62 FLOWERS OF THE BOGS AND MARSHES 



eleochariella. The Homoptera Liburnia pullala, L. lugubrina, Dicra- 

 neura flavipennis, D. aureola also frequent them. 



The second Latin name means fox-coloured, in allusion to the 

 colour of the flowers. 



ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC CHARACTERS: 



327. Carex vulpina, L. Stems numerous, rough, tufted, broad, 

 spikelets in a compound spike, cylindrical, bracts long, setaceous. 



