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1450. C. pilulifera. Round-spiked sedge. Marshes and 

 damp rocks. Hutton Moor ; Marfield, Masham ; 

 Plumpton rocks. 

 C. saxumbra (Lees). A species new to science, 

 discovered at Plumpton rocks, near Knaresborough, in 

 the autumn of 1880, by Mr. F. A. Lees ; its affinities 

 are apparently with C. vmricata and C. pilulifera, as 

 , I gather from a series of specimens kindly sent me by 

 Mr. Lees. I am not sure whether the name saxumbra 

 quite fulfils the requirements of Latin etymology. 



1452. C. praecox. Early sedge. Heaths, pastures, and dry 

 banks, common, flowering early in April. 



1454. C. pallescens. Pale sedge. Marshes and moist 



meadows. Marfield, Masham; Pilmoor Carr, Sharow; 

 field next Mackershaw wood ; Leckby Carr (Baines). 



1455. C. panicea. Pink-leaved sedge. Wet fields and 



woods. Common in marshy fields on Hutton Moor ; 

 Cay ton Gill, in woods. I must confess that I have never 

 been able to perceive the pink colour of the leaves. 



1459. C. pendula. Great drooping sedge. Damp woods, 



seeming to enjoy especially boggy places where the 

 soil is impregnated with iron. Hackfall, where it grows 

 in a bog of a bright red rust colour ; Boroughbridge 

 district (Lees, 1. c). 



1460. C. strigosa. Broad-leaved wood sedge. Woods, rare. 



Hackfall, and Studley, a small patch in each place. 

 Baines records it from " Magdalene Banks, Hackfall." 

 As far as my information serves me, these banks are 

 an the same side of the river as Tanfield Hall ; but I 

 found it on the Mickley and Grewelthorpe side. 



1462. C. sylvatica. Narrow-leaved wood sedge. Woods, 



common. Hackfall; Clotherholme; Mackershaw; &c. 



1463. C. Isevigata. Smooth-beaked sedge. Wet woods and 



marshes. Mr. Lees records it from the Laver banks 

 district (1. c). 



