354 MONCECIA TRIANDRIA. [CL. XXI. 



nial : flowers in June : grows in wet meadows and marshy places : fre- 

 quent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2185. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. p. 105. 1321. 



38. C. punctate. Dotted-fruited Carex. Fertile catkins three, rarely four, 

 cylindrical, erect ; fruit egg-shaped, swelled, glabrous, dotted, of a light- 

 green colour, with a linear beak with two teeth. Stem from twelve to 



eighteen inches high, erect, and smaller than the next. Perennial: 

 flowers in June : found in one or two places in North Wales. Brit. FL 

 4th ed. p. 333. 1322. 



39. C.fl&va. Yellow Carex. Sheaths short, nearly as long as the 

 flower-stalks; fertile catkins roundish, egg-shaped ; fruit three-cornered, 



smooth, with a long curved beak, notched at the end. Stem about a 



foot high, nearly smooth, catkins yellowish. Perennial : flowers in May 

 and June: grows in bogs and wet meadows : common. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xviii. pi. 1294. Eng. Fl. vol.iv. p. 106. 1323. 



40. C.fulva. Tawny Carex. Sheaths elongated, shorter than the flower- 

 stalks ; fertile catkins egg-shaped, erect ; scales pointless ; fruit egg- 

 shaped, three-cornered, smooth, with a straight, rough-edged, cleft 



beak. Straw twelve or fifteen inches high, three-cornered, acute and 



rough above. Perennial: flowers in June and July: grows in boggy 

 places. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1295. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 107. A 

 variety of this plant, with three fertile spikes on longer stalks, and the beak 

 of the fruit smoother, with a more distinct membranous orifice, is the 

 C. speirostdchya, Dense short-spiked Carex. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2770. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 98. 1324. 



41. C. exttnsa. Long-bracteated Carex. Sheaths and flower-stalks very 

 short ; bracteas very long and spreading ; fertile catkins oblong, near to 

 each other ; fruit egg-shaped, three-cornered, with a short, smooth, cleft 



beak ; straw very smooth. About a foot high : leaves very long, 



narrow, recurved. Perennial: flowers in June: grows in marshes on the 

 sea-coast : rare. F.ng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 833. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. p. 108. 



1325. 



42. C. distans. Loose Carex. Sheaths elongated, nearly as long as 

 the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins two or three oblong, widely distant ; 



scales pointed ; straw smooth. Twelve or eighteen inches high : 



leaves lance-shaped, flat. Perennial: flowers in June : grows in marshes 

 and wet meadows. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1234. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 109. 



1326. 



43. C. bintrvis. Green-ribbed Carex. Sheaths elongated, shorter 

 than the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins cylindrical, distant, partly com- 

 pound ; scales pointed ; straw smooth ; fruit egg-shaped, with a central 



keel and two distant marginal ribs. About two feet high : leaves 



lance-shaped, flat. Perennial: flowers in June : grows on dry heaths: 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1235. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 1 10. 



1327. 



44. C. pra'cox. Earlv Carex. Sheaths very short, about as long as the 

 flower-stalks ; catkins elliptical, rather close ; scales of the fertile ones 

 pointed ; fruit inversely egg-shaped, downy, with an abrupt, entire 



point. Straws from three inches to nearly a foot high, three-cornered, 



smooth : bracteas short, very narrow. Perennial : flowers in April : 

 grows on heaths and in dry pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 

 1099. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 1 1 1. 1328. 



