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Very near C. diatans, but distinct in the fruit, which is more suddenly 

 beaked, and greatly broader and rounder. 



30. C. extensa (tong-bracieated Carex), sheaths very short 

 scarcely any with extremely long foliaceous bracteas, fertile 

 spikes subsessile oblong, fruit ovate scarcely beaked striated 

 bifid at the .point, leaves very narrow, culm glabrous. E. B. 

 t. 8,33. 



HAB. Sea-coast between Sterley-burn and Aberdour; and on the 

 coast 2 m. E. of St. Andrews, Mr. Chalmers. Fl. June. I/ . 



Calms about a foot high. Very distinct from C.flava, with which it 

 has been confounded, in its very narrow, convolute leaves, besides 

 the want of a long beak to the fruit. 



31. C. distans (distantly -spiked Carex), sheaths elongated 

 about equal to the flowerstalks, bearing foliaceous bracteas, 

 fertile spikes oblong erect, cal. mucronate, fruit ovate some- 

 what inflated subtriquetrous depressed with rather a short beak 

 bifid at the point. Lightf. p. 561. E. B. t. 1234, and 1235 

 (C. linervis). 



HAB. Marshes and wet pastures, not unfrequent. Fl. June. I/ . 



Culms 1 1^ foot high, slender. Spikes very distantly placed, .their 

 rather long peduncles entirely concealed by the sheathing bases of 

 the bracteas. I can discover no difference between C. disfans and 

 C. binervis of Smith ; the 2 principal ribs upon the fruit which he 

 describes, and which give the name to the latter sp., being nothing 

 more than the margined angles which are common to many other 

 individuals of this genus. The fruit, indeed, is more highly co- 

 loured. 



32. C. prcecox (vernal Carex), sheaths short scarcely any equal 

 to the flowerstalks, fertile spikes oblong approximate, cal. el- 

 liptico-oblong, fruit obovate subtriquetrous acute pubescent. 

 E. B. 1. 1099. Lightf. p. 55 1 (C. montana] . 



HAB. Dry pastures and heaths, frequent. Fl. April, May }/ . 

 Root creeping. Culms 3 inches to a foot in height. Leaves short, 



rather broad. Lower bracteas small, but foliaceous; upper ones 



very minute. Fruit tomentose. 



33. C, pilidifera (round-fruited Carex), sheaths none, bracteas 

 small subfoliaceous, fertile spikes sessile roundish approximate, 

 cal. mucronate, fruit obovato-globose acute pubescent, culms 

 weak scabrous. Lig/itf. p. 554. E.B.t.885. 



HAB. Moorish ground, frequent. Fl. June. 1 . 



Culms varying much in height, from 6 12 inches j slender. Readily 



distinguished by the pubescent, almost spherical, cap&ules, which 



give name to the species. 



34. C. panicea (pink-leaved Carex), sheaths elongated shorter 

 than the flowerstalks, fertile spikes subcylindrical with distant 

 flowers, bracteas foliaceous, fruit subglobose somewhat inflated 



, obtuse glabrous entire at the point. Lightf. p. 5 58. E. B. 

 t, 1505. 



