382 96. OXPEEACE^. 



X Stigmas 2.. SheatJis of leaves webbed. Fertile spikes erect. 



L. tdtiinately revolute-edged ; lowest sheaths ustmlly leafless. 



26. C. stric'ta (Good.) ; fertile spikes erect long-cylindrical, 

 bracts auricled lowermost leaflike short, /r. obtong-elUptie acute 

 compressed veined closply inibricate, nut roundly obovate shortly 

 beaked, sheaths q?\,.wiwi filamentous network. — E. JB. 014. H. 

 2.30. C. ccespitosa H. '& A. — Densely dsespitbse. St. 2 — 3 ft. 

 high,' triquetrous, rigid. L. short, narrow. Fertile spikes often 

 male at the top. Grl. bliint or acute, ec[ualling or shorter than 

 the fir., narrow, dark purple; keel green. Fr. in 6 — 9 regular 

 rows.— Marshes. P..VI. ' E. S. I. 



[C./ empitdsa (L.); ; fertile spik^S, erect subsessile oblong, 

 bracts tvith long ^narrow auricles lowest slender leaflike short, 

 fr. elliptic lenticular not veined rather patent, sheaths of 1. finely 

 webbed. — R. 229. Boott's Carex,t. 62. C. pacifica Drej. — 

 Cjespifose. St. slender, acutely triangular. L. shorter down- 

 wards. Spikes close together. Gl. lanceolate, dark purple ; keel 

 rather paler.; — ^" Britain. I)r. Greville" Fries. P. V.j S. 



%X Stigmas 2. \ 8heathsnotiBebbe(l,,usitcdhj' all bearing leaves. 

 L. idtimately revolute-edged. Stoloniferous. 



'ii'l. C. acuta (L.) ; male spikes! — 3, fertile 2 — 4 slender cylin- 

 drical-acuminate erect with fsuit, lowermost bract leaflike often 

 overtopping the stem with long auricles, fr. oblong lenticular 

 veinid, niit roimdish-obovate with a short slender beak, gl. acute. 

 —KS.'mO. Schk.Be.&FlQ2. Jf. a. 44. J?. 231, 232.— St. 

 2 — 3 feet high, triquetrous, -rough at top. L. broad. Gl. naiTow- 

 lanoeolate, acute, on the male spikes spathulate-lanceolate, 

 ptlrple with' a green keel. Fr. pale, blunt or aeute, round or oval, 

 spherical or fiattfeSied. Fertile spikes usually with a few male fl. 

 at the end, nodding ie^hfiowers. Wet places: P VI. E. 8. 1. 



,28. C. rig'ida (Good.); spilies erect, male 1, fertile oval or shortly 

 cylindrical dense subsessile, lower bract leaflike,/?-, elliptic \sa- 

 tvaHaX' without veins j nut roundish blunt with a^ slender beak, st. 

 triquetrous rough) towards the top, I curving outwards ivith de- 

 Jexed edges.— F.. £.,204:7. H. a. 40, iJ. 22&. , C. saxatilis J,. ? 

 — St. 6 ini to a foot or more high. L. broad, flat, keeled, rigid. 

 Bracts without sheaths.. Spikes near together, short, rarelv nar- 

 rowed and If^xly flowered belov. Gl. about exceeding the fr., 

 purple with . a green keel. Nut rather longer than broad.: — In 

 wet-and stony plac'feS on mountains. P.. VI. VII. E. S. I., 



;, tJt 'S)!»ywas, 2. ., (S7fs«fiAs, «pi iceJ^ei^., Fertile splices erect. 

 ! Fdges of leaves ultimately invukcte. Glumes narrower than 



tjie fruit. 

 29. C. aqtmt'ilis (Wahl.) ; spikes erect, male 1 or more, fer- 

 tile 3 or 4 long' narrowed beloio lower bnes stalked, bracts leaf- 



