94 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



membranous sheaths, as the short stems are by the leaves. 



19. C. digitata, (Linn.) fingered Carex. Engl. Bat. t. 615. 

 Schk. H. 38, H. b. 14. 



Locality. Woods on limestone. P. Fl. April, May. Area, * * 

 *4, * 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. In the woods about Coleme and Slaughter- 

 ford in plenty. Rare and local in Wilts. Stems 6 to 8 inches high, 

 smooth. Leaves almost all radical, bright green, their sheaths red. 

 Sjiikes linear, lax, erect, terminal, growing in a finger-like manner, 

 fertile ones 2 or 3, longer than the barren one, which is shortest and 

 most dense. F}'mt obovate, downy, beak short, nearly entire. Ntit 

 elliptic, oblong. 



20. 0. pracox, (Jacq.) vernal Carex. Fngl. Dot. 1. 1099. Schk. 

 F. 27, H. b. 24. Belch Icones 261. 



Locality. Dry pastures and heaths. P. Fl. April, May. Area, 

 \, %, 3, 4, 5. More or less distrihded throughout the Districts. 

 Stems 3 to 12 inches high. Leaves all radical, short, rather broad. 

 Barren spikelet solitary. Fertile spikelets mostly 2, erect, near 

 together, sessile. Fruit ovate-rhomboidal. Nut ohovate, downy. The 

 numerous yellow anthers are conspicuous at an early season of the 

 year. 



[0. ericetorum, (Poll.) Engl. Bot. Snppl. t. 2971, C. ciliata, (Willd.) 

 closely allied to C. precox, should be looked for in Wilts, on diy, 

 chalky banks.] 



21. C. piluli/era, (Linn.) roimd-headed Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 885. 

 Schk. J. 89. Beich Icones, 260. Bootfs Carex, t. 283. 



Locality. Wet heaths and moory ground. P. Fl. May. Area, 

 1, * 3, 4, 5. 



South Division. 



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

 James Hussey. 



3. South-west District. Heaths at Longleat. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. In Spye Park and Bowood, sparingly. 



5. North-east District. " Savernake Forest," Flor. Marlb. Not 



