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37. C. limdsa (L.) ; fertile spikes 1 or 2 upon very long stalks 

 drooping ovate densely-lowered " with occasionally a few male 



fi. at their top"'hractS auricled sfewrfer strongly keeled, gl. ovate 

 mucronate, /r. roundish-obovate compressed strongly ribbed with 

 a very short entire beak, nut obovate bluntly trigonous with- a 

 beak, I. narrow linear c!\annelled rough at i^eedj^es throughout. — 

 E. B. 2048. R. 238., 'fiqott's Carex, t. 216.— Creeping. St. 1 

 ft. high. L. and bracts very slander. Gl. purple, with a green 

 keel, about aa long as the pale fr. which is bro liest abpve, the 

 middle. Nut pale. — Spongj'bogs. P. VI. '. / E.S.I. 



38. C. irrig'uai (Hoppe) ; fertile spikes 2 or S drooping upon 

 long , stalks, oblong, i densely-flowered with occasionally a few 

 rnmefi,. at their lose, bracts auricled leaflike rather i>"o«fZ nearly 

 flat, gl. ovate-lanceolate attenuate acute, /r. rowidish-ovate com- 

 pressed!/ai»% ribbed with a verj' short entire beak, nut elliptic 

 triangular -with a beak, I, linear _^a< smooth at the edges except 

 near the tip. — I!. B. S. 2895. It. 238. C. Magellanica Lam., 

 Boott's Carex, t. 219. — Creeping. St. a foot or more in height. 

 L. and bracts 2 or 3 times as broad as' in the preceding. Gl. 

 whoUy purple, usually longer than the pale fr. which is broadest 

 below the middle. Nut pale.^Spong'y bogs. Muckle Moss, 

 Northumb. Terregles, Dumfries. Ben Mime near Loch Lq- 

 mond. P. yi. - - E. S. 



39. C. rarifidra(S'm.) ;: fertile spikes 2 or S drooping VL-pan 

 long stalks oblong few-_flowered lax, bracts with very "short sheaths, 

 gl. very broad blunt as long as the fr., fr. oblong with 3 blunt 

 angles, beak extremely short entire, nut rpundis)j,-nblong, 1. flat 

 rough-edged towards the tip.— .E B. 2516. Booit.s • Carex, X. 

 217. — Creeping. St. 6 — 8 in. high, smooth. Gl. folded round 

 the fr., dark brown ; midribpale, terminating in aminute apiculus. 

 Fi'. pale, faintly veined ; nut darker.-^Elevatpd bogs., High^ 

 lands, rare. P. VI. S, 



40. C. capilldris (L.) ; fertile spiltes drooping upon long stalks 

 half mclxiAiii few-flowei-ed lax, one bract sheathing several stalks, 

 gl. blunt, fr. oblong .trigonous turgid , na-rroT^ed below vpinless 

 with a slender membranous beak, nut obovate triquetrous blunt 

 with a short beak.— i^ B. 2069. Sqhk 0.66-, H. h.b^. R.Ml. 

 — St. very slender, 2— -6 in. high, smooth. Peduncles rough, 

 several usually enclosed in one sheath. Gl. short, broad, blunt, 

 midrib not reaching the tip, falling short of the small smooth 

 brown fruit. Nut' pale. Root" tufted. — Teesdale. ' Scottish 

 Highlands; P. VL ,'■ :': E. S. 



41. C. strigosa (Huds.) ; fertile spikes drooping about 4 distant 

 rather long slendfir^ lax lovfsr wifh exserted stalks, bracts leaflike 

 sbeathing, fr. oblong-lanceolate narrowed at both ends trigonous 



