87. CYPERACE.E. 179 



Fruit horizontally spreading when ripe, shining, dark brown, 

 tapering at the base and apex, compressed. Glumes deciduous. 



Frequent In bogs. (B) P. 56. Cathkin hills; Fossil marsh: Gourock; 

 Cumbrae and Arran. 



B. Spikelet solitary, terminal. Stigmas 3. 



3. C. PAUCIFLORA, Lightf. Few-flowered Carex. Androgynous. 

 Stems decumbent at the base, 5 6 in. high, with long creeping 

 runners. Le. narrow, the upper ones sheathing the stem. Spike- 

 lets few-fl., the upper mostly barren. Fruit pale, spreading or 

 reflexed, narrow, round, striate, and pointed. Glumes deciduous. 



Not common. On moors. (H) P. 6 7. Discovered on the ascent of Goat Fell 

 in Arran, by Lightf oot; " Ben Lomond," Dr. Walker; "Near Glasgow," Hudson. 



C. Spikelets several. Androgynous. Stigmas 2. 

 * Base of the spikelet barren. 



4. C. OVALIS, Gooden. Oval-spiked Carex. Stems tufted, 

 12 18 in. high, triangular. Spikelets 4 6, close together, oval. 

 Bracts small. Glumes acute, brown, margins pale. Fruit flat, 

 with a broad, rough, membranous margin ; beak bifid. 



Common. In moist meadows. (B) P. 6. 



5. C. STELLULATA, Gooden. Little-prickly Carex. Stems 

 tufted, 6 12 in. high, triquetrous. Le. slightly shorter than the 

 stem. Spikelets about 4, the uppermost ones contiguous, when 

 ripe spreading like a small star. Fruit ovate, larger than the 

 glumes ; beak long, bifid, serrate on the margin. 



Common. In marshy places. (B) P. 56. 



6. C. CURTA, Gooden. White Carex. Stems forming large 

 tufts, 10 12 in. high, angular. Le. long. Spikelets 48, the 

 uppermost approximate. Bracts small. Glumes ovate, membran- 

 ous. Fruit erect, ovate, plano-convex, with a small point, longer 

 than the glume. Plant having a white appearance, especially the 

 spikelets. 



Very common. In most of our bogs. (B) P. 6. Possil marsh; Frankfield and 

 Hogganfield lochs, &c. 



7. C. REMOTA, L. Distant-spiked Carex. Stems slender, pale 

 green, bluntly angular, 1 2 ft, high. Le. slender, long, narrow, 

 channelled. Bracts leafy, long and narrow. Spikelets very small, 

 distant below, upper ones close. Gl. oblong, membranous. Fruit 

 ovate-acuminate, tapering into a bifid point, rough on the upper 

 part, longer than the glumes. 



Frequent. In moist shady woods. (B) P. 6. Gairbraid glen and banks of the 

 Kelvin; Kenmuirbank; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



* Apex of the spikelets barren. 



8. C. PANICULATA, L. Great-panicled Carex. Root forming 

 large tufts. Stems stout, 2 5 feet high, triangular, rough. Le. 



