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45. C. pilulifera. Round-headed Carer. Sheaths none ; catkins two 

 or three, sessile, crowded, nearly globular ; scales pointed ; fruit three- 

 cornered, roundish, downy, with a short cleft beak. Straws about a 



foot high, slender, curved, three-cornered, rough at the top. Perennial : 

 flowers in May and June : grows on wet heaths: common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xiii. pi. 885. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. p. 112. 1329. 



46. C. tomentosa. Larger Downy-fruited Carex. Sheaths'hardly any ; 

 fertile catkins one or two, nearly sessile, cylindrical, obtuse, with acute 

 scales ; fruit globular, slightly three-cornered, covered with close down, 

 and having a short cleft beak. Strawsafoot or more high, erect, three- 

 cornered, rough at the top. Perennial : flowers in June. Found by 

 Mr. R. Teesdale, near Merston Measy, Wiltshire. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. 

 pi. 2046. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 113. " 1330. 



47. C. panicea. Pink-leaved Carex. Sheaths elongated, about half 

 as long as the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins one or two, distant, the lower 



one rather loose; fruit somewhat globular, smooth, beakless Stem 



about a foot high, smooth, obtusely three-cornered, erect. Perennial : 

 flowers in June : grows in meadows and marshy places : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1505. Eng. Fi. vol. iv. p. 114. 1331. 



48. C. recurva. Glaucous Heath Carex. Sheaths short, scarcely 

 any ; fertile catkins cylindrical, drooping, on very long, recurved stalks : 



fruit elliptical, three-cornered, roughish, obtuse, slightly notched. 



Straw about a foot high, erect. Perennial : flowers in May and June : 

 grows in moist meadows and heaths: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 

 1506. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 114. 1332. 



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

 catkin solitary ; bructeas leafy ; atigmas two. 



49. C.pulla. Eusset Carex. Sheaths none ; fertile catkins egg-shaped, 

 the lower one stalked ; fruit broadly elliptical, with a short notched beak. 



Straw six or eight inches high : catkins dark-brown. Perennial : 



flowers in May and June : grows on the higher mountains of Scotland : 

 rare.' Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2045. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 104. 1333. 



50. C. cuspitosa. Tufted Bog Carex. Sheaths none ; fertile catkins 

 cylindrical, obtuse, erect; bracteas lobed at the base; fruit broadly 



elliptical, flat, ribbed, with a very short abrupt beak. Straw from six 



to twelve inches high, three-cornered, rough at the end. Perennial: 

 flowers in May and June : grows in marshy places : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxi. pi. 1507. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 117. 1334. 



51. C. rigida. Rigid Carex. Sheaths none; fertile catkins egg- 

 shaped, the lowermost stalked ; bracteas lanceolate, recurved, as are the 



leaves ; fruit triangular, with a short abrupt beak. Root creeping : 



stems rigid, from three to six inches high, triangular, the angles rough 

 above. Perennial : flowers in June and July: grows on the summits of 

 high mountains : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2047. Eg. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 116. 1335. 



52. C. stricta. Glaucous straight-leaved Carex. Sheaths none ; fertile 

 catkins cylindrical, elongated, acute, nearly sessile ; bracteas with small 



lobes at the base ; fruit elliptical, flat, with a short cleft beak. Straw 



two feet high, acutely three-cornered, rough at the top : leaves erect, the 

 lower ones torn and reticulated at the base. Perennial : flowers in April 



