452 CYPERACEJE. [Carex. 



15. C. remo'ta, L. ; slender, leaves narrow, bracts long, spikelets ob- 

 long, perigynia erect narrow-ovoid plano-convex striate exceeding the 

 oblong-ovate acuminate glumes, beak broad and margins above serrulate. 

 Copses, from Argyll and Ross southd. ; ascends to 1,000 ft. ; Ireland ; Chan- 

 nel Islands; fl. June.— Tufted ; branches spreading Stem 1-2 ft., inclined, 

 3-gonous. Leaves T 2~8 m - broad, equalling the stems, flat. Spike 2-5 in., 

 rachis scabrid ; lower bracts often very long. Spikelets 3-9. Glumes pale 

 brown, midrib broad green, margins white scarious. Perigynia pale, 

 narrowed below. Nut plano-convex, narrowed. — Distrib. Europe, N. 

 Africa, N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. — C. tenel'la, Sm., not Schk., is a 

 starved form. — C. axilla'ris, Good. (? a hybrid with murica'ta), has taller 

 stouter 3-quetrous stems, shorter bracts, larger spikelets, the lower crowded 

 and compound, and broader rigid glumes. Marshes, from York southd. ; 

 Ireland. — C. Bosnninghausenia'na, Weihe (? a hybrid with panicula'ta), has 

 slender 3-quetrous scabrid stems, long spikes, no bracts, small spikelets, pale 

 membranous glumes, and perigynia serrulate below the middle. Marshes, 

 from Banff southd. 



**** Spikelets male at the base, or both at the top and base, in a compact head or 

 spike. Bracts or subulate (except C. lepori'na). 



16. C. lepori'na, L. ; stout, leaves narrow, spike lobed compact, peri- 

 gynia elliptic-ovoid plano-convex striate equalling the lanceolate acute 

 glumes, margins winged and long 2-fid beak serrulate. C. ova'lis, Good. 

 Wet places, 1ST. to Shetland ; ascends to 1,700 ft. in the Lake District ; Ireland ; 



Channel Islands ; fl. June. — Rootstock tufted ; stolons 0. Stems 6-12 in., 

 3-quetrous, slightly scabrid above. Leaves shorter than the stem, flat Jy | 

 in. broad, points fine. Spike f-1 in., often as broad, pale brown, compressed ; 

 spikelets male at the base only; bracts 0, or subulate (C. argyrolo'chin, 

 Loud. Cat. 1867, not Hornem.). Glumes pale brown, midrib green, edges 

 whitish, acuminate or cuspidate. Perigynia sessile. Nut stipitate, oblong, 

 lenticular, shining. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia, Rocky Mts. 



17. C. canes'cens, L. ; slender, leaves narrow, spike interrupted, 

 bract or minute, perigynia elliptic-ovoid plano-convex ribbed equalling 

 the ovate acute pale glumes, beak short 2-fid serrulate. C. cur'ta, Good. 

 Bogs and marshes, from Isla and Elgin southd. ; ascends to nearly 2,200 ft. in 



the Highlands ; Ireland ; fl. June-July. — Rootstock tufted ; stolons 0. Stems 

 12-18 in., 3-quetrous, longer than the leaves, hardly scabrid above. Leaves 

 flat, T V-f in. broad. Spike f-1^ in., slender ; spikelets 3-8, ovoid, male at 

 the base only ; bracts 0, rarely 1, subulate. Glumes very pale, edges broad 

 scarious. Perigynia erect, pale olive, not winged, ribs slender, beak obscure. 

 Nut ovoid or obovoid, lenticular, pale. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic) (excl. 

 Spain, Greece, Turkey), N. Asia, N. America, S. Chili. 

 Var. C. alpic'ola, "Wahl. (C. vit'ilis, Fries; G. Persoo'nii, Sieb.), has spikelets 

 fewer, few-fid., glumes browner, beak deeply 2-fid in fruit. — N. Wales, 

 York to Ross, rare, ascends to 3,600 ft. 



18. C. laeropi'na, Wahl. ; stem wiry, leaves flat, spikelets 2-4 small 

 crowded, bracts minute, perigynia elliptic-ovoid biconvex ribbed exceeding 

 the ovate acute glumes, beak short 2-fid. C. lepori'na, L. in part. 



