CAEES. 377 



*** Spike male at tlie top. Stigmas S. 



4. C. rupes'trii (All.) ; half of spike male^ fi: olovate tri- 

 gonous with a yery short beak, adpreseed scarcely longer than 

 th^ persistent' gl., " nut obovate acutely triquetrous." — E. B. S. 

 2814." H. b. 4. A. 198.— Soboliferous. St. 3— 6 in. high, 

 triquetrous, rough upwards, i.' -&a.t, ending in a 'Wav^fTOXigh. 

 slender triangular »oeW. Grl. fuscous. Fr. paler. — Lofty moun- 

 tains. P. VII. ' S. 



5. C. paticiflnra (Lightf.); 1 — 8 terminal Jl. mah,fr. 3 — 4 

 lanceolate-subulate terete patent or ieflexed longer than the deci- 

 duous gl., nut linear^obloDg trigonous. — -E. £. 2041. Schk, A. 

 4. • '.ff. b. 1 . . H. 19(5. — Soboliferous; St. usually about 5 inches 

 high, slender i L. :2 or 3, much shorter than the stem. Fr. pale 

 yellow.— Bogs in the North. P. VI. Vn. E. S. 



, i ii. Homoatachyce.. Spikelets in a compound continuous or 

 in,terrupted spike, ma,le at one or both ends or nearly unisexual. 

 Nut plane-convex or compressed., Stigmas 2. ; (Sp. 6 — 25.) 



t Spikelets nearly unisexual. Sobole far-creeping. 



Q: C. disticha (Huds.)'; spikelets in in oblong interrupted 

 spike upper andlmeer ones fertile intermediate mostly male,fr. 

 ovate-lanceolate veined narrowly margined bifid with serrate 

 edges above, nut' oval, gl._ shorter than the fr. acute its midrib 

 not reaching thb-tep, st.' with'rdugh angles. — C. intermedia 

 Good., E. B. 2042;- Schk. B. 7. S. a. 14. B. 210. Bootts Carex, 

 t. 410. — ^Height' 1^2 feet. Fr. About as long as gl. ; usually 

 abortive and twice as long. Lower bract with a slender leaflike 

 point.— Marshy plaices. P. V. VL - ' E. S. L 



■ 7. C. armaria, (L.) ■; spikelets in an 'oblong interrupted spike 

 Vpper onesmaleloyreT fertile intermediate male at the end,/*-, ovate 

 veined winged and serrulate /row the middle, to the bifid top of 

 the beak, nut bluntly ovate, glumes longer than the fr. acumi- 

 nate, St. rough above.— .E". B. 928. Schk. B. & Dd. 6. U. a. 

 -13. B. 209.^PIeight 1 foot. Sobole superficial, very long. 

 Lowermost 'bi^acts with slender leailike points.-^Sandy places. 

 P. VL "' ■ '' ■ I-'--' ' ■■■''■■ E.S.L 



ft Spikelets inale at the top. — X Sobole far-creeping. 



8. C. incur'va (Lightf.); spikelets in a roundish head, fr. 

 inflated broadly -ovatti acumihate-fb'strate, beak split externally, 

 nut obovate, st. smooth aibout equalling the leaves. — E, B. 927. 

 Schk. Hh. 95. IT. a. 5. B. 199.— St. 2—3 in. high, usuaUy 

 recurved so as to bring the large head' down to the ground. 

 jBeak of fr: usuaUy rather rough. — Sandy shores of the- North. 

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