Carex.} CTPEEACE^. 393 



CAEEX Linn. 



1. C. dioica Linn. — Dtoscious Sedge. 



Districts I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 61f°-55J°. Prom South to North. Type, Scottish-British. 



Spongy hogs ; rather local. Fl. May-June. 



Descends to ahout 200 ft. in Antrim and to sea-level in Kerry. 

 Ascends to 1400 ft. in Do-wn {HaH); and to 1650 ft. in Ben 

 Bulhen district (^. Sc V.). 



2. C. pulicaris Linn. — Flea Sedge. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51^°-55J°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Heathy and hoggy places ; frequent. Fl. May-June. 



Sea-level ia N. Donegal and S. Cork. To 1700 ft. in Donegal, 

 and to 2000 ft. in Mayo [Sort) ; to 3000 ft. in Kerry {Druce i8gi). 



3. C. pauciflora Lightf. — Few-flowered 



Districts — — — — — — — — — — — XII. 



Lat. 55°. County Antrim only. Type, Highland. 



Wet bogs ; very rare. Fl. June-July. 



XII. On the moimtains near Parkmore at the head of Grlenarifl, 

 Co. Antrim, at 1000 feet, 1889 {Rev. S. W. Lett) : Journ. of Bot. 

 iSgs, p. 2IT. 



It is most desirable that further search should be made for this 

 sedge in the northern counties. Its title to a place in the Irish flora 

 is based solely on a single tuft gathered by Mr. Lett at the head of 

 Glenariff, a locality -which does not appear to have been examined 

 by any botanist since the date of his interesting discovery in 1889. 

 The plant is one not unlikely to be passed over as a form of 

 C. puUoaris by those unfamiliar with its appearance, and may be 

 expected to occur in other stations in the upland bogs of North 

 Ireland. 



Pirst found in D-eland by the Eev. H. "W. Lett in 1889. 



4. C. divisa Huds. — Braeteate Marsh- Sedge. 



Districts — — — IV. V. — — — — — 



Lat. 52i°-53i°- Coasts of Wexford and Dublin. Type, English. 

 Marshy meadows by the sea ; very rare. Fl. May-June. 



