100 85. CYPEKACE^. 



and C. Boenniiigliauseniana were not distinguished apart 

 by British botanists, prior to 1842 ; and even in subse- 

 quent years, some confusion or commingling appears to 

 have still taken j)lace. The localities in Edinburgh, Perth, 

 and Moray, are now referred to the other species ; and 

 very likely some others of those on record for C. axillaris 

 ought to be equally transferred. The specimens in my 

 herbarium, referred to the present species by the donors 

 or myself, are from Somerset (Dr. R. C. Alexander), Sus- 

 sex (Mr. Borrer), Essex (Mr. E. G. Varenne), Suffolk (Mr. 

 D. Stock, B. S. L.), Norfolk (Mr. G. Fitt, B. S. L.), Ches- 

 ter (Mr. J. Sidebotham, B. S. L.). In thus assigning the 

 specimens to the species, I am guided principally by the 

 secondary spiculse being "alternate" or "crowded" at the 

 base of the primary spiculse. C. axillaris has the primary 

 spiculse occasionally quite simple, and it is then so like C. 

 remota as almost to have become the latter species. 



1216. Carex Boenninghauseniana, Weihe. 



Ai-ea * 2 3 * * * ^ * [9] * * * * 14 15. 



South limit in Isle of Wight, Sussex, Surrey, Herts. 



North limit in Moray, Banff, Perth, Edinburgh. 



Estimate of provinces 4. Estimate of counties 8. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British (?) type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Midagrarian — Inferagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Channel ? 



Ascends to 150 or 200 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 50 — 47. 



Native. Paludal. From the remarks made under C. 

 axillaris, it wiU have been seen that much uncertainty 

 must also attend the localities and distribution of tliis 

 species. The eight counties mentioned above, I suppose 



