352 MONffiCIA TRIANDfclA. [CL. XXI. 



Perennial: flowers in May: grows in wet meadows: not common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1065. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 91. 1306. 



23. C. paniculdta. Spike thrice compound, loosely panicled, inter- 

 rupted, acute; spikelets egg-shaped, sterile at their extremity; fruit 

 spreading, with an abrupt serrate beak ; straw acutely three-cornered, with 



flat sides. Stem two or three feet high. Perennial : flowers in June : 



grows in wet meadows and marshy places : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. 

 pi. 1064. En*. Fl. vol. iv. p. 92. 



*** Barren fliruxrs and fertile flowers in separate catkins ; the barren 

 catkin solitary. Bracteas membranous. Stigmas three. 



24. C. digitdta. Fingered Cares. Bracteas membranous, sheathing ; 

 catkins linear, loose, erect, the barren one shortest ; two or three fertile 



ones; leaves flat. Straws six or eight inches high, sheathed at the 



base : leaves rough with reflected teeth towards the base, and smooth in 

 the middle. Perennial : flowers in May : prows in woods and thickets, 

 in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 615. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 93. 



1308. 



25. C. clandestina. Dwarf Silvery Carei. Bracteas membranous ; 

 fertile catkins distant from each other, few-flowered, inclosed in the 



sheathing bracteas ; leaves channelled. Straws from one to three 



inches high : catkins silvery. Perennial : flowers in May : grows on 

 St. Vincent's Rocks, Bristol. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2124. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 94. 1309. 



*** Barren flowers and fertile flowers in separate catkins ; the barren 

 catkin solitary. Bracteas leafy. Stigmas three. 



26. C. pendula. Great Pendulous Carei. Sheaths nearly as long as 

 the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins cylindrical, very long, drooping ; fruit 



egg-shaped, with a notched beak, closely imbricated. Straw from 



three to six feet high, three-cornered, leafy : catkins six or seven, green- 

 ish. Perennial: flowers in May and June: grows in moist shady 

 places: not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii.pl. 2315. En;:. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 95. 1310. 



27. C. strigosa. Loose Pendulous Carei. Sheaths nearly as long as the 

 flower-stalks ; catkins slender, loose, slightly drooping ; fruit lance- 

 shaped, ribbed, slightly notched, loosely imbricated. Straw two feet 



high. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows] in woods and 

 thickets : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 994. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 96. 



1311. 



28. C. sylciitica. Pendulous Wood Cares. Sheaths half as long as 

 the flower-stalks ; catkins slender, rather loose, drooping ; fruit egg- 

 shaped, with a long, beaked cleft point, ribless, triangular. Straw two 



feet high, smooth, three-cornered. Perennial : flowers in May and 

 June : grows in woods : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 995. Eng* 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 96. 1312. 



29. C. depauperdta. Starved Wood Caret. Sheaths much shorter 

 than the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins distant, erect, of about three flowers ; 



fruit inflated, nearly globular, ribbed, with a notched beak. Straw 



about eighteen inches high, obtusely three-cornered, smooth. Perennial : 

 flowers in May and June : grows in dry woods : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xvi.pl. 1098. Eng. Fl. vol. iv.p. 97. 1313. 



