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by Linneus. C. filiformis, frequent in the bogs of the north of Eng- 

 land and Scotland, may nevertheless occur in Hants. 



Carex hirta. In moist woods, meadows, pastures, by ditches, 

 pools and other wet or boggy places ; frequent both in the Isle of 

 Wight and county at large. About Ryde, not uncommonly. San- 

 down marshes. In the Cyperus meadow at Ape's Down, abundantly. 

 Common along the stream from Calbourne to Newbridge, and in moist 

 meadows about Newchurch. Easton Marsh. Meadows between 

 French Mill and Bobberston. Meadow at Yarbridge, abundantly. 

 At Bonchurch, Steephill (on the edge of the little pond by the phea- 

 santry), &c. Banks in Totland Bay, Mr. W. D. Snooke in Fl. Vect. 

 By Alresford Great Pond, and noticed by me in very many parts of 

 the county. Road between the tunnel and Cattisfield (Fareham), Mr. 

 W. L. Notcutt. A variety with the pistillate spikes compound at 

 base, I found, June 10, 1840, by the stream-side just above Calbourne 

 Mill. 



Carex ampullacea. In ditches, ponds, drains, and swampy or 

 boggy meadows ; very frequent in mainland Hants, and by no means 

 rare in the Isle of Wight. In Saudown Level, on the skirts of Lake 

 and Blackpan Commons, in several places. Abundant in several 

 ditches by Newchurch, at the foot of the Parsonage Lynch, &c, and 

 by a drain on Apse Heath, close to the withy-bed. In several parts 

 of the marsh at Easton. Abundant in various places along the valley 

 of the Medina, below Newport, in the boggy meadows between Crid- 

 more and Appleford, about the Wilderness between that and Rookley, 

 &c. I find it so frequent in mainland Hants that I have neglected 

 making notes of its localities lately. Bog on Titchfield Common. 

 Abundant in Winnol water-meadows, at Winton. In the shallow 

 part of Miller's Pond, by Botany Bay, near Southampton. Plentiful 

 about Christchurch, Romsey, Ringwood, and in the swamps of the 

 New Forest. At Forton and elsewhere about Andover, &c. The 

 nearly-related C. vesicaria there can be little doubt inhabits this 

 county, although it has hitherto eluded my endeavours to find it with 

 us. I understand from Mr. W. W. Reeves, that it abounds near 

 Farnham, which town is very close on the Hampshire boundary line, 

 and Mr. R. thinks he has seen it on the side of this county. The 

 greener, not glaucous, leaves, larger and very inflated perigynes, and 

 much more acutely angled culms, will distinguish it from the broader 

 leaved states of C. ampullacea, which I believe are sometimes mis- 

 taken for C. vesicaria. Nothing can be more variable indeed than the 

 former as respects the breadth of the leaves, which are sometimes 



