74 SPRING FLOWERS. 



** Spilcelets arranged in a comjpound continuous or inter- 

 rupted spilce ; stigmas 2. 



t Mootstoclc creeping. 



C. intermedia : steins 1-2 feet high ; spikelets large ovoid, 



simple, crowded into a terminal spike. — Wet meadows. Fl. 



May. 



tt BootstocJc tufted. 



C. vulpina : stems 2-4 feet high ; spikelets numerous, 

 densely crowded into a terminal spike, interrupted at the base. 

 — "Wet places. Fl. May, June. 



C. remota : stems 1-2 feet high ; spikelets small, pale-co- 

 loured, widely separated ; bracts leaf-like. — Moist shady places. 

 Fl. May, June. 



C. steUulata : stems 6-12 inches high; spikelets three or 

 four, oval-oblong or roundish, rather distant ; bracts not leaf- 

 like. — Boggy places. Fl. May, June. 



*** Spikes separate, one or more terminal ones wliolly 

 (rarely partially) larren, the rest fertile. 



f JBeah of the fruit entire, emarginate or shortly 2-toothed. 



% Nut plano-convex ; stigmas 2 ; barren spikes one or 

 . more. 



C. acuta ; stems 2-3 feet high ; spikes cylindrical, dark- 

 coloured, the fertile 3 inches long or more; glumes narrow 

 and pointed. — Wet places. Fl. May, June. 



C. vulgaris : stems 1 foot high ; spikes oblong, ^-2 inches 

 long, dark-brown ; glumes blunt. — Marshes. Fl. May, June. 



%% Nut three-cornered ; stigmas^, 

 {a) Fruits smooth ; larren spikes terminal, solitary. 



C. panicea : stem 1-2 feet high ; fertile spikes about two, 

 erect, cylindrical, \-\ inch long, loosely imbricated. — Carna- 

 tion Grass. — Marshy places. Fl. May, June. 



