9O Flora of Shetland 



E. angustifolium (Common Cotton-grass). 

 Abundant. 



4. Rhynchospora fusca (Brown Beak Sedge). 

 Salt marshes, scarce ; Dales Voe, Bressay, 

 Burrafirth, Unst. 



R. alba (White Beak Sedge). Bogs in 

 Vaila Island. 



5. Schcenus nigricans (Black Bog Rush). 

 Bogs, rather local, not unfrequent on the 

 serpentine formation in Unst. 



6. Carex dioica (Dioecious Sedge). Bogs, 

 not common ; Uyea ; Yell, Fetlar. 



C. pulicaris (Flea Sedge). Dry moors. 

 Frequent. 



C. incurva (Curved Sedge). Rare. Sandy 

 ground in Dunrossness. The original station 

 mentioned by Lightfoot. 



C. arenaria (Sand Sedge). Sandy sea- 

 shores. 



C. ovalis (Oval-spiked Sedge). Marshes 

 near the sea at Baltasound. North Roe. 



C. rigida (Stiff Mountain Sedge). On 

 Ronas Hill and Saxavord. 



C. Goodenowii (Common Tufted Sedge). 

 Bogs. Common. 



C. CEderi, van of C. flacca (CEder's Sedge). 

 Frequent. 



