268 MONCEC. TRIAND. 



HAB. Marshy places and bogs, common. Ft. June. 1 . 



Stem \ 1 1 foot high. Leaves rather broad, very glaucous, and rough 



at the edges. Cal. glumes dark brown, their keel green. Fruit 



greenish brown. 



35. C. recurva (glaucous Heath Carex), sheaths short scarcely 

 any, bracteas subfoliaceous, fertile spikes subcylindrical droop- 

 ing, fruit obovato-globose obtuse rather downy entire at the 

 point. E. B. t. 1506. 



HAB. Moist meadows and moors. In the S. of Scotland, Dicks. About 

 Glasg., Hoplc. Appin, Capt. Carmichael. FL. June. 2/ . 



Leaves mostly radical, short, broadish. Culms about 1 foot high. Fer- 

 tile spikes 2. Fruit closely placed, brownish. 



*-+- Stigmas 2. 



36. C. pulla (russet Carex), sheaths none, bracteas foliaceous, 

 fertile spikes ovate the lower one pedunculatecl, cal. oblong, 

 fruit subglobose apiculate with a short bifid beak. E. B. 

 t. 2045. 



HAB. Ben Lawers, Mr. J. Mackaij in E. B. Banks of the Tilt, Perth- 

 shire, Anderson. Fl. June. 3/ . 



Six to eight inches high. Leaves rather broad. Glumes dark brown. 

 Fruit brownish. . 



37. C. ccespitosa (tufted Bog Carex), sheaths none, bracteas 

 foliaceous auricled at the base, spikes sessile oblong or subcy- 

 lindrical obtuse, fruit broadly elliptical. Lightf. p. 560. E.B, 

 t. 1507. 



HAB. Marshes and wet pastures, frequent. /?. June. 2/ . 



a. leaves narrow erect somewhat flaccid, spikes subcylindrical, 



cal. generally shorter than the fruit. C. ccespitosu, Lightf. 



p. 560. E.B. t. 1507. 

 /3. leaves broader recurved rigid, spikes oblong, cal. generally as 



long as the fruit. C. rigida, E. B. t. 2047. C. saxatilis ? 



Wahl. Lapp. 

 HAB. a. Marshes and wet pastures, frequent. /3. Summits of the 



Highland mountains, plentiful. FL June, July. Tj- . 

 It is no wonder that foreign botanists should be at a loss to know our 



C. rigida; for there is in reality no specific mark to distinguish it 



from C. cccspitosa, nor any difference which is not accounted for by 



its different place of growth. It is the alpine state of it. 

 One foot and a half high. Leaves rather long, erect, flaccid. 



38. C. stricla (straight -leaved Carex), sheaths none, bracteas 

 with small auricles at the base short subfoliaceous, fertile 

 spikes nearly sessile cylindrical-filiform acuminate, fruit ovate 

 somewhat acute plane above on each side, culm acutely angu- 

 lar straight. Lightf. p. 561 (C. ccespitosa /3.). E. B. t. 914. 



HAB. Marshy places by the side of water. Banks of the water of 

 Leith, above Currie, Edinb., Maugh. Bog Kenmuir, and near Dul- 

 dowie, Hopk. Bog.s, not unfrequent, D. Don. Fl. May. I/. . 



