384 



Weston Fen 1 1 , is somewhat like the above, its leaves are 

 slightly broader, 1^- lines, its upper fertile spike is narrowly 

 ovate, and the glumes acute. It is possibly a hybrid, or a 

 form of C. vesicaria. 



70. C. paludosa, Good. Marsh Caress^ 

 Bab. Man. 411. Hook. St. Fl. 465. H. & S. 95. Hist. Yarm. 



Top. Bot. Suff. E. and W. Galp. 116. 



Herbaceous perennial ; in ditches and boggy places. 

 Frequent in all the districts. May.. 



b. C. spadicea, Elw. Eoth. C. Kochiana, Gaud. 



Bab. Man. 411. Hook. St. Fl. 465. 



1. Bardwell || ; Coney Weston ; Ixworth Thorpe; 

 Brandon : Santon Downham, A.B. 



4. Nayland : Rede, Hb. Turn. 



A marked form occurs at Bardwell with very distant 

 fertile spikes, glumes on fertile spikes very short and acute. 

 Earliest notice 1833. Mrs. Casborne. 



71. C. riparia, Curt. Great riparian Carex. 

 Bab. Man. 411. Hook. St. Fl. 465,6. H. & S. 95. Hist. Yarm. 



Top. Bot. Suff. E. and W. Galp. 116. 



Large herbaceous perennial ; by river banks. May. 



1. Thelnetham; Market Weston ; Knettishall ; Eus- 

 ton ; Honington || ; Ixworth Thorpe ; Bardwell ; Thetford 

 Warren ; Lakenheath : Bury, Hb. Sk. : Pakenham, Hb. 

 Gas. : Mildenhall, Sir CJ.F.B. : Tuddenham, E. Sk. 



2. Polstead ; Nayland ; Melford : Hitcham, Hb. 

 Hens. : Brettenham, Hb. Rk. : Lit. Bradley, Hb. F. : 

 Rede, Hb. Turn. : Cockfield, W.J. : Clare, C.B. 



3. Mettingham and Kessingland ; Beccles : Oulton, 

 E. 8k. 



4. Redgrave : Gt. Glemham, E.N.B. 



5. Walton ; Claydon and Needham Market. 

 Earliest notice 1833. Mrs. Casborne. 



GRAMINE>. 



Digitaria, Scop. 



[3D. Sangllinalis, Scop. Panicum sanguinale, Scop- 



Bloody Finger Grass. 



Bab. Man. 419,20. Hook. St. Fl. App. 535. H. & S. 95. 

 Annual herb ; a not infrequent stray. August-, 



