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59. C. fulva (Tawny Sedge). Regarded by some authors as a 

 variety of the last, from which it mainly differs in having short 

 pale-coloured spikelets and a rather longer beak to the fruit. 

 Bogs and wet pastures. Fl. June. Perennial. 



60. C. distans (Distant-spiked Sedge). Stems tufted, slender, 

 1-2 feet high ; leaves flat, narrow, much shorter than the stems ; 

 spikelets few, distant, -1 inch long, stalked, the stalks enclosed in 

 the long sheaths of the leafy bracts ; glumes brown ; fruits erect, 

 nerved or ribbed. Marshy places, especially near the sea ; common 

 Fl. May. Perennial. 



61. C. punctata (Dotted-fruited Sedge). Very much like C. dis- 

 tans, but it has looser spikelets and the fruits are much more 

 spreading, apparently without longitudinal ribs except the 3 

 slightly prominent angles. Marshy places near the sea ; very 

 rare. Fl. June. Perennial. 



62. C. binervis (Green-ribbed Sedge). Differs from C. distans 

 in having the spikelets darker in colour and the fruits more angular, 

 with 2 prominent green ribs on the back. Heaths and moors ; 

 common. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



63. C. laevigata (Smooth-stalked Sedge). Resembles the last, 

 but the slender green spikelets are often 1-1$ inches long, much 

 like those of C. sylvatica, differing in being erect instead of droop- 

 ing. Marshes and damp woods ; rather rare. Fl. June. Perennial. 



64. C. depauperata (Starved Wood-Sedge). Perhaps only a 

 variety of C. distans, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 spikelets having only 4 or 5 fruits each ; these are larger and 

 somewhat inflated, and have a very long beak. Dry woods ; very 

 rare. Fl. June. Perennial. 



65. C. sylvatica (Wood- Sedge). Stems weak, tufted, leafy, 1-2 

 feet high ; leaves thin ; bracts with long sheaths ; terminal spikelet 

 male, about 1 inch long ; other spikelets 2-4 or rarely more, en- 

 tirely female or partly male, loose-flowered, on long slender stalks, 

 finally more or less drooping ; glumes narrow, very pointed, green ; 

 fruits glabrous, ribbed. Woods ; common. Fl. May. Perennial. 



66. C. Pseudo-cyperus (Cyperus-like Sedge). Stems tall, stout ; 

 leaves broad ; spikelets about 4, 1-3 inches long, the terminal one 

 wholly male or with some female flowers at the top, on slender 

 stalks, drooping when in fruit ; glumes green, very narrow and 

 pointed ; fruits spreading, with a long, slender beak. Marshes 

 and wet ditches ; rather rare. Fl. June. Perennial. 



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67. C. pulla (Russet Sedge). Stems 4-12 inches high ; leaves 

 narrow ; male spikelets 1, rarely 2, -J inch long ; female spikelets 



