Car ex.] CYPERACE^E. 365 



44. C. hirta, Linn. Hairy Carex. Hairy ; sheaths elong- 

 ated, nearly equal to the flower stalks ; bracteas long, foliaceous; 

 fertile spikes short, cylindrical, distant, the scales cuspidate ; 

 fruit hairy, ovate, with a long beak. Br. Fl ed. 3. p. 405. E. 

 Fl. v. iv. p. 125. E. Bot. t. 685. 



Wet pastures and woods, frequent. Fl. May, June. 71. One to 

 two feet high, more or less hairy in every part. 



45. C. Jtliformis, Linn. Slender -leaved Carex. Glabrous; 

 sheaths scarcely any ; bracteas long, very narrow ; fertile spikes 

 shortly pedunculate, oblongo-cylindrical, their scales cuspidate; 

 fruit ovate, shortly beaked, deeply bifid at the point, very pu- 

 bescent. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 405. E. Fl v. iv. p. 128. E. Bot. 

 t. 904. 



Boggy marshes, rare. Ball yphehane bog, and Lough Carra, County 

 of Kerry ; Mr. J. Drumrnond. Fl. May. 7. One to two feet high. 

 Leaves slender, their margins involute, filamentous at their bases near 

 the roots. 



