Carex.] MONOECIA — TKIANDRIA. ^ 333 



calyx oblongo-ovate shortly acuminate plano-convex acute an- 

 gular bifid at the point, bracteas very long and narrow leafy 

 reaching beyond the spike. E. Bot. t. 832. — C. teyiella, Schkh. 

 —Sio. E. FL V. iv. p. 88. 



Woods and moist shady places. Fl June. V.. — Whole plant very 

 slender, pale green, one foot to 1^ foot high. Resembling the follow- 

 ing in many respects ; but " the stem has blunter angles ; the lowest 

 bractea is much longer than in that species ; the leaves are compresso- 

 canaliculate (with incurved sides) and much narrower; — the cal. -scales, 

 too, are narrower, their nerve quite smooth, discontinued below the 

 membranous summit." W. Wilson. 



13. C. axillaris, Gooden. {axillary -clustered Carex;) spikelets 

 several sterile at their base very distant, fruit longer than the 

 calyx oblongo-ovate shortly acuminate plano-convex acute an- 

 gular the beak deeply bifid, bracteas setaceous lower one long, 

 the rest scarcely so long as the spike. E. Bot. t. 993. 



Marshes, rare. Putney, by London ; and Earsham, Norfolk. Over, 

 Cheshire. Killin, Scotland. Near Crichton Castle, Edinb. Fl. June. 

 1^. — Stouter and taller than the last; spikelets with more numerous 

 flowers, lower one compound. Cal.-scales with 2, close, green, gene- 

 rally rough nerves, reaching to the summit, hence more rigid. 



f-ff Spikelets alternate, sterile at their extremity. 



14. C. intermedia, Gooden, (soft brown Carex); inferior and 

 terminal spikelets fertile, all crowded into an oblong interrupted 

 head, the intermediate ones sterile, fruit acutely margined longer 

 than the calyx, bracteas membranaceous the lower ones some- 

 what leafy, stem triangular, leaves plane. E. Bot. t. 2042. 



Marshy ground and wet meadows. Fl. June. If. — Root creeping, 

 running deep into the mud. Stems 1 — 1^ foot high. Spikes, or heads 

 of spikelets, similar in general appearance to the following. Fruit large, 

 not so distinctly winged as gradually flattened towards the margin, more 

 striated on its flat or inner side, the beak broader at its sumrnit. Stem 

 much taller and the leaves less confined to the lower part of it. 



15. C. arendria, L. {Sea Carex); lower spikelets fertile, up- 

 per ones sterile all crowded into an oblong interrupted head, 

 fruit with a membranous margin shorter than the calyx, brac- 

 teas membranaceous lower ones somewhat leafy, stem trian- 

 gular, leaves plane. E. Bot. t. 928. 



Sandy sea-shores, frequent, where it is of great service in binding the 

 soil. Fl. June. If. — Roots excessively long and creeping. Ste7ns rough, 

 8 inches to a foot high. Fruit with a green membranous wing. 



16. C. divisa, Huds. (bracteated Marsh Carex); spikelets 

 crowded into a somewhat ovate head, the lower ones simple or 

 compound with a leafy erect bractea at their base, fruit round- 

 ish-ovate convex on one side slightly concave on the other 

 acutely angular cloven at the point. E. Bot. t. 1096. 



Marshy places, especially near the sea ; principally in the east of 

 England," and in Angus-shire. Fl. May, June. If. — Stems about 1 foot 

 high : lower bracteas mostly with a long leafy point. 



