106 ENGLISH BOTANT. 



one-fourth the length of the rest of the fruit ; teeth short, ascending. 

 Stigmas 3. Nut brown, substij)itate, broadly oval, triquetro-trigonous, 

 loosely covered by the perigynium. 



Var. a, genuina. Gren. & Godr. 



Plate MDCLXXVIII. 



rickh. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VIII. Tab. CCLXVI. 

 C. paludosa, Reich. Ic. I.e. p. 28. 



Glumes of the "female flowers obtuse or shortly cuspidate. 

 Var. 3, Kochiana. Gaud. 



Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VIII. Tab. CCLXXI. 

 C. Kocliiana, D.C Beich. Ic. I.e. p. 29. 



C. spadicea, Eoth ; test. Kvch. 



Glumes of the female flowers terminated by a long rough awn, ex- 

 ceeding the fruit. 



In wet meadows and in ditches, and by the sides of streams. Not 

 uncommon, and generally distributed in England. Less frequent in 

 Scotland, though extending north to Argyle^ Ross, and Moray. Rare 

 and local in Ireland, and confined to the east and north-east. Var. 3, 

 " Littlehampton, Sussex, Mr. W Mitten" (Bab.); Sandown, Isle of 

 Wight, Mv. A. G. More: forms approaching it are often met with 

 growing with var. a. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer. 



Stems 1 to 4 feet high. Leaves f to f inch broad. Terminal male 

 spilie 1 to 2 inches long. Lowest female spike 1^ to 3 inches long. 

 Fruit -J inch long. 



Var 3 scarcely deserves notice as a variety, the transition from 

 vai's. a to 3 is so gradual that it is impossible to say where one begins 

 and the other ends. The alleged differences in the fruit are not con- 

 stant. The shape and direction of the beak varies in both. 



C. paludosa is often mistaken for C. acuta, many of the specimens 

 named " C. acuta" from Scotland belong to C. paludosa. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from C. acuta by its broader leaves, greener above and more 

 glaucous beneath; spikes erect at the time of flowering; stigmas 3. 

 When in fruit, no mistake is possible, for not only are the spikes of C. 

 paludosa much thicker and blunter than those of C. acuta, but the fruit 

 is not lenticular and has a conspicuous beak. 



Lesser Fond Sedge. 



French, Garex des marals. German, Swniif-Segge. 



