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i or 2, very rarely 3, roundish ovoid, the lowest about \ inch long ; 

 glumes dark purple tipped with white ; fruit roundish, abruptly 

 beaked. Wet places on the higher Scottish mountains ; rare. Fl. 

 July. Perennial. 



68. C. Grahami (Graham's Sedge). Larger in every way than 

 C. pulla, with more spikelets and longer fruits. Wet places on 

 Scottish mountains ; very rare. Fl. July. Perennial. 



ft Male spikelets 2 or many 



69. C. filiformis (Slender-leaved Sedge). Rootstock creeping ; 

 stems 1-3 feet high ; leaves and bracts long and narrow, the latter 

 without or almost without sheaths ; male spikelets 2 or 3, the ter- 

 minal one 1 \ inches long ; female spikelets 1 or 2, distant, - inch 

 long, almost sessile ; fruits shortly beaked, very downy. Wet 

 ditches and marshes ; rare. Fl. May. Perennial. 



70. C. hirta (Hairy or Hammer-Sedge). Rootstock creeping ; 

 stems weak, 1-2 feet high, leafy, hairy like the leaves ; lower bracts 

 long and leafy, with long sheaths ; male spikelets 2 or 3 ; female 

 spikelets very distant, rather loose, 1 inch long or more ; fruits 

 covered with short hairs, long-beaked. Wet places ; rather com- 

 mon. Fl. April. Perennial. 



71. C. rosirata (Bottle-Sedge). Also called C. ampullacea. A 

 stout tufted species, 1-3 feet high, with scarcely angled stems and 

 long leaves ; bracts leafy, sheathless ; spikelets 1-2 inches long or 

 more, 2 or 3 male and 2 or 3 female, the latter erect, compact ; 

 fruits spreading, inflated, with a rather long beak. Boggy places ; 

 common. Fl. June. Perennial. 



72. C. rhynchophysa. Closely related to the last, but it is taller, 

 with more glaucous leaves, and the spikelets are very much stouter. 

 In the British Isles this species is known only from Mullaghmore 

 Lough, in Co. Armagh. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



73. C. vesicaria (Bladder-Sedge). Similar to C. rosirata, but 

 the stem is more angular, the spikelets rather shorter, and the 

 fruits, though inflated as in that species, are more conical. Bogs ; 

 lot uncommon. Fl. May. Perennial. 



74. C. aculiformis (Lesser Pond-Sedge). A stout plant, 2-3 feet 

 high ; rootstock creeping ; leaves long ; bracts leafy, sheathless , 

 male spikelets 2 or 3, about 1 inch long, sessile ; female spikelets 

 2 or 3, often 2 inches long, sessile or the lowest shortly stalked ; 

 fruits slightly 3-angled, much flattened, with a short, spreading 

 beak. Also known as C. paludosa. Wet places ; not uncommon. 

 Fl. May. Perennial. 



