Carex:] MONOECIA — TRIAKDRIA. 343 



On the limestone rocks at St Vincent's, Bristol. FL May. 1^. — 

 Remarkable for the fewjiotvers of its fertile sjnhes which are concealed 

 by the comparative!}^ large, membranaceous bracteas, as the short stems 

 are by the leaves. 



3G. Cdigitdta, L. {fingered Carex); bracteas membranaceous 

 sheathing, spikes filiform erect lax, fertile about 3, longer than 

 the barren one, fruit obovato-triquetrous downy on a short 

 stalk, leaves plane. E. Bot. t. 615. 



Rare in woods in limestone countries : near Bath and Bristol ; and 

 Thorp arch and Mackershaw wood, Ripon, Yorkshire. Fl. May. If .— 

 Root of tufted fibres. Stem 8—10 inches high. Leaves soft, shorter than 

 the stem. I do not see how the C. ornitJiopoda, Willd. differs from this. 



****** Terminal spikes barren, 2 or more; the rest fertile. 



Stigmas 3. 



f Fruit downy. 



57. C.filiformis, L. (slender-leaved Carex); glabrous sheaths 

 scarcely any, bracteas long very narrow, fertile spikes shortly 

 pedunculate oblongo-cylindrical their scales cuspidate, fruit 

 ovate shortly beaked deeply bifid at the point very pubescent. 

 E. Bot. t. 904. 



Boggy marshes, rare ; chiefly found in Scotland. Cheshire and 

 Angles'ea. Fl. May. If. — 1 — 2 ft. high. Leaves slender, their margins 

 involute, filamentous at their bases near the roots. 



58. C.hirta, L. (Jiairy Carex); hairy, sheaths elongated near- 

 ly equal to the flowerstalks, bracteas long follaceous, fertile 

 spikes short cylindrical distant the scales cuspidate, fruit hairy 

 ovate with a long beak. E. Bot. t. 685. 



Wet pastures and woods, frequent. Fl. May, June. '^.— 1 — 2 feet 

 high, more or less hairy in every part. Mr Turner finds a var. in York- 

 shire, with the lower part oHhe fertile spike compound. 



■f-f Fruit glabrous. 



59. C. ampidldcea, Gooden. (slender-beaked Bottle Carex); 

 sheaths none, bracteas foliaceous, fertile spikes cylindrical long 

 nearly erect, scales lanceolate, fruit crowded subglobose inflated 

 setaceo-rostrate slightly bifid at the point. E. Bot. t. 780. 



Bogs and marshes ; more abundant in Scotland than in England. Fl. 

 June. If .— Difters from C. vesicaria in the smooth and nearly rounded 

 stem, in the channelled glaucous leaves, and in the fruit which is brownish 

 and not half so large, with a narrower beak and different shape. 



60. C. vesicaria, L. (short- spiked Bladder Carex); sheaths none, 

 bracteas foliaceous long, fertile spikes cylindrical slightly droop- 

 ing, scales lanceolate, fruit broadly ovate inflated subulato-rostrate 



bifid at the point. E. Bot. t. 779. 



Bogs and marshes : apparently most frequent in the north. FL May, 

 June. 2f .— 1^— 2 feet high. Leaves rather broad. Stems acute, angular. 

 Fruit tawny.very large, shining, much inflated. 



61. C.*h&rdeif6rmis, Host, (Barley Carex); sheaths as long. as 



