CYPEBACEiE. 163 



In marshes and meadows. Var. « very common and gcnerallj' dis- 

 tributed. Var. 3, occasionally with var. a. Var. 7, near the " Haunch 

 of Venison " Inn, between Epsom and Ashstead, Surrey • Mr. H C. 

 Watson. 



England. Scotland. Ireland. Peremiial. Summer. 



Rootstock very extensively creeping, chordorrhizal, producing single 

 stems and small tufts of stems at intervals. Stems 6 inches to 2 feet 

 liigh. Terminal male spike l inch to 1 inch long ; lowest femal? spike 

 1 to 2 inches long, sometimes compound at the base. Fruit ^ inch 

 long. 



Var. 3 differs from the ty|)e only in being more glabrous, but it is 

 impossible to draw a line between var. a and var. 0. 



Var. 7, of which the only specimens I have seen were collected by 

 Mr. II. C. Watson, is a very remarkable aberration. Besides being 

 glabrous it has the spikes approximate, the bracts not sheathing, and 

 with a very short scarcely foliaceous point ; the glumes obtuse and 

 apiculate : the whole habit of the plant is more that of C. ovalis than 

 of C. hirta. 



Hammer Sedge. 



Frencli, Carex herisse. German, KitrzJiaarige Segge. 



Geoup Z— COMOS^. 



Rootstock csespitose, without stolons. Spikes rather approximate. 

 Male spike 1 with a filiform bract at the base. Female spikes 2 to 5, 

 approximate, dense, ultimately drooping, on slender greatly exserted 

 stalks, at first erect, at length droopmg. Glumes of the female flowers 

 green or greenish-white, longly aristate. Bracts all foliaceous, long, 

 usually exceeding the apex of the male spike, the lowest only with a 

 very short closed sheath. Fruit green or olive, afterwards broTv^aish- 

 olive, ultimately spreading-reflexed, lanceolate, bluntly trigonous, 

 moderately inflated, glabrous, strongly-ribbed, ^dth a very long 

 smooth slender beak terminating in 2 very long diverging awnlike 

 teeth. Stigmas 3. Nut trigonous, loosely covered by the peri- 

 gynium, which greatly exceeds it in length. 



Stem leafy throughout. Leaves broad. 



SPECIES LX.— C AREX PSEUDO-CYPERUS. Linn. 



Plate MDCLXXXV 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. Vm. Tab. CCLXXV. 

 Baiot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3433. 



Rootstock cffispitose, without stolons. Stem erect, leaf)' throughout. 



