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1-atlicr abruptly narrowed into a beak about one-fifth the length of the 

 fruit. Nut abortive in all the specimens I have seen ("oblong- 

 compressed, triquetrous below," Bab.). 



In wet places on mountains. Very rare. Discovered by Dr. Wight 

 •in July 1832, about half-way up the cliff on the south side of Glen 

 Fiadh, Clova, Forfarshire ; Ben Cruban, near Killiu, Perth. 



Scotland. Perennial. Summer. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves ^ to 4^ inch broad. Male spike ^ 

 to 1 inch long. Lowest female spike | to 1 inch long. Fruit nearly 

 \ inch long. 



Dr. Andersson considers this an alpine starved form of C. vesicaria, 

 but the stigmas seem to be always 2, and the nut lenticular; besides 

 this the glumes are much broader, blunter, and darker-coloured; the 

 spikes shorter ; the fruit darker-coloured, with fewer and fainter ribs, 

 and more abruptly narrowed into the beak, which is considerably 

 shorter. 



Grahatn's Sedge. 



Sdb-Species II. — Carex pulla. Oood. 



Plate MDCLXXXIH. 



C. sasatilis, var. a, HooJc. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 510. Harfm. Handbk. i Scand. 

 Fl. ed. ix. p. 224. 



Stem ascending. Leaves linear. Male spikes 1, rarely 2. Female 

 spikes 1 or 2, very rarely 3, subappi'oximate, oval-ovoid. Glumes of 

 the female flowers oval, subobtuse, purj^lish-black, at least three-fourths 

 the length of the fruit. Fruit roundish-ovoid, obsoletely ribbed, very 

 abruptly terminated by a beak about one-sixth the length of the fruit. 

 Nut suborbicular-obovate, lenticular, more convex on the back than 

 on the face. 



In wet places, by the sides of springs and sti'eams, on high 

 mountains. Rare. Benvoirlich, Dumbarton ; Clova Mountains, For- 

 farshire; Breadalbane, Perthshire; Cairntowl, Aberdeen; Sutherland; 

 and Skye. The only places where I have collected it are on the 

 Breadalbane ^Mountains, where it is not uncommon, especially on those 

 overlooking Glen Lochy ; and on Cairntowl, Braemar. 



Scotland. Perennial. Summer. 



Plant growing in small tufts, arranged in a chordorrhizal manner 

 upon the branches of the rootstock. Stems 4 inches to 1 foot hi'di, 

 usually ascending from a curved base. Leaves |- to i inch broad. 

 Male spike i to f inch long. Lowest female spike | to f inch lono-. 

 Fruit i inch longr. 



