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14. C. pallescenS) sheaths very short ; fertile catkins cylindri- 

 cal, stalked, at length pendulous ; fruit obovate, triangular, in- 

 flated, smooth, obtuse, with a minute abrupt beak. (Stem 1 foot 

 high, rather slender. Leaves narrow, hairy on the inferior sur- 

 face and sheaths.) 



Hob. Wooded banks of Wooler Water below Langley-ford. 

 June. If. 



15. C. flava, sheaths short, nearly equal to the flower-stalks ; 

 fertile catkins roundish-ovate ; fruit triangular, smooth, with a 

 cloven beak curved downward ; stem nearly smooth, (9 to 12 

 inches high, triangular.) 



Hab. Boggy meadows, frequent. June. 7/ 



16. C. binervis, sheaths tubular, elongated, shorter than the 

 flower-stalks ; fertile catkins cylindrical, distant, partly com- 

 pound ; scales pointed ; stem smooth ; fruit with 2 principal 

 ribs. (Stem 12-18 inches high, bluntly triangular.) 



Hab. Plentiful on all our moors. June. 1{ 



17. C. prcecox, sheaths about equal to the very short flower- 

 stalks ; catkins all elliptical, rather crowded ; scales of the fertile 

 ones pointed ; fruit pear-shaped, downy, with an abrupt entire 

 point. (Stem a span high, smooth.) 



Hab* Dry pastures and heaths. April, May. 7/ 



1 8. C. pilulifera, sheaths none ; fertile catkins 2 or 3, sessile, 

 crowded, almost globular, with pointed scales ; fruit triangular, 

 roundish, downy, with a short cloven beak. (Stems from 6 to 

 1 2 inches long, slender, often curved.) 



Hab. Moorish ground not common. Lamberton Moor; 

 Murton Craigs. May. If. 



19. C. panicea, sheaths elongated, about half the length of the 

 flower-stalks; fertile catkins 1 or 2, distant, lower one rather lax ; 

 fruit tumid, smooth, cloven at the summit ; stem smooth, ob- 

 tusely triangular (about a foot high ; leaves glaucous.) 



Hab. Meadows and moist pastures, common, Mav, 



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June. Lf. 



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