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33. C. PENDTJLA, Huds. Great Pendulous Carex. Our tallest 

 species, 3 6 ft. high. Stem stout, triangular. Le. very long, 

 about half an inch broad. Barren spikelet solitary, fertile 4 6, 

 cylindrical, 4 5 in. long, pendulous, densely flowered. Bracts 

 leafy, lower one sheathing. Gl. ovate, mucronate, brown, with a 

 green keel. Fruit small, elliptic, with a short trigonous emargi- 

 nate beak. 



Rare. Wet woods and moist shady places. (B) P. 5 6. " By the Clyde 

 above Blantyre Priory, and above Barncluith," Patr. Kenmuir bank, near the 

 Marriage-well ; Gourock. 



F. Terminal spikelets 2 or more barren. Stigmas 3. 



34. C. AMPULLACEA, Gooden. Slender-beaked Carex. Stems 

 tufted, 1 2 ft. high, angles Hunt. Le. long, channelled, glaucous. 

 Barren spikelets 2 3, fertile 2 4, distant, cylindrical, with short 

 peduncles. Bracts leafy. Gl. lanceolate. Fruit subglobose, 

 inflated, suddenly contracted into a long, narrow, bifid beak. 



Frequent. Wet bogs and marshes. (B) P. 6. Possil marsh ; Bardowie loch ; 

 Gourock hills; Cumbrae and Arran. 



35. C. VESICARIA, L. Short-bealced Bladder Carex. Stems 

 nearly 2 ft. high, acutely triangular, rough near the top. Le. 

 broad, green. Barren spikelets 2 3, fertile 2 3, remote, 

 cylindrical. Bracts long, leafy. Gl. lanceolate. Fruit ovate, 

 inflated, gradually narrowing into a subulate beak. 



Frequent. Wet bogs and marshes. (B) P. 5 6. Possil marsh; Bardowie 

 loch; "Busby," Dr. Ross. 



36. C. PALUDOSA, Goodeii. Lesser Common Carex. Stems 

 2 3 ft. high, with rough angles. Le. broad, rough, keeled, 

 green. Barren spikelets 2 3, fertile 3, cylindrical. Bracts long, 

 leafy. Gl. narrow, pointed. Fruit compressed, not inflated, ovate 

 or oblong, striate; beak short, spreading, 2-lobed. 



Common. Banks of rivers and marshes. (B) P. 5 6. Banks of Clyde, Cart, 

 and Kelvin. 



37. C. RIPARIA, Curt. Great Common Carex. Stem 3 4 ft. 

 high, angles rough. Le. very broad. Barren spikelets 3 5, with 

 awned anthers; fertile 3 4, long, cylindrical, acute. Bracts 

 leafy, very long. Gl. acute. Fruit oblong-ovate, convex, with a 

 very short emarginate beak. 



Frequent. Sides of rivers and ditches. (B) P. 5. "Banks of Clyde at Car- 

 myle and Kenmuir," Hopk. Banks of Cart, &c. 



Ord. 88.-GRAMINE.a3. 



Stems usually hollow, jointed; nodes solid, with one leaf to 

 each. Leaves alternate, with sheaths split on one side, having in 

 the axil at the base of the linear blade a small membranous 

 ligule. Flowers in spiJcelets, arranged on a rachis, in spikes, 



