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fr. oblong-ovate strongly ribbed inflated narrowed into a short 

 bifid beak, nut oblong compressed triquetrous below not J as 

 long as the perianth, gl. acute. E. B. S. 2923. St. 12 ft. 

 high. Gl. fuscous, with the tip and midrib pale. Fr. pale or 

 darkish brown, nearly twice as long as the gl., with several 

 strong ribs on each side. Glen Fiadh, Clova. Ben Cruichben, 

 [Meall Ghaordie &c.], Killin. P. VII. S. 



tt Male spikes many. Stigmas 3. Bracts not sheathing. 



71. C. rostrdta (Stokes) ; fertile spikes 2 4 remote cylin- 

 drical erect stalked, bracts leaflike,//'. subglobose inflated sud- 

 denly narrowed into a long slender beak, nut obovoid triangular, 

 st. smooth with blunt angles. E. B. 780. Schk. Tt. 107. H. b. 

 65. R. 277. C. ampullacea (Good.) ed. viii. St. 1 2 feet 

 high, trigonous. L. glaucous, channelled. [A small neat form 

 with very compact spikes and short-beaked fr. is C. ampull. var. brun- 

 nescens (And.), and a very luxuriant Irish form with broad 1. and large 

 fruit is var. latifolia (Ascliers.).] -Very wet bogs. P. VI. E. S. I. 



72. C. vesicdria (L.) ; fertile spikes 2 4 remote cylindrical, 

 bracts leaflike,//'. ovoid conical inflated gradually narrowed into 

 a subulate bifid beak, nut elliptic triangular, st. imth acute angles. 

 E. B. 779. Schk. Ss. 106. H. b. 64. R. 276. St. 2 feet 

 high, triangular, roughish near the top. L. rather broad, green. 

 j3. involute* (Bab.) ; 1. narrow folded into a ^-cylinder, midrib 

 of gl. apiculate, fr. narrower. Sy. E. B. 1681, [Possibly a hybrid 

 with sp. 7J.J Wet bogs. /3. Hale Moss, Manchester. Mr. J. 

 Sidebotham. Congleton, Chesh. Mr. E. Wilson. P. V. E. S. I. 



73. C. acutifor'mis (Ehrh.) ; gl. of the barren spikes blunt, ,' 

 anth. apiculate, fertile spikes cylindrical bhint, gl. acute or 

 mucronate entire, bracts leaflike 1 fr. oblong-obovate compressed 

 with a short bifid beak, nut roundish-obovate triangular, st. 

 with acute angles. E. B. 807. Schk. Oo. 103. C. paludosa 

 (Good.) ed. viii. St. 2 3 feet high, angles rough. L. broad. 

 Fr. sometimes recurved at the tip, stig. sometimes 2. 3. C. 

 spadicea (Elw., Roth, not Host.) ; gl. of fertile spikes with a 

 long rough beak. C. Kochiana (DC.). Wet places. P. V. 



E. S. I. 



74. C. ripdria (Curt.) ; gl. of the barren spikes acute, anth. fag^ 

 with a long point, fertile spikes acute cylindrical, bracts leaflike, 



fr. oblong-ovoid convex on both sides narrowed into a short broad 

 cloven beak, nut pyriform triangular, st. with acute angles. 

 E. B. 579. Schk. Qq. Rr. 10,5. H. b. 66. St. 34 feet 

 high, angles rough. L. broader than in the preceding. Wet 

 places. ^P. V. E. S. L 



