66 14. CARYOPJirr/LACEJE. 



fruitstalks 24 times as long as the caps, straight, ultimately 

 erect. E. B. 166. Curt. ii. 93. C. pumilum Gren., Bor. 

 Yi.scid. St. cymose from the base. Bracts very broad, oval, 

 rather acute or apiculate, or nearly round, leaflike. Pet. with 

 branched veins, notched. Fl. -whorls of 4 or 5 parts. Walls 

 and sandy places near the sea. A. V. VII. E. S. I. 



** Hoot truly perennial, with prostrate leafy shoots. Pet. much 

 longer than the calyx. 



6. C. arven'se (L.) ; st. ascending prostrate below, /. linear- 

 lanceolate, fl. many, sep. and bracts lanceolate slightly acute icith 

 membranous margins and tips, caps, at last longer than the calyx, 

 seeds small acutely tubercled. E. B. 93. St. long. Fl. 3 14, 

 in forked panicles. Fruitstalks erect, bent just under the calyx. 

 St. and 1. hairy. /3. AndreiusH (Syme) ; 1. subglabrous rigid 

 with a strong midrib ; often 1-flowered. In sandy, gravelly and 

 chalky places, rare. /3. Kerry, A ran I. P. IV. VIII. E. S. I. 



7. C. arct'icum (Lange) T ; pubescence short, st. pro-strafe 

 c&spitose, 1. elliptic or lanceolate, fl. 1 3, sep. blunt with 

 membranous margins, bracts herbaceous, caps, slightly narrowing 

 straight, seeds large rugose, fruitstalks oblique patent. E. B. 

 473. C. latifolium (L.) ed. viii. Pubescence short, rigid, yel- 

 lowish. Barren shoots usually lonir. L. variable in shape. 

 /3. Edmonstonii (Beeby) ; 1. roundish -ovate dark greenish 

 purple, st. short densely leafy below. Alpine parts of Wales 

 and Scotland. . Unst, Shetland. P. V. E. S. 



8. C. alpmnm (L.) ; hairy, st. ascending, 1. ovate ovate-ob- 

 long or lanceolate, h 1 . few, sep. bluntish with membranous mar- 

 gins, bracts herbaceous their margins often narrowly membra- 

 nous, caps, nearly cylindrical curved at the end, seeds small 

 acutely tubercled, fruitstalks obliquely patent. E. B. 472. 

 Pubescence long, simple. St. much branched below, then 

 simple, elongated, prostrate or ascending. Fl. 1, 2 or 3 together, 

 in a forked panicle, shorter than their stalks. Alpine parts of 

 Scotland and the North of England. P. VI. VIII. E. S. 



9. C. lappon'icum (Crantz) ; st. decumbent with an alternate 

 hairy line, 1. elliptic-oblong, ped. pubescent 1 3-flowered 

 terminal, bracts herbaceous, styles mostly 3 ; caps, rather ex- 



1 It is not clear from the MS. whether it was the Author's final 

 intention to combine this with C. alpinum as var. ft. compactum or to 

 keep it distinct. In view of more recent information we have thought it 

 better to adopt the latter course, omitting the var. compactum of ed. viii. 

 H. & J. G. 



