80 SOME ADDITIONS TO THE DORSET FLORA. 



chiefly nortliern in Britain, extending from Sliropsliire nortliwards, 

 but has one or two habitats in Dorset, Hants, and in Suffolk. 



Garex filiformis is placed near one end of the long list of species 

 belonging to this genus. Its nearest ally is C. hiiia, L., a much 

 commoner sedge, found in nearly all counties except the extreme 

 northern. Both have a fruit that is clothed with short appressed 

 hair and of somewhat similar structure : but that of C. ^filiformis 

 is narrower, and the habits of the two plants and their leaves are 

 totally different. 



