1174 CAREX. [CLASS XXI. ORDER III, 
Habitat—Near Beaumaris, North Wales—Dawson Turner, Esq. 
Menai, near Bangor.—Mr. W. Wilson. 
Perennial ; flowering in June. 
This species is more frequent on the Continent than with us. It 
is nearly related to the following, but is a smaller plant, paler green, 
and readily known by its fruit. 
41. C. dis'tans, Linn. (Fig. 1423.) Loose Carex. Barren spikelet 
terminal, solitary, with oblong obtuse scales; fertile three, erect, ovate 
oblong, densely flowered, remote, the upper one nearly sessile, the 
lower with a long slender peduncle; bracteas leafy, sheathing; 
stigmas three ; fruit ovate, triquetrous, ribbed, with a short straight 
bifid beak, smooth or rough on the margins, longer than the ovate 
obtuse mucronate scales ; stem smooth ; leaves linear, with an oblong 
ligule; root fibrous. 2 
English Botany, t. 1234.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 109.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 339.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 289. 
fioot fibrous, tufted. Stem ascending, from twelve to eighteen 
inches high, weak, obtusely triangular, smooth, except occasionally at 
the top, leafy. eaves linear, rather long, darkish green, rough on 
the keel and margins towards the point. sheathed, striated, with an 
oblong membranous ligule. ractea leafy, the lower one long, with 
along close sheath, the uppermost bristle-shaped, with a very short 
sheath. Barren spikelets terminal, linear, with oblong obtuse brown 
scales, with a pale mid-rib, often terminating in a point, fertile 
spikelets three, oblong, ovate, densely flowered, erect, the upper one 
nearly sessile, the middle one with aslender peduncle, longer than 
the sheath, approaching the upper spikelet, the lower one much more 
distant, and with a longer peduncle. Scales ovate, obtuse, dark 
shining brown, with a green mid-rib, terminating in a point, often 
roughish. Fruit ovate, triquetrous, sub inflated, with a short acumi- 
nated bifid point, obscurely ribbed, the angles green, and rather pro- 
minent, longer than the scales. Stigmas three. 
Habitat—Muddy marshes, especially near the sea; not un- 
common. 
Perennial ; flowering in June. 
42. C. biner'vis, Smith. (Fig. 1424.) Green ribbed Carex. Barren 
spikelet terminal, solitary, with oblong obtuse scales; fertile three, 
erect, ovate oblong, densely flowered, remote, the upper one nearly 
sessile, the lower with a long slender peduncle; bracteas leafy, sheath- 
ing; stigmas three; fruit ovate, triquetrous, smooth, with two prin- 
cipal green ribs near the margin on the outer surface, the beak rather 
broad, bifid, smooth on the margins, longer than the ovate obtuse 
mucronate scales; stem smooth; leaves linear, with an oblong 
ligule ; root fibrous. 
