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60. C. stictocarpa. Dotted Carex. 



Fertile catkins two, ovate, stalked. Scales pointed. Sheaths 

 scarcely any. Fruit obovate, obtuse, pointless, finely 

 dotted. 



In the Highlands of Scotland. 



On the lofty mountains of Clova, Angusshire. Mr. G. Don. 



Perennial. June, July ? 



Root creeping extensively, with brown scaly runners, much like 

 C. hirta. Stem erect, about a foot high, triangular, smooth j 

 leafy in its lower half. Leaves erect, linear-lanceolate, pointed, 

 flat, the breadth of C. hirta, but quite naked and smooth, ex- 

 cept a roughness at the edges and keel near the extremity ; the 

 under surface rather glaucous ; the sheaths long, close and 

 abrupt. Bracteas leafy, as tall as the stem, very slightly, or not 

 at all sheathing at their base, destitute oi auricles. Barren cat- 

 kins 2, rather distant, erect, linear, obtuse, the upper, or largest, 

 near an inch long } scales obovate, obtuse, pointless, dark brown, 

 with a pale rib. Fertile catkins 2, not more distant than the 

 barren ones, ovate, not Vialf an inch long, erect, each on a stout 

 triangular stalk, about its own length j scales ovate, dark brown, 

 each with a very strong, green mid-rib, ending in a shortish, 

 stout, rather blunt point, or awn. -S/igm. 3, almost sessile. 

 Fruit shorter than the scales, roundish-obovate, somewhat tri- 

 angular, a little compressed, greenish, or tawny, smooth, all 

 over finely besprinkled with minute, brown, or reddish, depress- 

 ed dots } its termination very abrupt, without any beak. Seed 

 not observed. 



In general appearance this plant much resembles C. nutans of 

 Host, mild, V. 4. 299 ; but the fruit of that species is ovate, 

 tapering into a broad, deeply cloven, beak, and the scales of the 

 barren, as well as fertile, catkins, are more or less awned. The 

 fruit of ours rather agrees with that of C. rigida, or recurva, and 

 its habit perhaps with pulla, globularis, and their allies ; but the 

 2 very distinct barren catkins, however exceptionable that cha- 

 racter may occasionally prove, oblige us to refer C. stictocarpa 

 to the present section, which its agreement, in some points, 

 with hirta and filiformis may further justify. I have seen but a 

 single specimen. 



6 1 . C. angustlfolia. Narrow-leaved Carex. 



Fertile catkins one or two, ovate, stalked. Scales obtuse. 

 Sheaths none. Fruit ovate, compressed, smooth, with 

 a short abrupt beak. Leaves linear, channelled. 



In marshes in Scotland. 



In a marsh in Angusshire. Mr. G. Don. 



