338 MONOECIA TllIAxNDIilA. [Carex. 



32. C. Oederi, Ehrh. (Oederian Carex); slieaths short about 

 equal to the flowerstalks, bracteas long leafy, sterile spike al- 

 most sessile, fertile ones roundish -oval approximate lower one 

 suhconipoiind, fruit obovate turgid spreading with a long nearly 

 straight beak bifid at the point. E.Bot.t. 1773. — C. Jiava, j3. 

 Hook. Scot. i. p. 266. 



Bogs and moist heaths, frequent. Fl. May, June. "U. — I scarcely 

 see how this is to be disunguishod from the last, but by the characters 

 just mentioned : and these appear to depend very much upon the 

 stunted growth of the plant, which is not more than 4 or 5 inches high; 

 all the spikes also are more compact and almost clustered. Yet many 

 of our most acute British Botanists consider it distinct ; among them 

 Mr Dalton and Mr W. Wilson, to whose authority I yield. 



33. C. exlensa, Gooden. (long-hracieated Carex); sheaths very 

 short (scarcely any) witli extremely long foliaceous bracteas, 

 fertile spikes nearly sessile oblong, scales slightly niucronate, 

 fruit ovate striated with a short acuminated beak bifid at the 

 point, leaves very narrow, stem smooth. E. Bot, t. 833. 



Marshes, rare, near the sea, on the E. and S. of England. Near 

 Liverpool and shores of the Menai. Coast of Fifeshire. Ireland. FL 

 June. If. — About 1 foot high. Quite distinct from C. fluva, with 3 

 which it has been confounded, in its very narrow convolute leaves, 

 never spreading and short he-dkad fruit. 



b. Fertile spikes stalked, erect. 



34. C. fulva, Gooden. {tawny Carex) ; sheaths elongated 

 shorter than the peduncles, bracteas foliaceous, scales acute, 

 fertile spikes oblongo-ovate distant, fruit broadly ovate ascend- 

 ing glabrous acuminated into a straight beak bifid at the point, 

 stem scabrous. E. Bot. i. 1295. — /3. female spikes 3 on longer 

 stalks, beak smoother with a more distinct membranous ori- 

 fice. C. speirostachya, Sw. — E.Bot. StippLt.'27 70. — C. Hosteana, 

 DC. — C. Hornschuchiana, Hoppe. 



Boggy meadows, not unfrequcnt. — /5. Mugdoch and elsewhere in 

 Scotland. Fl. June. If.— I ft. liigh ; with the habit of C. distans, but 

 smaller ; with shorter, more lax, paler-coloured and fewer-flowered spikes; 

 and acute, not mucronate, cul.-scales. 



35. C. pallescens, L. {pale Carex) ; sheaths hardly any, fer- 

 tile spikes pedunculated oblongo-cylindrical scarcely pendulous, 

 bracteas subfoliaceous, fruit obovato-elliptical tumid striated 

 obtuse glabrous. E. Bot. t. 2185. 



Marshy places, frequent. Fl. June. If. — A foot or more high. 

 Leaves slightly downy. Spikes obtuse, pale green. Fruit very obtuse. 



36. C. ptinctdta, Gaud., not Nees., {dotled-fruited Carex); bar- 

 ren spike 1 rarely 2 with obtuse ferruginous scales, fertile 3 

 rarely 4 cylindrical erect stalked with sheathing bracteas, fruit 

 ovate tumid glabrous shining pellucidly punctate diverging of 

 a light green obsoletely nerved except at the margins with a 

 linear bidentate beak larger than the ovate short aristate scales 



