384 96. CTPERAOE^. 



cojMpiwssei:^ (ultimately. in^oreoMs) ^■identate'ronghish. above veined, 

 ffl. cuspidate lower exceeding fr., nut oljovate ^ri^oMoj^s .blunt api- 

 ca/ar!«, lower bract leaflike.— JB. £. S. 288.5. IT. h. U. Sehk. 

 X. & Gg. 76. M, 235, , C. canescens Linn. Herb.— St. .1--2 feet 

 high, triquetrous, . rough. Sheaths of the I. cqxmected. hy ndlike. 

 ^filaments. ,:Q1. nearly black, with a green keel;,prolongedinto,a 

 cuspidate ipoint. . Fr., glaucous green. — Island riear,Tpopi Bridge' 

 in Lough Neagh. P. VI. I. 



33. C. ttb-dta {h.) ; spikes S — 4 ovate-oljiong shortlystalked 

 contiguous ultimately drooping,, the lo;west[ i;ather distant aiid 

 with a longer stalk,/?-, elliptic yeir^Si with a.short,terete slightly 

 notched heah, glumes acute, nut eUijitic triqiuetrous blujit apicu- 

 late, lower bract leaiike.— -E. B. 2044. Schk. ,X. 77. ' -Zf. b. . 8. 

 -K..237. — St. 1 — IJfoothigh; triangular, smooth: L. flat, broad. 

 Gl. dark pilrple ; midrib slender, pale. Fr. yellowish.. 5lr. H. C. 

 Watson ipentions a forni with the term, spike wholly niate and 

 the fern, spikes cylindrical and 2 — 3 in. below it.; — Alpine rocks. 

 P. VI VII. E. S. 



tj Fruii t/iabrous. Termitial spiJce whoUy anale, selitary. 



Si. C. palles'cens (L.) ; fe^itile spifes subpendulous ovate or 

 oblong with exserted steXka contiqiiovs, bracts leaflike, gl, mu- 

 cronate, fn ovat^-oblong convex on both sides veined blimt, beak ' 

 Ojnfit linear-elliptic trigonous. — E. S. '219,5. _ iSchk. Kk! 99. ' H., 

 b. 44. — St. slender, triquetrous, rougt, above, 1 — IJ foot high. 

 Spikes blunt, palegrieeif ; the barreii one sessile, darker. — Marshv 

 places. P. VI. E. S. 1. 



35. C. panicea (L.) : fertile -spikes erect remote aubcylindrical- 

 on exserted Stalks with' distaiit[^'., Hr&cis' leaflike sheathing, gl. 

 rather acute, /r. ovate-mbghbose inflated veinless with a short 

 terete truncate beak, nut obovate-oblong trigonous with a cvlin-' 

 drical beak,— .B. B. 1505. Schk. LI. 100. H. b. 33.— St. 1—2 

 ft high, erect, smooth. ' Fertile spikes about 2. Gl. oblong, more 

 or less acute,. dark brown with a green keel and membranous 

 pale margins. Lowermost bract about as long as its spike, the 

 rest shorter, shfeaths close. — Marshy places. Pi VI. ' 'E. S. I. 



36. . C vagindta (Tausch !) ; fertile spikes erect reiiiote ,Qn. ex- 

 serted stalks with distant fl., ijracis, sheathing ^eajrcely leaflike, 

 gl. bluntish, fr. ovate triquetrous glabrous veinle^? with ,a short 

 tere.te , smooth very obliquely truncate and emarginate biak, nut 

 elliptic triangular "with a beak slightly thickened upwards-"— H. 

 b. 17. Xunze Miedg. ,15. , C. phceostachy.a S^n,, E. B. S. 27S1 

 C. Meilichoferi 8m., E. B. 2293.— St. 5— 6 in. high, smooth. 

 Fertile spikes 1 — 2. Glumes bluntish. Bracts inthfimnelshapcd 

 sheaths — Highlandmountains.' P. VII. , S. 



