568 THE SEDOE TAMILT. 



40. Glaucous Carex. Carex glauca, Scop. 



(C. recurva, Eng. Bot. t. 1506, C. Micheliana, t. 2236, and C. stictocarpa, 



Suppl. t. 2772.) 



The creeping rootstoclc, glaucous foliage, and most of the characters, ai-e 

 those of the carnation C, but there are generally 2 or 3 male spikelets, the 

 female ones are rather more compact, on longer stalks, and more or less 

 drooping when ripe, and the sheaths of the leafy bracts are usually shorter. 

 Stems, in dry situations, 6 or 8 inches liigh, with short, curved leaves ; in 

 rich meadows, 1 to Ij feet, vidth erect leaves as long as the stems. Female 

 spikelets 2 or 3, varying fi-om ^ to above 1 inch in length. Glumes dark- 

 brown. Styles 3-cleft. Fruits ovoid, not ribbed except the 3 obtuse 

 angles, and without any beak. 



In meadows and marshes, in central and southern Europe, extending 

 eastward to the Caucasus, and northward far into Scandinavia, and in 

 North America. Abundant in Britain geoerally, although in the north less 

 so than the carnation C. Fl. early summer. 



41. TVood Carex. Carex sylvatica, Huds. 



(Eng. Bot. t. 995.) 



Stems weak, tufted, leafy, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves and leafy bracts 

 flaccid, the latter with long sheaths. Terminal male spikelet sohtary, 

 about an inch long. Female spikelets 2 to 4, distant, cyhndrical, loose- 

 flowered, about an inch or rather longer ; tlie lower ones on slender stalks, 

 and at length more or less drooping. Glumes green, narrow, and very 

 pointed. Styles 3-cleft. Fruit glabrous, ribbed, tapering into a long beak. 



In woods, common in Europe and Russian Asia, except the extreme 

 north, although in the south it is rather a mountain plant. Frequent in 

 Britain, except the north of Scotland. Fl. early summer. 



42. Thin-spiked Carex. Carex strigosa, Huds. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 994.) 



Yery near the wood C, but the female spikelets are much longer, and 

 more slender, usually above 2 inches long, the flowers at some distance 

 from each other, the peduncles much shorter, almost concealed in the long 

 sheaths of the bracts. Glumes green and lanceolate. Fruits tapeiing to 

 a point, but not into a long beak as in the wood C. 



In mountain woods, dispersed over central Europe ; extending from 

 France and Denmark to the Caucasus, but nowhere very common. Occurs 

 in many parts of England and Ireland, but not in Scotland. Fl. early 

 summer. It is probable that varieties of the wood C. are often mistaken 

 for it. 



43. Cyperus-like Carex. Carex Pseudocyperus, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 242.) 



Stems tall, stout, and triangular, with long, broad leaves, as in the pen- 

 dulous C, but the spikelets are not above 2 inches long, more crowded at 

 the top of the stem, on longer stalks, and remarkable for the very narrow, 

 pointed, green glumes, and the narrow, striated, sjjreading fruits, ending in 

 a long pointed, slender beak. The spikelets droop when in fruit, as in the 

 pendulous C. The terminal male one has often a few female flowers at the 

 top, or sometimes in the whole upper half. Styles 3-cleft. 



In marshes and wet ditches, in central and southern Europe, extending 



