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not thickened at the base, . st. trigonous and rough above. — 

 E. B. 1065. Sdhh. D. 19. T. 69. K. a. 9. R. 222.^Koot forming 

 scattered simple.tufts. St. 1— 2feet high, slender.— ^. G Bhr- 

 Aar-ijcBiai (Hoppej) ; root more csespitose, spflse long rather loose, 

 st.triqmeti-ous above. — Boggy meadows, rare. /3. near Man- 

 chester. P. VI. E. S. I. 



14. C paradox' a (Willd.) ; ^kes narrowly panided lower 

 branches rather distant, fr. ovate with manii) short elevated' ribs 

 near its base, heak oblictuely bidentate serrulate not split nor 

 icinged on its back, nut rhomboidal constricted below doubly 

 convex with a short beak, style slightly enlarged at the base, st. 

 trigonous and rough above. — K B. S. 2896. Schk. E. 21. If. a. 

 12. B. 222. — Root densely tufted, crowned with the fibrous 

 remains of decayed leaVes. . St. 1 — 2 feet high, slender. — Bogs. 

 Near MuUingar, Xreland. Near York. Hoveton, Norfolk^ P. 

 VI. VII. E. I. 



15. C. paniaidata (L.) ; spikes panicled with long diverging 

 branches,/*-, ovate famtly many-veined with a bifid fiinged heak 

 split to its base and overlapping on the backj nut ovate bmrii nar- 

 rowed below plane-convex, beak slightly thickened upwards, st. 

 triangular.— B. B. 1064. Schk. D. 20, Ttt. 163. S. a. 19. 

 B. 223. — Root forming dense elevated tufts.- St. stout, 2—3 

 feet high. Panicle usually large and spreading or reduced to a 

 slender compound (or even, simple) spike; Bracts aU much 

 shorter than the spike. — Bogs. P. VI. E. S. I. 



ttt Spikelets male at their b^e (or at both ends). 



J Sobole fdr-creepmg. 



[16. C. brizcrides (L.) ; spikelets about 5 contiguous curved, 

 fr. lanceolate plane-convex bifid at the end'deeply split on the 

 back serrulate from near the base, gl. rather shorter than the 

 fruit.— ir. a. 23. B. 207.— St. 1 ft. high. Gl. acute, silvery 

 brown. L. long, slender, equalling or overtopping the spikes. 

 — Studley Wood, Yorkshire. Mr. W. Maclvor. Supposed to 

 have been introduced, but deserves inquiry. P. VII. ?] E. 



XX Cegspitose. Bracts leqfl'&e. Lower spikelets distamt, simple 

 ■or compound. 



17. C. Boemninghausenima (Weihe) ; spikelets several upper 

 ones simple crowded loioer distant aUernffieh/, branched, fr. lan- 

 ceolate plane-convex tapering serrulate /rom below the mMdte, 

 beak deeply split on one side, nu^t ovate-elliptic, gl. equalMng the 

 fruit, root tufted, lower bract at, least equalling the spike. — 

 M. B. S. 2910. //. a. 34. Kunze Riedg. 22. B. 219.— St, 1—2 



