182 87. CYPERACE.E. 



Bracts short, sheaths none. Gl. ovate -acuminate, brown. Fruit 

 with a raised rib at the apex, nearly globular, downy. Beak 

 minute, bifid. 



Frequent. In heathy pastures. (B) P. 6. "Moors, Kilbride," Ure. Cathkin 

 kills; Craigmaddie moor; hills above Gourock ; Kilmun; Cumbrae and Arran. 



19. C. PR^E'COX, Jacq. Vernal Carex. Rhizomes creeping. 

 Stems stiff, 3 12 in. high. Le. short, harsh, and broad. Barren 

 spikelet solitary, fertile 13, close together, oblong, lowest 

 shortly stalked. Bracts small, leafy, with a short sheath. Gl. 

 broadly ovate -acuminate. Fruit small, shortly beaked, trigonous, 

 covered with minute down. 



Common. Dry pastures and heaths. (B) P. 45. Amongst whins in a pas- 

 ture at Buttery-burn loch; Cathkin hills; from Gourock to Arran. 



20. C. FILIFORMIS, L. Slender-leaved Carex. Rhizome creep- 

 ing. Stems 12 18 in. high. Le. slender, margins involute when 

 dry. Barren spikelets 2, fertile 2 4 distant, shortly stalked, 

 upper nearly sessile. Bracts leafy, long, narrow, and shortly 

 sheathing. Gl. of the fertile spikelets oblong-ovate, cuspidate. 

 Fruit downy, oblong-ovate, tapering into a deeply-divided beak. 



Very rare. Boggy marshes. (S) P. 5. Dunloskin loch, near Dunoon. 



21. C. HIRTA, L. Hairy Carex. Rhizome creeping. Stems 

 leafy, 1 2 ft. high, more or less hairy in all its parts. Le. flat, 

 hairy. Barren spikelets 2 3, fertile 2 3, remote, stalked. 

 Bracts long, leafy, lowest one with sheaths, equal to the peduncles 

 of the lowest spikelet. Gl. elliptic-lanceolate at the ciliate point. 

 Fruit ovate-oblong, tapering into a long deeply -bifid beak, tawny, 

 covered with short spreading hairs. 



Frequent. Wet pastures and damp woods. (B) P. 5 6. Baldernock; Ken- 

 muirbank; Bowling; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



A variety is found "near Innellan, with the lower sheaths scarcely half as long 

 as the stalks, fertile spikelets loose-flowered, compound at the base," //. & A. 



22. C. GLATJCA, Scop. Glaucous Heath Carex. Rhizome 

 creeping. Stems 8 12 in. high, Le. short, curved, glaucous. 

 Barren spikelet 13, fertile 2 3, erect, at length slightly 

 drooping. Bracts leafy, scarcely sheathing. Glumes ovate, acute, 

 dark brown. Fruit obtuse, with a very short beak, rough, caused 

 l)y depressed points. 



Common. Marshy places and wet moors. (B) P. 6. Fossil marsh; Cathkin 

 hills, &c. 



tt Fruit smooth. Beak entire. 



23. C. PANICEA, L. Pink-leaved Carex. Stems tufted, erect? 

 smooth, 12 18 in. high. Le. short, broad, glaucous, edges rough. 

 Barren spikelet solitary; fertile mostly 2, distant, erect, stalks 

 longer than the sheath, loosely flowered. Bracts leafy, sheath- 

 ing at the base. Gl. oblong, dark brown, with a green keel. 



