CL. XXI.] MONffiCIA TRIANDRIA. 351 



ward. Near Edinburgh. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 993. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 94. 1298. 



15. C. incurra. Curved Carex. Spikelets crowded into a dense head ; 

 fertile flowers inferior ; bracteas membranous ; stem roundish, smooth, 



curved ; leaves channelled. Spikelets sessile, egg-shaped, brownish ; 



straw about four inches high. Perennial : flowers in July and August: 

 grows in sand along the coast ; not uncommon in the north of Scotland. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 927. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 85. 1299. 



16. C. arendria. Sea Carex. Spikelets numerous, crowded into an 

 oblong spike ; upper ones barren, lower fertile ; bracteas membranous, 



the lower ones leafy ; stem three-cornered ; leaves flat. Root very 



long, creeping: straw from six inches to a foot high: spikes yellowish. 

 This plant, like the Arundo arenaria, tends to fix the loose sand along 

 the coasts. Perennial: flowers in June: grows on the sea-shore : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 928. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. pi. 85. 1300. 



17. C. intermedia. Soft Brown Caret. Spikelets numerous, crowded 

 into an oblong spike; the lower and terminal ones fertile ; the interme- 

 diate barren; straw erect, three-cornered, rough on the angles. Stems 



erect, about a foot high : spike rusty brown. Perennial : flowers in May 

 and June : grows in marshy places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. 

 pi. 2042. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 86. 1301. 



18. C. divtsa. Bracteated Marsh Carex. Spike somewhat egg-shaped, 

 once or twice compounded ; spikelets with the fertile flowers inferior ; 

 bracteas leafy, erect; fruit broadly egg-shaped, acutelv angular, with the 

 point cleft ; root creeping. Straws erect, a foot high : spike dark- 

 brown, about an inch long. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows 

 in marshes, chiefly near the sea: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol.xvi. pi. 1096. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 87. 1302. 



19. C. mnricdta. Greater Prickly Carex. Spike oblong, dense/com- 

 pound ; spikelets with the fertile flowers inferior ; fruit spreading, egg- 

 shaped, acutely angular, with a long, rough-edged cleft beak ; root 



fibrous. Straws a foot and a half high. Perennial : flowers in May 



and June : grows in marshes and gravelly pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xvi. pi. 1097, Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 88. 1303. 



20. C.divulsa. Grey Carer. Spike elongated, loose; spikelets of its 

 lower half finally very distant; fruit erect, smooth-edged, with a roughish 



cleft beak ; root fibrous. Straws twelve or eighteen inches high, 



acutely three-cornered, rough. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in 

 moist shady pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 629. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 89. 1304. 



21. C.vulpina. Great Compound Prickly Carex. Spike dense, oblong 

 obtuse, thrice compound ; fruit egg-shaped, acutely angular, spreading, 



with a rough-edged notched beak ; corners of the straw verv acute. 



Straws two feet high, erect, the sides concave: spikelets egg-shaped, with 

 the barren flowers uppermost. Perennial: flowers in May: grows in wet 

 shady places, and by the edges of rivers and pools: frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. v. pi. 307. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 90. 1305. 



22. C. teretiuscula. Lesser Clustered Carex. Spike dense, twice or 

 thrice compounded ; spikelets egg-shaped, sterile at their extremity ; fruit 

 spreading, tumid at one side, with a tapering serrate beak : straw three- 

 cornered, with convex sides. Straws twelve or eighteen inches high. 



