Carex.] MONOECIA — TRIANDUIA. 337 



ncuminate entire at tlie point, stem acutely angular scabrous. 

 E. But. t. 580. — C. gracilis, Curt, 



Moist meadows and wet ])astures, frequent. Fl. May. 1/ . — Two to 

 3 feet higrh. Leaves broad, scarcely glaucous, rough. 



29. C. stricfa, Gooden. (^straight-leaved Carex); sheaths none, 

 bracteas with small auricles at the base short suhfoliaceous, fer- 

 tile spikes nearly sessile cylindrical elongated closely imbri- 

 cated often acuminated with barren flowers at the extremity, 

 fruit ovate somewhat acute plane above on each side, on a very 

 short stalk, stem acutely angular straight, leaves long straight 

 narrow-linear their bases often reticulated. E. Bot. t. 914 — C. 

 ccespitosa, Huds. — p. LigJttf. 



Marshes, common. Fl. April, May. If.— 2 ft. or more high. Leaves 

 rough, filamentous at their sheathinsr bases. Spikes long, erect. Cal. 

 scales lanceolate, dark brown. The roots are fibrous and tufted, and 

 the plant is much taller than C. ccespitosa. The fruit comes gradually 

 to a point, and Mr Wilson observes this point or mouth to be beset 

 with very minute spinules. The fertile spike he finds has very con- 

 stantly 8 rows of fruit. 



30. C. saxdtilis, L., not Oed. (russet Carex); sheaths none, 

 bracteas foliaceous, fertile spikes ovate obtuse the lower one 

 stalked, scales oblong, fruit spreading elliptical inflated with a 

 very short beak bifid at the point. — C. pulla, Gooden. — E. Bot. 

 t 2045. 



Rare ; near springs on the higher regions of the Scottish mountains. 

 Ben Lomond. Breadalbane range, not unfrequent. Glen Tilt. Clova, 

 (where it sometimes attains a height of 2 feet). Cairn Garidh, near 

 Ben Nevis. Mountains above Loch Scavig in Skye. Fl. June. %. — 

 Six to 8 inches high. Leaves remarkably acuminated, slightly keeled 

 at the back, with trigonous points resembling some of the narrow-leaved 

 species of Eriophorum. Spikes almost shaggy with the long white 

 stigmas. Scales shining, of a deep chocolate brown. Frtiit at first 

 pale, dark brown when ripe. — This proves, from the Linnsean Herba- 

 rium, and from a specimen in the Banksian Herbarium, from Dr So- 

 lander, to be the true saxatilis of Linnaeus, a plant which has been 

 greatly misunderstood. (Boott.) 



W Stigmas 8. 



-f- Fruit glabrous. 



a. Fertile spikes abbreviated subsessile. 



31. C. Jldva, L. (yellow Carex); sheaths short about equal 

 to the flowerstalks, bracteas long leafy, sterile spike distinctly 

 stalked, fertile spikes roundish-oval rather distant, fruit obovate 

 turgid spreading with a long more or less deflexed beak bifid 

 at the point. E. Bot. t. 1294. 



Turfy bogs, frequent. Fl. May, June. If . — 6 — 8 inches or a foot 

 high. Bracteas very foliaceous, the lower one resembling the broad 

 acuminated leaves. Spikes, and indeed the whole plant, of a yellowish 

 hue. 



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