342 MONOECIA — TRIANDRIA. [Carex. 



tile spikes upon long footstalks cylindrical pendulous, bracteas 

 very leafy, calyx setaceous, fruit oblong very mucli acuminate 

 cloven at the tips striated. E. Bot. t. 242. 



Moist places, by the sides of lakes and ponds ; not very general. Fl. 



June. 14. Stems 1 — 3 feet high, acutely triangular, ieave,? ian inch 



broad. — One of the best marked and most beautiful of the genus. 



51. Q,.recurva, Huds. {glaucous Heath Carex); sheatlis short 

 scarcely any, bracteas leafy, fertile spikes cylindrical scarcely 

 drooping densely imbricated on long slender stalks, fruit obovato- 

 globose slightly downy entire at the small point. E. BoL t. 1506. 

 — C.Micheliana, E.BoL t. 2236, (/r. glabrous). — C. stictocarpa, 

 Sm.—D. Don, in E. Bot. Siippl. t. 2772. 



Moist meadows, moors, groves, and alpine rocks. FL June. If. — 

 Leaves mostly radical, very glaucous. Steyns about 1 foot high. Fertile 

 spikes 2, barren ones often 2 or 3. Fi-uit closely placed, brownish when 

 ripe. 



-{ — i— Fruit downy. 



a. Fertile spikes sessile. 



52. C. prcBCox, Jacq. (vernal Carex); sheaths short (scarcely 

 any) equal to the flovverstalks, fertile spikes oblong approxi- 

 mate, scales elliptic-oblong, fruit obovate subtriquetrous acute 

 downy. E. Bot. t. 1099. 



Dry pastures and heaths. Fl. April, May. "K.—Root creeping. Stems 

 3 inches to a foot high. Leaves short, rather broad. Lower bracteas 

 small, but leafy ; upper ones very minute. Its numerous yellow anthers 

 are conspicuous at an early season of the year, 



53. C. pilulifera, L. (round-headed Carex) ; sheaths none, 

 bracteas small subfoliaceous, fertile spikes sessile roundish ap- 

 proximate, scales strongly mucronate, fruit obovato- globose 

 acute and downy, stems weak scabrous. E.Bot. t. 885. — C. mon- 

 tana, L. 



Moory ground, frequent. Fl. June. If. — Stems varying much in 

 height, from 6 — 12 inches, slender. Readily distinguished by the pu- 

 bescent, almost s\Avddncdi\ fruit, which gives name to the species. 



b. Fertile spikes stalked. 



54. C. tomentosa, L. (larger downy-fruited Carex) ; sheaths 

 scarcely any, fertile spikes about 2 nearly sessile shortly cylin- 

 drical obtuse with acute scales, fruit globose densely downy with 

 a short beak scarcely bifid at the point. E. Bot. t. 2046. 



Meadows near Merston Measy, Wiltshire. Fl. June. 1(.. — A well 

 marked and very rare species, no other station being known for it, in 

 Britain, than that just mentioned, whence I have an original specimen 

 given me by the Rev. James Dalton. 



55. C clandestitia, Gooden. (dwarf silvery Carex); bracteas 

 membranous, fertile spikes remote of very few flowers concealed 

 by the bracteas, fruit broadly obovato-triquetrous slightly downy 

 contracted at the base, leaves longer than the stems channelled 

 rough rigid. E. Bot. t. 2124. 



