266 MONCEC. TRIAND. 



HAB. Boggy places by the sides of hikes,, but not common, as in Isla, 



&c., Light/. Fl. July. If. . 

 Culms 2 3 feet high, acutely triangular. Liavcs half an inch wide. 



One of the best marked and most beautiful sp. in the genus, 



25. C. itstulala (scorched alpine Carex}, sheaths elongated 

 shorter than the flowerstalks, fertile spikes pendulous, bracteas 

 nearly leafless, fruit elliptical ovate beaked (black) bifid at the 

 point, E. B. t. 2404. 



HAB. Mountains of Clova and Ben Lawers, G. Don. Fl. July. }/ . 

 Culms about a span high, leafy at the base, with short, rather broad, 

 leaves. Fertile spikes 2, remarkable for their blackened hue. 



26. C. atrala (black Carex), sheaths scarcely any, fertile spikes 

 pednnculated ovate pendulous, the terminal one with sterile 

 flowers at the base, bracteas subfoliaceous, fruit roundish ovate 

 depressed with a short beak bind at the point. Lightf. p. 555. 

 E.B. /.2044. 



HAB. Highland mountains, frequent, as upon Bcnteskerny, Mael- 

 Ghyrdy, Mael-nan- tarmonach, &c., in Breadulbane, Light/. Fl. 

 June. 11 . 



About 1 foot high. Leaves unusually broad for the size of the plant. 

 Glumes exceedingly dark brown, opaque. Fruit pale yellowish 

 brown. This differs from the other species of this division, in hav- 

 ing no distinct sterile spike, only a few antheriferous glumes in the 

 lower part of the terminal fertile spike, although in general habit it 

 perfectly agrees with the remainder of the division. 



27. C. pallescens (pale Carex), sheaths scarcely any, fertile 

 spikes pedunculated oblongo-cylindrical subpendulous, brac- 

 teas subfoliaceous, fruit ovato-elliptical tumid obtuse glabrous. 

 Lightf. p. 558. E. B. t. 2185. 



HAB. 'Marshy places, not unfrequcnt. FL June. 7/ . 

 A foot or more high. Leaves slightly pubescent. Spikes obtuse,, pale 

 green. Fruit very obtuse. 



28. C. flava (yellow Carex), sheaths short about equal to the 

 flowerstalks, bracteas long foliaceous, fertile spikes roundish 

 oval, fruit obovate with a long recurved beak bifid at the 

 point. Lightf. p. 55 1 . E. B. t.\ 294. 



/3. smaller, fruit less recurved. C. (Ederi, E. B. /. 1773. 



HAB. Bogs, not uncommon, both a. and (3. 



Culms 6 8 inches high, triangular, nearly glabrous. Bracteas very- 

 leafy. Spikes, and indeed the whole plant, of a yellowish hue. 

 Leaves rather broad, acuminate. 



29. C.fulva (tawny Carex], sheaths elongated shorter than the 

 flowerstalks, bracteas foliaceous, spikes oblongo- ovate distant 

 rotundo-ovate inflated rostrate bifid at the point, culm sca- 

 brous. E. .*..! 295. 



HAB. Road-side between Montrose and the N. Esk river, G. Don. 

 Clova mountains and elsewhere in the Highlands, not rare, D, Dun, 

 FL June. If. . 



