By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 93 



Locality. Groves and thickets. P. Fl. May, June. Area,***i,* 

 North Division. 



4. North-west District. By the side of the brook leading from 

 Box to Slaughterford. " In the valley between Rudloe and Colerne," 

 Mr. C. E. Broome. " Left-hand side of the road close to Lacock 

 Abbey," Dr. R. C. Prior. Very local in Wilts, and far from fre- 

 quent. Stem slender, 1 or 2 feet high, smooth. Leaves broad, thin, 

 pale green. Fertile spikes 4 or 5, slender, rather lax. Fr^iit oblong - 

 lanceolate, ribbed, triangular; loosely imbricated. Nut elliptic tri- 

 angular. 



17. C. pendula, (Huds.) great pendulous Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 

 2315. Schk. Q. 60. Reich Icones, 243. 



Locality. Moist woods and shady places. P. Fl. May. Area, 1, 

 2, 3, 4, 5. In all the Districts but less frequent in Districts 1, %, 3. 

 Stems 3 to 6 feet high, leafy, and sharply triangular. Leaves long 

 and broad. Spikes several (5 to 7), the terminal one only barren ; 

 the fertile ones all elegantly cm-ved to one side and drooping 4 to 6 

 inches in length. Fruit elliptic subtrigonous, tumid, with a short, 

 trigonous, emarginate beak. I^'ut elliptic triangular. This species is 

 well distinguished by its long, pendulous cylindrical spikelets, and 

 closely imhricate jft'uit. 



18. C. humilis, (Leyss) dwarf silvery Carex. C. clandestina 

 (Good) . Engl. Bot. t. 2124. Schk. K. 43, H. b, 15 . Reich Icones, 

 239. 



Locality, Limestone hills, P. Fl. April. Area, ^ 2, 3, * '^ 

 South Division. 



Z.South-middle District. In great abundance on Salisbury Plain 

 between Stonehenge and Heytesbury. 



3. South-west District. Common on the downs at Wick, 

 Homington, Ashcombe, and Boyton. Confined to the "Southern Dis- 

 tricts " of the county. Stems 1 to 2 inches high, nearly concealed 

 by the taller, erect, rigid leaves. Barren spike terminal, slender. 

 Fertile spikes 2 or 3, enveloped while in flower by their involucral 

 sheaths. Iruit obovate, subtrigonous, contracted at the base, slightly 

 downy. Nut obovate, with a short beak. Remarkable for the few 

 flowerB of its fertile spikelets, which are concealed by the large 



