84 A NEW IRISH SEDGE. 
with dusky red; stigma trifid, long, deeply cleft to the beak of the 
fruit ; os scarcely ay the length of the fruit, and only one-third 
as broa , narro t the base, any finely striated. 
A eau bees beth much of the habit, in the lower part of 
the culms, of Scirpus sylvaticus ; os structure of the leaves is some- 
what between C. aquatilis and C. riparia. The Norwegian specimens 
have the leaves more like C. riparia, while those of Russia and 
Mongolia are between riparia and Scirpus sylvaticus. The spikes 
are ampullacea-like, but very much stouter, and much like be 
American Carea bullata Schkuhr. In drying, the fruits becom 
curiously compressed by the apex being te a the Tistendal 
portion, and thus giving the spikes an odd a 
Roughly, in looking for the plant, it may abe: ia & be a Carex 
with thick ampullacea-like fruiting spikes, and the leafage and 
culms of C. riparia. 
Ovae its area of growth it seems to be a sparsely distributed 
species, and is most abundant in the deep bogs on the river and 
lake shores in and. 
The ci Eceubisnaiioss connected with the erage of this plant in 
ath ene, which 
Britain were attended by a rather humorous se I trust it 
will not be considered heey to relate in the ylavs and strictly 
scientific pages of this Journal. st 14th last I was 
botanising along the marshy shores of Mullaghmore Lough, a 
lakelet occupying a shallow hollow he Lower Silurian or 
Ordovician rocks that cover the ¢ portion of the county of 
all plume-like tufts of Cicuta grew d, and 
osed, m 
leaves, a ne be earing several stout aaa erect spikes of fruit, with 
long leaf-like bracts. I again and again tried to hook it in with 
my stick, but unsuccessfully—tantalizing! Meanwhile, my eccentric 
movements had attracted the attention of the inhabitants of the 
immediate neighbourhood. A small boy who had been lying half- 
asleep under a hedge sat up and ‘Aare with all his might at this 
novel fishing. The cows which he was — ee 
cautiously, and stood mystified in a semicircle. ducks 
hurried in from the lough to see what was u , and sea within a 
few yards, expressing their mer in loud  poeregs of peept All 
as excitement and ! e sedge safely 
hooked this time 
hand closed on the stem. Then came the dénowement. The edge 
of the bank suddenly gave way. There was a frantic spring, and 
