Carex.] MONOECIA — TRIANDRIA. 341 



and mountainous parts : more frequent in Scotland and Ireland. Fl. 

 June. y.. — 7ioo< ascending obliquely. Stems 8 — 10 inches high. Leaves 

 very narrow. Fertile spikes 2 ; cal.-scales dark brown, subapiculate, 

 Fruit greenish-brown. 



45. C. rarifi6ra,\ Sin. {loose-flowered alpine Carex); sheaths 

 very short almost none, fertile spikes narrow-oblong very few- 

 flowered lax pendulous, bracteas subsetaceous, calyx acute longer 

 and broader than the fruit, fruit ovate somewhat acute striate. 

 E. Bot. t. L>516.— C. limosa, y. Wahl. 



Bog at the head of Glen Dole, Angus-shire. Several stations in 

 Sutherland, as Oikel, Ben Hope, Ben Luyal. Mr M'Nab, Br Graham, 

 J^Ir Home, and 3Ir Tyache. Fl. June. If. — Root creeping. Stems 

 about 6 inches high. Leaves about half as long, but broader than those 

 of the last, with which it has, I think, beenimproperly united by Wah- 

 lenberg. Cal.-scales obtuse, very deep brown, with a pale dorsal line, 

 and forming a striking contrast with the pale-coloured fruit. 



46. C. itstuldta, Willd. [scorched alpine Carex); sheaths elon- 

 gated shorter than the flowerstalks, fertile spikes oval pendu- 

 lous, bracteas scarcely leafy, fruit elliptical shortly acuminated 

 (black) bifid at the point. E. Bot. t. 2404. 



Ben Lawers, very rare. G. Don. Fl. July. 1^.. — Stem about a span 

 high, with broad, short leaves, principally from the base. Fertile spikes 

 2 or 3, on slender drooping stalks, and of a deep purple black colour. 



/3. Fertile spikes elongated. 



47. C, strigosa, Huds. (loose pendulous Carex); sheaths elon- 

 gated equal to the flowerstalks, fertile spikes slender filiform 

 nearly erect, fruit ovato-lanceolate nerved slightly recurved 

 loosely imbricated, leaves rather broad. E, Bot. t. 994. 



Groves and thickets in several parts of the east and middle of Eng- 

 land. Arniston woods, Edinb. Fl. May, June. If. — 1—2 feet high. 

 Cal.-scales a little shorter than \he fruit. 



48. C. sylvdtica, Huds. (pendulous Wood Carex) ; sheaths half 

 as long as the flowerstalks, fertile spikes filiform rather slender 

 slightly drooping, fruit broadly ovate much acuminated cleft at 

 the point, leaves narrow. E. Bot. t. 995. 



Moist woods, frequent. Fl. May, June. If. — Similar to the last ; but 

 the spikes are shorter and broader; \\\q fruit very ditterent, glabrous, and 

 so acuminated as to terminate in a long beak. Cal.-scales longer in 

 proportion. Linnseus tells us that this plant, when carded and dressed^ 

 is employed by the Laplanders to protect their feet from the cold. 



49. C.pendula, Huds. (great pendulous Carex); sheaths elon- 

 gated nearly equal to the flowerstalks, fertile spikes cylindrical 

 very long and drooping, fruit ovate shortly acuminate bifid at 

 the extremity closely imbricated, leaves broad. E. Bot. t. 2315. 



Moist, wooded and shady places, not very general. Fl. May, June. 

 "U .—3—5 ft. high. Well "^distinguished by its long, pendulous, cylin- 

 drical spikes. 



50. C. Pseudo-cyperus, L. (Cyperus-lihe Carex); sheaths 

 scarcely any (except sometimes to the lowermost bractea), far- 



