90 , The Flora of Wiltshire, 



X, 2, 3, 4, 5. Not tmfrequent in all the Districts, less sparingly in 

 District 2. Whole plant very slender, pale-green. Stem 12 to 18 

 inches, triangular and rough in the upper part, smooth and roundish 

 below. Leaves long and narrow. Spikelets generally about 6 or 8, 

 ovate, sterile at the base, lowermost very distant, accompanied 

 by a very long leafy bractea. Glumes narrow, their base quite 

 smooth. Fruit serrate above the middle. Nut ovate, pointed. 



[C. Boenninghauseniana, (Weihe) Engl. Dot. Suppl. t. 2910, H. 

 a. 34, Kunze Hiedg. 22, Reich Icones, 219, which is apparently a 

 hybrid between Caxillaris and remota, should be looked for in Wilts.] 



9. C. stellulata, (Good) little prickly Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 806, 

 Bchh. C. 14. H. a. 28. Reich Icones, 214. 



Locality. Marshy and boggy places. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 

 1, * 3, 4, * 



South Division. 



1 . South-east District. " Neighbourhood of Salisbury," Mr. 

 James Hussey. 



3. South-west District. " Damp woods at Fonthill," Miss 

 Meredith. 



North Division. 



4. North-ivest District. In bogs at Bowden-hill, Spye Park and 

 South Wraxhall. Stem slender, 6 inches to a foot in height. Leaves 

 flat, keeled, roughish at the points; about as long as the stem, 

 S^nkelets at nearly equal distances, about 4. Frtiit divergent, broadly 

 ovate, acuminate. Beak bifid, with serrate edges. Nut ovate, 

 abruptly narrowed below. Glumes shorter than the fruit. 



10. C ovalis, (Good) oval-spiked Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 306. 

 Schk. B. 8, C. leporina, H. a. 22, Reich Icones, 211. 



Locality. Damp meadows and watery places. P. Fl. July. Area, 

 1, * * 4, 5. 



South Division. 

 1. South-east District. " Near Salisbury," if;*. James Hussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. Bradford Wood, Spye Park, rather 

 frequent. "Marshy fields at Bromham," Miss Meredith. 



5. North-east District, Purton, and by thebanks of the Wilts 



