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glumes and disposition of the spikelets bear some resemblance to C. 

 paniculata, whilst the Isle-of- Wight plant agrees well with the figures 

 of Kunze and the ' Flora Danica ' in the paler, more tawny hue of the 

 glumes, and shorter, broader, less spreading spikelets. 



Carex axillaris. In similar localities with the last, also in damp 

 hedgerows, moist copses and marshy places, but rarely, nor am I at 

 all certain that some of the few subjoined stations may not belong 

 rather to C. Boenninghauseniana. First found by me on the margin 

 of a little pool in Apley Wood, by Hyde, May 28, 1837. In Church 

 Lane, Binstead, under the boundary fence of Quarr Copse, June 18, 

 1843, with C. remota, its very frequent companion. In tolerable 

 plenty in the Parsonage Lynch, Newchurch, also with C. remota, 

 July, 1843. Damp spot in Saltern Copse at Norton, Freshwater, 

 June, 1849. A large tuft of this or the last species by the stream just 

 above the mill at Sheet, near Petersfield, Aug. 19, 1849. How far all 

 these stations belong to C. axillaris I feel quite unable to decide, even 

 from the dried specimens before me, it being as well to confess the 

 truth, that the slight distinctions between C. axillaris and Boenning- 

 hauseniana which I once thought I perceived and understood, have 

 vanished on renewed examination, after some years' neglectfulness of 

 the subject. 



Carex remota. In wet or boggy woods, thickets, and under damp 

 hedges, &c. ; frequent in the Isle of Wight, and I think not less so in 

 the county at large. Common about Ryde, in Quarr Copse, and in 

 the lane that intersects the Newport road between Binstead and Nin- 

 ham (Binstead Cross), along with C. divulsa. New Copse, near 

 Wootton Bridge. Yarbridge, particularly about the swampy pools 

 in Marshcombe Copse, very plentifully, as it is also in a boggy copse 

 close to Prestwood, near Ryde. Abundant in Cleveland Wood, Ap- 

 puldurcombe, and various other parts of the island. By the road- 

 side just out of Christchurcb, towards Sopley, in plenty along the 

 right hand hedge for a considerable distance. Titchfield road, Puxol 

 Lane (with C. divulsa), Mr. W. L. Notcutt. Noticed by me in various 

 parts of mainland Hants, but the species is of too general occurrence 

 to make a further enumeration of stations necessary. Sometimes co- 

 vering the soft, black mud (humus) in our deep, boggy woods with its 

 dense, spreading tufts. Culms much less triangular than in its near 

 allies, the two preceding species, one angle chiefly being prominent, 

 the others rounded off or nearly obsolete ; smooth, except quite close 

 to the summit. 



