Carea;.] ctpebace^. 323 



Boggy and marshy places ; common. Fl. April, May. 

 From sea-level to 2200 feet in Derry (Z>. M.) 



3. E. latifolium (Hoppe) — Downy-stalked Cotton-grass. 

 E. pubescens Smith. E. 'polystadhyum var. Bentham. 

 Districts _--4-6-----12 

 Lat. 53°-55°. Middle and North-east of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain British. 



Bogs ; very rare. Fl. April, May. 



5. Formerly in a marsh now drained near Enniskerry! 

 " and other places in the County of "Wicklow ; " Flor. Hib. — 

 6. At Woodlawn, near Kilconnel, Galway (Mr. E. Hill)'; 



C. C. B. (in Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii., 124.)— 12. On a large 

 flow bog near Rasharkin, Antrim (with Soidfraga Hirculus) ; 



D. M. Plentiful on a bog between Ballygowan Lough and 

 Comber, Down ; . Mr. D. Orr. 



CAREX Linn. 



1. C. dioica (Linn.) — Duecious Sedge. 

 Districts 1--456789-1112 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, Scottish, inclining to British. 



Spongy bogs ; rather local. Fl. May, June. 



Chiefly in the north and west of Ireland. Bare in the 

 south, but occurs in West Cork, in the Dublin and Wicklow 

 mountains ; at Ladiston, near MuUingar, and is not unf requent 

 in districts 6, 8, 9, 11, 12. 



Ranges from sea-level to 1500 feet on Slieve Donard. 



Qls_ — C Davdliana (Smith) is recorded as having been 

 found by the late Mr. Templeton near Belfast, in the county 

 of Down ; but we believe that C. dioica was mistaken 

 for it. 



2. C. piilicaris (Linn.) — Flea Sedge. 

 Districts 12-456-89- 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, British. 



Heathy and boggy places ; frequent. Fl. May, June. 

 From sea-level to 2000 feet on Lugnaquilla ; D. M. 



