Uussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. South Wraxhall,Corsham,and Chippenham. 



5. North-east District. Banks of the canal between Swindon and 

 Purton. Not a frequent species in Wilts. Stein 1 to 2 feet high, 

 slender. Jjeaves bright green, taller than the stems, rough upon the 

 edges and keel. Spike 1 or 2 inches long, consisting of about 6 

 roundish, crowded spikelets, the lowermost of which are often com- 

 pound. Fruit yellowish-brown, broad, rather large, spreading every 

 way, and rendering the mature spike prickly to the touch, owing to 

 its rough edges and deeply-cloven beaks. 



5. C. divulsa, (Gooden.) gray Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 629. SchJc. 

 Dd. d. Ww. 89, Ha. 16. Reich Icones, 220. 



Localitij. Moist, shady places. P. Fl. June. Area, * * * 4, 5. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. Hedge-banks at Corsham, and woods at 

 Slaughterford. 



5. North-east District. " Moist shady places in the neighbourhood 

 of Marlborough,'' Flor. Marlb. Not frequent in the couuti/. This 

 species resembles the last, the fruit is scarcely so acuminate, and 



