CLASS XXI. ORDER 111.] CAREX. 1181 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 341.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 288.—@. 
limosa, +. Wahl. 
Root widely creeping. Stem erect, obtusely angular, striated, 
smooth, about six inches high, naked above, leafy below. Leaves 
shorter than the stem, rather broadly linear, striated, and roughish on 
the margins and keel, sheathed at the base, and enveloped in purplish 
lanceolate scales. Gracteas small, awl-shaped, rarely leafy, scarcely 
sheathed, but with large pale membranous auricles on each side at 
the base. Barren spikelet terminal, narrow, linear, with oblong acute 
scales, fertile spikelets mostly two, oblong, of about five to ten rather 
lax flowers, the scales broadly ovate, acute, with a pale mid-rib, termi- 
nating in the point, rather longer and broader than the fruit, pedun- 
cles slender, drooping. Fruit broadly ovate, acute, with a very short 
beak, scarcely bifid, tapering at the base, smooth, striated, green. 
Stigmas three. 
Habitat—Bog at the Head of Glen Dole, Angus-shire, Clove 
Mountains ; several places in Sutherland, as Oikel, Ben Hope, Ben 
Luyal. 
Perennial; flowering in June. 
53. C.ustula’ta, Willd. (Fig. 1435.) Scorched alpine Carex. Barren 
spikelet solitary ; fertile two or three, ovate, densely flowered ; pedun- 
cles slender, pendulous; bracteas scarcely leafy, sheathed; stigmas 
three ; fruit elliptic, ovate, acuminate, compressed, smooth, black, 
with a short bifid beak; scale ovate, acute; leaves linear, flat, rough 
towards the point ; root fibrous. 
English Botany, t. 2404.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 103.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i p. 341.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 288. 
Root fibrous, tufted. Stem erect, from three to four inches high, 
triangular, smooth, leafy below. Leaves short, rather broadly linear, 
acute, sheathed at the base, smooth, except on the margins and keel 
towards the point. Bracteas small, awl-shaped, somewhat sheathed 
at the base. Barren spikelet terminal, on a short peduncle, fertile 
spikelets two or three, ovate, densely flowered, of a dark chocolate 
colour, on slender drooping peduncles, the scales ovate, acute, with 
pale mid-rib terminating in the point, about as long as the fruit. 
Fruit elliptic, ovate, acuminate, dark brown, almost black, smooth, 
compressed, with a short bifid beak, roughish on the angles above. 
Stigmas three. 
Habitat—Ben Lawers; very rare—Mr. G. Don. 
Perennial ; flowering in July. 
54, C. irrig'ua. (Smith secund Hartin.) Marsh Carex. Barren 
spikelet solitary ; fertile two or three, oblong, densely flowered, on 
long slender peduncles, pendulous; bracteas narrow, leafy, nearly 
flat, auriculated at the base; scales ovate lanceolate, attenuated, 
acute ; fruit roundish ovate, obtuse, compressed, faintly ribbed, with a 
