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sham, in Norfolk, by Mr. Woodward. Near Edinburgh. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xiv. pi. 993. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 94. 1298. 



15. C. incurva. Curved Carex. Spikelets crowded into a dense 

 head ; fertile flowers inferior ; bracteas membranous ; stem round- 

 ish, smooth, curved ; leaves channelled. Spikelets sessile, egg- 

 shaped, brownish ; straw about four inches high. Perennial : flowers 

 in July and August : grows in sand along the coast ; not uncommon 

 in the North of Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 927. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iv. p. 85. 1299. 



16. C. arendria. Sea Carex. Spikelets numerous, crowded into 

 an oblong spike ; upper ones barren, lower fertile ; bracteas mem- 

 branous, the lower ones leafy ; stem three-cornered ; leaves flat. 



Root very long, creeping : straw from six inches to a foot high : 



spikes yellowish. This plant, like the Arundo arenaria, tends to 

 fix the loose sand along the coasts. Perennial : flowers in June : 

 grows on the sea-shore : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 928. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 85. 1300. 



17. C. intermedia. Soft Brown Carex. Spikelets numerous, 

 crowded into an oblong spike ; the lower and terminal ones fertile ; 

 the intermediate barren ; straw erect, three-cornered, rough on the 



angles. Stems erect, about a foot high : spike rusty brown. 



Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in marshy places : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2042. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 86. 1301. 



18. C. divisa. Bracteated Marsh Carex. Spike somewhat egg- 

 shaped, once or twice compounded; spikelets with the fertile 

 flowers inferior ; bracteas leafy, erect ; fruit broadly egg-shaped, 



acutely angular, with the point cleft ; root creeping. Straws 



erect, a foot high ; spike dark-brown, about an inch long. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in May and June : grows in marshes, chiefly near 

 the sea: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1096. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 87. 1302. 



19. C. muricdta. Greater Prickly Carex. Spike oblong, dense, 

 compound ; spikelets with the fertile flowers inferior ; fruit spread- 

 ing, egg-shaped, acutely angular, with a long, rough-edged cleft 



beak ; root fibrous. Straws a foot and a half high. Perennial : 



flowers in May and June : grows in marshes and gravelly pastures : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi.pl. 1097. Eng.Fl. vol. v.p.88. 1303. 



20. C. divulsa. Grey Carex. Spike elongated, loose ; spikelets 

 of its lower half finally very distant ; fruit erect, smooth- edged, 



with a roughish cleft beak; root fibrous. Straws twelve or 



eighteen inches high, acutely three-cornered, rough. Perennial : 

 flowers in May : grows in moist shady pastures : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. ix. pi. 629. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 89. 1304. 



21. C. vulpina. Great Compound Prickly Carex. Spike dense, 

 oblong, obtuse, thrice-compound ; fruit egg-shaped, acutely an- 

 gular, spreading, with a rough-edged notched beak ; corners of 



the straw very acute. Straws two feet high, erect, the sides 



concave ; spikelets egg-shaped, with the barren flowers uppermost. 

 Perennial : flowers in May : grows in wet shady places, and by 

 the edges of rivers and pools : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 307. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 90. 1305. 



22. C. teretiuscula. Lesser Clustered Carex. Spike dense, twice 

 or thrice compounded ; spikelets egg-shaped, sterile at their ex- 

 tremity ; fruit spreading, tumid at one side, with a tapering serrate 

 beak; straw three-cornered, with convex sides. Straws twelve 



