96 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Spikelet?, and the whole plant of a yellowish hue. Male spike cylin- 

 drical, obtuse. Fertile spikes usually near together, globose, or oval, 

 nearly sessile. Glumes blunt. Fruit ovate, inflated, smooth, nar- 

 rowed into a defiexecl rough-edged beak. Nut obovate, trigonous, 

 very minutely and closely dotted with impressed points. 



A variety of the present species, C. lepidocarpa, (Tausch.) Kunze 

 Biedgr. 13, Reich Icones, 272, appears to be the more prevalent form 

 throughout Wilts, from the numerous specimens examined in differ- 

 ent localities. It is principally distinguished by its barren spikes, 

 being usually long stalked, perigynium small, beak short, nearly 

 straight, almost smooth, but the differences between the two pass so 

 imperceptibly into one another, that it is difficult to draw a line 

 between them. C. le^ndocarpa is very frequently mistaken for C. 

 (Ederi, (Ehrh.) which latter I believe has not as yet been recorded 

 for Wilts. 



25. C. fulva, (Grood) tawny Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 1295. Beich 

 Icones, 252. 



Locality. In marshes, bogs and wet pastures. P. Fl. June. 

 Area, * * 3, 4, * 



South Division. 



3. South-west District. " Harnham near Salisbury," Mr. James 

 Hussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. " Neighbourhood of Chippenham," Dr. 

 B. C. Prior, and Mr. C. E. Broome. Stem 1 foot high, with the 



labit of C. distans, but smaller. Leaves shorter than the stem, pale 

 green, scarcely glaucous. Barren spike linear-fusiform. Glumes 

 blunt. Fertile spikes 1 to 3, distant. Glumes ovate, acuminate, 

 acute, but not mucronate. Fruit ovate triquetrous, ribbed, smooth, 

 with a straight, rough edged, bifid beak. Nut pale yellow, oval, 

 obovate, truncate, and with a short apiculus at the apex. C fulva 

 is liable to be mistaken for small specimens of C. binervis. 



26. C. 5i»erv2«, (Smith) green-ribbed Carex. Engl. Bot. t. V^Zh. 

 Schk. Rrr. 160, H. b. 39. Beich Lcones, 255. 



Locality. Dry heaths. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 1, * 3, 4, 5. 

 More or less distributed throughout the Districts, except District 2. 



