Carea.] CYPERICE^. 



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19. C. ovalis Good. — Oval-spiked Sedge. 



C. leporina Linn. 



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



Lat. 51^55J°. Ttroughout Ireland. Type, British. 



"Wet meado-ws, marshy and boggy places, &e. ; frequent. Fl. 

 May- June. 



Sea-level in E". Antrim and S. Cork. To 1550 ft. in Down, 

 and to 2200 ft. in Tipperary {^Ha/rt). 



20. C. Buxbaumii Wahl. — Hoary Sedge. 



Districts — — — — — — — — — — — XII. 



Lat. 54|-°- Antrim only. 



Lowland. Wet gravelly lake shores ; very rare. Fl. June-July. 



XII. On one of the small islands in Lough l^eagh (2). Moore) : 

 Compan. to Bot. Mag., i8j^, p. joj. " Found by Mr. D. Moore in 

 1835 on a small island in Lough Neagh near Toom-bridge " : Flor, 

 Sih. One small patch found here in 1886 {Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. 



Up to the year 1895, when it was discovered in Arisaig, "West 

 Inverness, this plant was considered to be confined in the British 

 Isles to a single island in Lough Neagh. If not already extinct 

 in its only Irish station, there is reason to fear that it will soon 

 become so. 



21. C. Hudsonii At. Benn. — Greater Tufted-Sedge. 



C. stricta Good. — C. caespitosa Gay. 



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



Lat. 62°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, English-Intermediate. 

 Lowland. Marshes, ditches, and lake margins ; frequent. Fl. 

 May-June. 



22. C. acuta Linn. — Slender-spiked Sedge. 



Districts I. II. V. VI. _ X. — XII. 



Lat. 52°-54f°. From South to North. Type, British-English. 



Lowland. Sides of rivers and lakes ; local. Fl. May-June. 



I. Killarney {Babington) : Cyl. ITear the mouth of the Flesk 

 river. Lower Lake, Killarney : JR. W. S. i88g. — II. Toughal Bog, 

 1896; Phillips SfE.W.S. — "V". Banks of the canal at Eathangan, 

 Kildare; by the Boyne near Drogheda( Jfoor«): Cyl. IntheBoyne 



