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52. C. frig'ida, Allioni ; slender, leaves long flat, bracts leafy, sheaths 

 long, spikelets red-brown shortly cylindric long pedicelled, perigynia 

 hardly stipitate narrow lanceolate exceeding the oblong acute glumes, beak 

 long slender, margins scabrid or smooth. 



Wet turf, Aberdeen, alt. 2,700 ft. ; fl. Aug. — Rootstock tufted, shortly creeping. 

 Stems 6-18 in., 3-gonous, slender, with 1-2 leaves. Radical leaves nume- 

 rous, flat, §— | in. broad, green. Bracts long, leafy, shorter or longer than 

 the inflorescence, smooth. Spikelets inclined, rich dark brown, remote ; 

 male solitary, slender, fusiform; female 3-5, |-1| in., long-pedicelled. 

 Glumes numerous, erect, loosely appressed, dark purple with a green mid- 

 rib, of the male subacute. Perigynia £— | in., dark brown, not ribbed, 

 smooth ; beak straight, half as long as the body. Stigmas 3. — Distrib. 

 Alps of Ceutral and S. Europe, Central Asia. — A rare instance of an alpine 

 Scotch plant not being Scandinavian. 



53. C. depaupera'ta, Good. ; slender, leaves long flat, bracts leafy, 

 sheaths long, spikelets 3-4-fld. green, perigynia stipitate narrowed at both 

 ends turgid ribbed green much larger than the lanceolate pale glumes, 

 beak slender tip membranous. 



Dry woods, Surrey, Somerset, and Kent, very rare ; fl. May-June. — Rootstock 

 tufted, shortly creeping. Stems 10-24 in., 3-gonous, slender, smooth, leafy. 

 Leaves §-£ in. broad. Bracts scabrous, almost equalling the stem, flat. 

 Spikelets erect, very short and distant ; male very slender, 1-lj in., many- 

 fld. ; female 3-5, §-§ in., pedicel of lowest sometimes 2-3 in. Glumes 

 remote, membranous, acuminate, embracing the base of the perigynia, back 

 green ; of the male numerous, obtuse, ciliate. Perigynia large, nearly § in.; 

 obscurely 3-gonous, polished, ribs many slender ; beak very long, straight, 

 obscurely scabrid. Fruit obovoid, or obtusely 3-gonous, pale. — Distrib. 

 From France and Spain eastd. to Kussia and Turkey, N. Asia. 



ttt Perigynia glabrous. Male spikelet solitary ; female long, curved or 

 drooping. Bracts leafy, sheaths long. 



54. C. sylvat'ica, Huds. ; slender, leaves flat broad soft, spikelets 

 long-pedicelled very slender drooping lax-fld., perigynia stipitate short- 

 turgid 3-gonous equalling the lanceolate thin pale glumes, beak membra- 

 nous very long slender 2-fid. 



Damp woods, from Argyll and Aberdeen southd. ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; fl. May-June. — Rootstock tufted, shortly creeping. 

 Stems 1-3 ft., 3-quetrous, smooth. Leaves %-\ in., membranous, bright, 

 green. Bracts leafy, sheaths long, spikelets 1-1§ in., distant or contiguous ; 

 male pale ; female sometimes branched at the base. Glumes lax or scattered, 

 acuminate, membranous, with pale green back and keel; of the males 

 brownish, obtuse, mucronate or subacute. Perigynia subsessile, elliptic, 

 rather small, brown, straight, rather shorter than the slightly compressed 

 herbaceous smooth beak, angles ribbed, faces quite smooth. JVut broad 

 3-quetrous. — Distrtb. Fjurope, N. Asia. 



55. C. striero'sa, Huds. ; leaves flat broad, spikelets very slender 

 drooping, perigynia remote elliptic-lanceolate 3-gonous ribbed a little 



