350 MON(ECIA TKIANIXRIA. fCL. XXI. 



7. C. kporina. Hares-foot Car ex. Spikelets three, rarely four, 

 egg-shaped, contiguous ; fruit elliptical, beaked, slightly convex, 



scarcely longer than the egg-shaped, blunt scales. From four 



to eight inches high, smooth : leaves very narrow, shorter than the 

 stem : spikelets brown : seeds pale-yellow. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August : found in 1836 by Mr. Dickie upon rocks on 

 Lochnagar, Aberdeenshire. Brit.Fl. 4th ed. p. 332. 1291. 



8. C. curta. White Car ex. Spikelets about six, elliptical, some- 

 what distant ; scales egg-shaped, membranous, small ; fruit broadly 



egg-shaped, tumid, smooth. Straw a foot high, three-cornered, 



rough at the upper part, spikelets silvery. Perennial : flowers in 

 June : grows in watery places : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. 

 pi. 1386. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 81. 1292. 



9. C. Vahlii. Close-headed Alpine Carex. Spikes three or four, 

 oblong, aggregated, the terminal one with barren flowers at its base ; 

 stigmas three ; fruit obovate, rough above with minute prickles, 



shortly beaked, longer than the egg-shaped obtuse calyx. Straw 



six inches or more in height, triangular, rough on the angles. Dis- 

 covered in 1830, among rocks, at the head of Loch Callader, in 

 Braemar, by Dr. Greville, and described by him in Eng. Bot. Suppl. 

 pi. 2666. Eng.Fl.p. 389. 1293. 



10. C.canescens. Hoary Carex. Spikelets three or four, terminal, 

 one barren at the base, fertile sessile, except the lowest which is on 

 a short stalk ; fruit egg-shaped, obtuse, two-toothed, rough, shorter 



than the scales. Straw from one to two feet high, erect, leafy 



at the base : leaves straight, shorter than the stem : fruit green. 

 Perennial : flowers in July : found by Mr. Moore on a small island 

 in Lough Neagh, Ireland. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 335. 1294. 



11. C.elongdta. Elongated Carex. Spikelets numerous, oblong, 

 rather distant, without bracteas ; fruit between oblong and egg- 

 shaped, tapering, cleft, ribbed, recurved, longer than the scales. 

 Straw about a foot high : spikelets variegated with brown and green. 

 Perennial : flowers in June : grows in marshes : rare. Found by 

 Mr. J. Salt, at Aldwark, near Sheffield. Cheshire and Shropshire. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 82. 1295. 



12. C. ovdlis. Oval-spiked Carex. Spikelets about six, oval, close 

 together ; barren flowers inferior ; fruit lance-shaped, rough-edged, 



striated, as long as the lance-shaped scales. Straw from twelve 



to eighteen inches high, with rough corners : spikelets greyish, 

 each with a large egg-shaped scale at the base, the lowest with a 

 bristle-shaped bractea. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in 

 marshy places and wet meadows : common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 

 306. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 82. 1296. 



13. C. remota. Remote Carex. Spikelets several, nearly sessile, 

 distant from each other j barren flowers inferior ; bracteas very long ; 



fruit egg-shaped, obtuse at the edges, the beak slightly cleft. 



Straw about a foot high, three-cornered above, with rough edges : 

 spikelets yellowish. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows 

 in moist shady places. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 832. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 84. 1297. 



14. C. axilldris. Axillar -clustered Carex. Spikelets several, ses- 

 sile, distant from each other ; the lower ones compound, with very 

 long bracteas; fruit egg-shaped, its beak deeply cleft. Re- 

 sembling the last, but larger, with broader leaves. Perennial : 

 flowers in June. Found by Mr. Curtis, near Putney ; and at Ear- 



