CAREX. 455 



roundish oval, terete st. and subsetaceous 1. roundish, sobo- 

 liferous. E. jB. 543. Schk. A. 1. If. a.l. R. 194. About Gin. 

 high. Spongy bogs. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



[2. C. Davallidna (Sm.) ; dioecious, fr. deflexed ovate-lan- 

 ceolate angles rough near the top, nut " linear-oblong/' st. and 

 margins of the subsetaceous 1. rough, caespitose. E. B. 2123. 

 jR. 194. About 6 in. high. The true plant did grow on Lans- 

 , down near Bath, but is now lost by drainage. P. VI.] E. 



3. C. pulicdris (L.) ; half of spike inale,/r. remote at length 

 deflexed oblong-lanceolate compressed, nut linear-oblong plane- 

 convex, 1. involute. E. B. 1051. Schk. A. 3. H.&.3. .#.195. 

 -^-St. slender, 6 12 in. or more in height, erect, smooth. L. 

 slender, erect. Glumes deciduous. Fr. dark brown. Bogs. 

 P. VI. E. S. I. 



** Spike male at top. Stigmas 3. 



4. C. .rupes'tris (All.) ; half of spike male, fr. obovate tri- 

 gonous with a very short beak adpressed scarcely longer than 

 the persistent gl., nut obovoid acutely triquetrous, 1. flat. 

 E. . S. 2814. //. b. 4. R. 198. Soboliferous. St. 36 in. 

 high, triquetrous, rough upwards. L. ending in a wavy rough 

 slender triangular point, (il. fuscous. Fr. paler. Lofty moun- 

 tains. P. VII. S. 



5. C. pauciflora (Lightf.) ; 1 3 terminal fl. male,fr.2 4 

 lanceolate-subulate terete patent or reflexed longer than the deci- 

 duous gl., nut linear-oblong trigonous, 1. involute. JE. B. 2041. 

 Schk. A. 4. J/.b. 1. R. 196. Soboliferous. St. usually about 

 5 inches high, slender. L. 2 or 3, much shorter than the stem. 

 Fr. pale yellow. Bogs in the North. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



ii. Homostachycp.. Spikelets in a compound continuous or inter- 

 rupted spike, male at one or both ends or nearly unisexual. 

 Nut plane- convex or compressed. Stigmas 2. (Sp. 6 24.) 



f Spikelets nearly unisexual. Sobole far-creeping. 



6. C. dis'ticha (Huds.) ; spikelets in an oblong interrupted 

 spike upper and loiver ones fertile intermediate mostly male, fr. 

 ovate-lanceolate veined narrowly margined bifid with serrate 

 edges above, nut oval, gl. shorter than the fr. acute its midrib 

 not reaching the top. st. with rough angles. C. intermedia 

 Good., E. B. 2042. Schk. B. 7. H. a. 14. R. 210. Height 

 1 2 feet. Fr. about as long as gl. ; usually abortive and twice 



