350 MONffiCIA TRIANDRIA. [CL. XXI, 



7. C. leporiiia. Hare't-foot Carer. Spikelets three, rarely four, egg- 

 shaped, contiguous; fruit elliptical, beaked, slightly convex, scarcely 



longer than the egg-shaped, blunt scales. From four to eight inches 



high, smooth : leaves very narrow, shorter than the stem : spikelets brown : 

 seeds pale-yellow. Perennial: flowers in July and August: found in 

 1836 by Mr. Dickie upon rocks on Lochnagar, Aberdeenshire. Brit. 

 Fl. 4th ed. p. 332. 1291. 



8. C. curta. White Carex. Spikelets about six, elliptical, somewhat 

 distant ; scales egg-shaped, membranous, small; fruit broadly egg-shaped, 



tumid, smooth. Straw a foot high, three-cornered, rough at the upper 



part, spikelets silvery. Perennial: flowers in June: grows in watery 

 places : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1386. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 81. 1292. 



9. C. Vahlii. Close-headed Alpine Carex. Spikes three or four, ob- 

 long, aggregated, the terminal one with barren flowers at its base; stigmas 

 three; fruit obovate, rough above with minute prickles, shortly beaked, 



longer than the egg-shaped obtuse calyx. Straw six inches or more 



in height, triangular, rough on the angles. Discovered in 1830, among 

 rocks, at the head of Loch Callader, in Braemar, by Dr. Greville, and 

 described by him in Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2666. Eng. Fl. p. 389. 1293. 



10. C. canacens. Hoary Carex. Spikelets three or four, terminal, 

 one barren at the base, fertile sessile, except the lowest which is on a 

 short stalk; fruit egg-shaped, obtuse, two-toothed, rough, shorter than 



the scales. Straw from one to two feet high, erect, leafy at the base : 



leaves straight, shorter than the stem : fruit green. Perennial : flowers in 

 July: found by Mr. Moore on a small island in Lough Neagh, Ireland. 

 Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 335. 1294. 



11. C.elangdta. Elongated Carex. Spikelets numerous, oblong, rather 

 distant, without bracteas ; fruit between oblong and egg-shaped, tapering, 

 cleft, ribbed, recurved, longer than the scales. Straw about a foot high : 

 spikelets variegated with brown and green. Perennial: flowers in June: 

 grows in marshes : rare. Found by Mr. J. Salt, at Aldwark, near Shef- 

 field. Cheshire and Shropshire. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 82. 1295. 



12. C. ovdlis. Oval-spiked Carex. Spikelets about six, oval, close to- 

 gether; barren flowers inferior; fruit lance-shaped, rough-edged, striated, 



as long as the lance-shaped scales. Straw from twelve to eighteen 



inches high, with rough corners : spikelets greyish, each with a large 

 egg-shaped scale at the base, the lowest with a bristle-shaped bractea. 

 Perennial : flowers in June : grows in marshy places and wet meadows : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 306. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 82. 1296. 



13. C. remiita. Remote Caret. Spikelets several, nearly sessile, distant 

 from each other ; barren flowers inferior ; bracteas very long ; fruit egg- 

 shaped, obtuse at the edges, the beak slightly cleft. Straw about a 



foot high, three-cornered above, with rough edges : spikelets yellowish. 

 Perennial: flowers in May and June: grows in moist shady places. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xii. pi. 832. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 84. 1297. 



14. C. axilldrit. Aiiller-clustered Carex. Spikelets several, sessile, 

 distant from each other; the lower ones compound, with very long 



bracteas ; fruit egg-shaped, its beak deeply cleft. Resembling the last, 



but larger, with broader leaves. Perennial : flowers in June. Found by 

 Mr. Curtis, near Putney ; and at Earsham, in Norfolk, by Mr. Wood- 



