fiO 14. CAHTorHi'LLACE^. 



Fl. near together in forked panicles, longer than their stalks, — 

 /3. C. apetalum (Dum.) ; pet. 0, whole plant usually much more 

 slender.— Fields and banks. A. IV.— IX. E. S. I. 



2. C. trividle (Link) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate, Sep. oblong-ovate 

 bluntish and as well as the bracts membranotis at their margins 

 and glabrous tips, caps, cylindrical ascending twice as long as 

 the calyx, fruitstalks at least as long as the calyx. — J?, v. 229. 

 0. viscosum 8m. C. vulgatum Fnes. — St. downy, mostly pro- 

 cumbent, some short and barren. Fl. larger than those of the 

 last, in small terminal panicles the branches of which are often 

 lengthened as the fr. npens. — ^. holostemdes (Fries) ; glabrous, 

 the sides of the stem, alternately downy. St. 63. 9. — ^In fields. 

 /3. Near Newcastle on Tyne ; and Perth. B. or P. IV. — IX. 



E. S. I. 



tt Caps, nearly straight. 



3. C. semichean'dnim (L.) ; 1. broadly ovate, sep. lanceolate 

 broadly membranotis at their niargins and tips, bracts with their 

 upper half membranous, caps, cylindrical slightly inflated longer 

 than the calyx, fruitstalks longer than the calyx atjirst rejlexed 

 aftenoards erect. — R. v. 228. — St. erect or decumbent, downy, 

 sometimes viscid. Pet. with simple veins, not distinctlv 

 notched. Lower 1. with long linear hafts. Known by its half- 

 membranous bracts. — Common in dry places. A. IV. V. E.S.I. 



4. C. piimilum (Curt. !) ; I. spathulate, upper I. oblong, sep. 

 lanceolate acute with their tips and margins narrowly membra- 

 nous, uppermost bracts with an extremely narrow membranous 

 margin, caps, slightly curved upwards longer than the calyx, 

 fruitstalks short curved at the top declining from their base, ulti- 

 mately erect. — Curt. ii. 92. C. glutinosiim Fr., Fl. Dan. 2537. — 

 Viscid. St. branched at the root, afterwards nearly simple. 

 Pet. with branched veins, notched. Lower 1. with long linear 

 hafts. Fl. in terminal forlicd corymbs. — Dry banks in South. 

 A. IV. V. ■ E. 



6. C tetrari drum (Curt.) | 1. oval or oblong, sep. lanceolate 

 acute their tips and margins narrowly membranous, bracts 

 wholly herbaceous, caps, a little exceeding the cal. straight, 

 fruitstalks 2 — 4 times as long as the caps, straight ultimately 

 erect. — Curt. ii. 93. C. pumilum Gren., Bor. C. atrovirens and 

 C. tetrandrum Bab. — Viscid. St. repeatedly forked from the 

 very base with a^. in each fork. Bracts very broad, oval, rather 

 acute or apiculate, or nearly round, leaf like. Pet. with branched 

 veins, notched. Fl.-whorls of 4 or ,5 parts. — Walls and sandy 

 places near the sea. A. V.— VII. E. S. I. 



