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I found fine examples of this sedge last summer in Newton Moss, 

 near Penrith. C. panicidata, the Greater Panicled Sedge, a plant 

 of very robust growth : the stems, often more than two feet high, 

 spring from hassocks of large size; only found in perfection in deep 

 spongy bogs. C. muricata, and C. stellulaia, the Greater and the 

 Lesser Prickly Sedge, are both to be found ; the former sparingly, 

 while the latter is common in almost every pasture. C. remota, 

 Remote Sedge, with rather pretty drooping spikelets, frequent in 

 ditches and under hedgerows in shady ground. C. ciirta, White 

 Sedge, occasionally shows itself in watery pastures. C. ovalis, 

 Oval-Spiked Sedge, one of the more common Carices. C. acuta, 

 Slender-Spiked Sedge, a much more conspicuous plant than the 

 foregoing, with several drooping stems about two feet high ; by 

 sikes and pools, not very uncommon. C. vulgaris, Tufted Bog 

 Sedge, very common ; in some instances exclusively occupying large 

 patches of ground. C. glauca. Glaucous Heath-Sedge, the Pry or 

 Blue Gers of haymakers in the dales, who greatly dislike it; it is 

 difiScult to cut except with a keen-edged scythe, and not very manage- 

 able when, in its dried state, it passes into the hands of the "lader"; 

 common in all high-lying meadow and pasture ground. C. pilulifera. 

 Round Headed or Pill Sedge, may be found sparingly on upland 

 moors. C. proecox. Vernal Sedge, seems to be much less dependent 

 on moisture than its congeners, sometimes appearing on the dry 

 slopes of a mountain, or on a hedge bank in the valley. C. panicea, 

 Pink-Leaved Sedge, in boggy meadows not unusual. C. sylvatica. 

 Pendulous Wood Sedge, common in woods, and frequently occur- 

 ring lower down the valley than the species already enumerated. 

 C. binervis, Green-Ribbed Sedge, varies much in size according to 

 locality ; on some dry heaths in the Lake District it is very 

 abundant. C.fulva, Tawny Sedge, I have frequently seen in our 

 best meadows, associated with a class of herbage quite superior to 

 the surroundings of the Carex family as a rule. C. flava, Yellow 

 Mountain Sedge : in every fell runner or small stream this plant is 

 of common occurrence up to an elevation of two thousand feet 

 and more above the sea level ; the variety b. lepidocarpa is not 

 unfrequent. C. hirta, Hairy Sedge : this sedge is not limited, like 



