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stalks with obtuse scales, fertile 2—3 remote erect oblonc 

 stalked the lower stalks about twice longer than the sheathinS 

 bracteas upper ones included, glumes mucronate, fruit ovate 

 triquetrous equally ribbed pellucidly punctate smooth or 

 rough at the upper margins and at the edges of the narrow 

 short bifid beak. Boott. — R. B. t. 1234. 



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Muddy marshes near the sea, probably in many places. An<desea* 

 Kent; Yorkshire. Guernsey. Montrose; near Inverkeithinf^, Fife- 

 shire; Edinburgh; Ayrshire. If., 6. 

 high, slender. 



Stetns 8 inches to 1 or lA foot 



arly smooth. 



Spikekts very distantly placed, their rather long pe- 

 duncles entirely concealed by the sheathing bases of the bracteas. 

 Glumes rather pale brown. Fruit green, inclining to brown when 

 ripe, Achene ovoidoblong, pointed at both ends, 



38, Q, punctata Gaud, (dotted-fruited (7.); barren spikelet I 

 rarely 2 with obtuse ferruginous scales, fertile 3 rarely 4 cy- 

 lindrical erect stalked with sheathing bracteas, fruit ovate 

 tumid glabrous shining pellucidly punctate diverging of a lifrht 

 green obsoletely nerved except at the margins with a linear 

 bidentate beak larger than the ovate short aristate scales, 

 which are pale ferruginous with a green nerve. BootL 

 Schkh. Car. Suppl tab, 6. f. 1. C. Helvetica Schleich. C, distans 

 /3. Deslovgch. FL GalL p. 297. 



Marshy grounds near the sea. About a mile W. of Charlestown, 

 Cornwall. Vazon bay, Guernsey. Dingle, co. Kerry; Glen Gariff, 

 and Berehaven, CO. Cork, Ireland. 2^. 6. — -Rooif creeping, composed of 

 strong woody fibres. Stem 12 — IS inches high, erect, smooth, leafy 

 at the base. Leaves shorter than the stem. Barren spikelets, rarely 

 geminate: grZw-mes rarely acute or subaristate, the lowest sometimes 

 bractea^form : fertile more or less remote, the two upper subapproxi- 

 mate, the lowest rarely 3 inches from the middle one. Bracteas with 

 striate sheaths, varying in length, Pedimcles rough. Beak about 

 one third the length of the fruit. Achene triangular, ovate-rhom- 

 boidal, pointed at both ends, very minutely and closely dotted. 

 Differs from C. distans In its smaller size, its light green, more ap- 

 proximate spikes, its more erect stem, and in its fruit. 



39. C. Unervis Sm. {green-ribbed C) ; barren spikelet soli- 

 tary with obtuse scales, fertile 3—5 the upper ones sometimes 

 subapproximate, the lower remote erect cylindrical often elon- 

 gated bearing barren flowers in their upper half and some of 

 them occasionally compound at the base, the lower stalks longer 

 than the sheathing bracteas, glumes mucronate, fruit ovate-tri- 

 quetrous with a smooth rather broad bifid beak, and two prin- 

 cipal green submarginal nerves on the outer surface, beak broad 

 bifid. Boott~E. B. t. 1235. 



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Dry heaths and moors, frequent. 1(1. 6. — Generally taller, and 

 in every part more rigid, than the last. Glumes and especially the 



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