352 MONGECIA TKIANDEJA. [CL. XXI. 



or eighteen inches high. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in wet 

 meadows : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1065. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iv. p. 91. 1306. 



23. C.paniculdta. Spike thrice compound, loosely panicled, inter- 

 rupted, acute; spikelets egg-shaped, sterile at their extremity; fruit 

 spreading, with an abrupt serrate beak ; straw acutely three-cor- 

 nered, with flat sides. Stem two or three feet high. Perennial : 



flowers in June : grows in wet meadows and marshy places : fre- 

 quent Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1064. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 92. 1307. 



* ** Barren flowers and fertile flowers in separate catkins ; the barren 

 catkin solitary. Bracteas membranous. Stigmas three. 



24. C. digitdta. Fingered Carex. Bracteas membranous, sheath- 

 ing : catkins linear, loose, erect, the barren one shortest ; two or 



three fertile ones ; leaves flat. Straws six or eight inches high, 



sheathed at the base : leaves rough with reflected teeth towards the 

 base, and smooth in the middle. Perennial : flowers in May: grows 

 in woods and thickets, in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 615. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 93. 1308. 



25. C. clandestina. Dwarf Silvery Carex. Bracteas membranous ; 

 fertile catkins distant from each other, few-flowered, inclosed in the 



sheathing bracteas ; leaves channelled. Straws from one to three 



inches high : catkins silvery. Perennial : flowers in May : grows 

 on St. Vincent's Kocks, Bristol. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2124. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 94. 1309. 



**** Barren flowers and fertile flowers in separate catkins; the 

 barren catkin solitary. Bracteas leafy. Stigmas three. 



26. C.pendula. Great Pendulous Carex. Sheaths nearly as long 

 as the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins cylindrical, very long, droop- 

 ing ; fruit egg-shaped, with a notched beak, closely imbricated. 



Straw from three to six feet high, three-cornered, leafy : catkins 

 six or seven, greenish. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows 

 in moist shady places : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2315. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 95. 1310. 



27- C. strigosa. Loose Pendulous Carex. Sheaths nearly as long 

 as the flower-stalks ; catkins slender, loose, slightly drooping ; fruit 



lance-shaped, ribbed, slightly notched, loosely imbricated. 



Straw two feet high. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows 

 in woods and thickets : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 994. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 96. 1311. 



28. C. sylvdtica. Pendulous Wood Carex. Sheaths half as long as 

 the flower-stalks ; catkins slender, rather loose, drooping ; fruit 



egg-shaped, with a long, beaked cleft point, ribless, triangular. 



Straw two feet high, smooth, three-cornered. Perennial : flowers 

 in May and June : grows in woods : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. 

 pi. 995. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 96. 1312. 



29. C. depauperdta. Starved Wood Carex. Sheaths much shorter 

 than the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins distant, erect, of about three 

 flowers ; fruit inflated, nearly globular, ribbed, with a notched 

 beak. Straw about eighteen inches high, obtusely three- 

 cornered, smooth. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in 

 dry woods : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1098. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 97. 



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