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,45. C. pilulifera. Round-headed Carex. Sheaths none ; catkins 

 two or three, sessile, crowded, nearly globular ; scales pointed ; 



fruit three-cornered, roundish, downy, with a short cleft beak. 



Straws about a foot high, slender, curved, three-cornered, rough 

 at the top. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows on wet 

 heaths : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 885. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 112. 1329. 



46. C. tomentosa. Large Downy-fruited Carex. Sheaths hardly 

 any ; fertile catkins one or two, nearly sessile, cylindrical, obtuse, 

 with acute scales ; fruit globular, slightly three-cornered, covered 



with close down, and having a short cleft beak. Straws a foot 



or more high, erect, three-cornered, rough at the top. Perennial : 

 flowers in June. Found by Mr. R. Teesdale, near Merston Measy, 

 Wiltshire. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2046. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 1 1 3. 1 330. 



47. C. panicea. Pink-leaved Carex. Sheaths elongated, about 

 half as long as the flower-stalks ; fertile catkins one or two, distant, 

 the lower one rather loose ; fruit somewhat globular, smooth, 

 beakless. Stem about a foot high, smooth, obtusely three-cor- 

 nered, erect. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in meadows and 

 marshy places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1505. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iv. p. 114. 1331. 



48. C. recur va. Glaucous Heath Carex. Sheaths short, scarcely 

 any ; fertile catkins cylindrical, drooping, on very long, recurved 

 stalks ; fruit elliptical, three-cornered, roughish, obtuse, slightly 



notched. Straw about a foot high, erect. Perennial : flowers 



in May and June : grows in moist meadows and heaths : common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1506. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 114. 1332. 



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

 barren catkin solitary ; bracteas leafy ; stigmas two. 



49. C. pidla. Riisset Carex. Sheaths none ; fertile catkins egg- 

 shaped, the lower one stalked ; fruit broadly elliptical, with a short 

 notched beak. Straw six or eight inches high : catkins dark- 

 brown. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows on the higher 

 mountains of Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2045. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 104. 1333. 



50. C. ccespitosa. Tufted Bog Carex. Sheaths none ; fertile cat- 

 kins cylindrical, obtuse, erect ; bracteas lobed at the base ; fruit 



broadly elliptical, flat, ribbed, with a very short abrupt beak. 



Straw from six to twelve inches high, three-cornered, rough at the 

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

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1507. Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 117. 1334. 



51. C.rigida. Rigid Carex. Sheaths none; fertile catkins egg- 

 shaped, the lowermost stalked ; bracteas lanceolate, recurved, as are 



the leaves ; fruit triangular, with a short abrupt beak. Root 



creeping : stems rigid, from three to six inches high, triangular, the 

 angles rough above. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows 

 on the summits of high mountains : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. 

 pi. 2047. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 116. 1335. 



52. C. stricta. Glaucous straight-leaved Carex. Sheaths none ; 

 fertile catkins cylindrical, elongated, acute, nearly sessile ; bracteas 

 with small lobes at the base ; fruit elliptical, flat, with a short cleft 



beak. Straw two feet high, acutely three-cornered, rough at 



the top : leaves erect, the lower ones torn and reticulated at the 

 base. Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in marshy 



