470 97. CTPERACEvE. 



convolute, long. [/3. minor (Syme) ; smaller, stems shorter than the 

 leaves, f r. less attenuated into a beak.] Marshes, chiefly near the sea. 

 P. VI. E. S. I. 



59. C. Hornschuchidna (Hoppe) ; fertile spikes ovate-oblong 

 distant with stalks exceeding the long sheaths, glumes ovate not 

 inucronate, fr. ovoid triquetrous rough-edged also scarious in the 

 notch, nut obovoid trigonous nearly smooth. H. b. 40. R. 252. 

 C. speir'ostachya Sm., E. B. 8. 2770. Rootstock often creeping. 

 St. trigonous, rough-edged, about a foot high. Lowest bract 

 often reaching up to or beyond the barren spike. Boggy places. 

 P. VI. E. S. I, 



[C. xanthocar'pa (Degl.) x " has tufted stems, ovate-acute 

 glumes, spreading fr. not scarious in the notch." It is said to 

 be not uncommon. I do not know it. C. fulva Good., Sm., was- 

 an error. See J. ofB. xiv. 366.] 



60. C. punctdta (Gaud.) ; fertile spikes erect cylindrical with 

 slightly exserted stalks particularly the lowest, bracts sheathing, 

 gl. ovate shortly awned, fr. spreading ovoid tumid obscurely 

 veined pellucidly punctate with a linear bidentate smooth beak, nut 

 ovoid-rhomboidal narrowed at both ends triangular rough. H. 

 b. 37. Kume Riedgr. 6. R. 251. St. smooth, 12 feet high, 

 slender. Spikes distant or the upper ones near - r stalks slightly 

 (the lowest often greatly) exserted, rough ; lowest spike often 

 very distant. Gl. pale red with a broad green longitudinal 

 dorsal band. Er. pale. Nut brown. Gl. of barren spike blunt, 

 Marshy places near the sea. P. VI. E. S. I. 



61. C. dis'tans (L.) ; fertile spikes remote erect oblong, upper 

 with included stalks, bracts with sheaths, gl. inucronate, //, 

 ascending ovoid trigonous equally and faintly ribbed pellucidly 

 punctate smooth, edges of the bifid narrow beak rough, nut 

 triquetrous roughish obovoid narrowed below. E. . 1234, 

 Schk. T. 68. H. b. 42. R. 253. St. smooth, seldom exceeding 

 a foot high, slender. Spikes distant, short; lower ped. half- 

 exserted. Gl. brownish. Fr. yellowish brown, rather inflated ; 

 nut yellowish. Male spike cylindrical-clavate, with blunt 

 glumes. Marshy places, especially near the sea. P. V. E. S. I. 



62. C. biner'vis (Sm.) ; fertile spikes remote, upper ones nearer 

 together cylindrical their stalks mostly included, lower long with 

 exserted stalks, bracts sheathing, gl. mucronate,/r. ovoid subtri- 



w^ % prominent green submarginalribs on the back other 



1 Generally considered the hybrid C.flava X Hornschuchiana. 



H. & J. G. 



