■ carex 387 



46. C ericeU'irum (Poll.) ; fertile spihes 1 — 3 ovoid nedr to- 

 wetRer 'sessile, bracts claspiiig- all membranoTis, gl. ob'ovdte vei-y 

 blunt finely^ ciliate midrib not reaching the top, h. obovate tri- 

 gonous -With'a truncate beak, nirt'subglobose trigonous tvith no 

 terminal disk or-rlrominfiht iinglea, soljoliferous. — E. B. S. 2971. 

 Schk. J, 42. I£.\ 26. R 262. C. ciKata, WiM—Gl. brown 

 with a broad pale edge, all very blunt ' St. 3 — 6 in. high. — 

 Gogmagog Hills, Canibridge. P. IV. V. ■ E. 



47. C. wontdim (L;) j fertile s-pikes 1 — 3 ovoid crowded sessile,,, 

 br^etg small membranous the iow6f\t-with an awlshapaciliipointj,'; 

 gl. of fertile spikes , blunt notched ,andi mucronate, /r. .ijarrowed- 

 below oblong-obovate trigonous yith a short rmtclied bvctk, nut 

 oblong .naii|'owed,beJow_with a^ pyiamidal beak, root fibrous froni, 

 a- shaggy thick branj^d jhizome.-^i?. i?. jS..2924. , Sphlf. P. 29. 

 il. b. 21. jB. 261. , C. collina H. & A. — St. about a span long, 

 slender. L. naiTOW ; sheaths of lower 1. red. Gl. very ^dark ; 

 midrib narrowly yellowish. Fr. hairy, its beak purple. — Near 

 Tunbridge Wells. ,Wynd ClifF, and Panmoyle Kocks, Chepstow. 



p.,iv.v. ; , E. 



48. C. piluHf'era (L.); fertile spikes about 3 rnnndisli near 

 together sessile, bracts small lowed scarcely leajlike awhhaped 

 not slimthing, gl. broadly ovate n)ucronate,/r. stalked sjjJj/MAose 

 with a shoii bi/id beak, nut siibglobose sub^gonous. narrowed 

 below, persistent base of style recurved, roo!!^6ro!K. — E. B. 885. 

 Schk- J. 89. B. 260;' BooU'a C'afex,\. 283.— St. 6—12 in. long,' 

 slender,, at length decumbent.' — Wet heaths. P. V. E. S. I. 



49. C. tometttosa (L.) ; fertile ^ilces 1 or 2 neairly 'sessile cy- 

 lindrical bhint, lowermost bract leufiike Wtk a very shmt sheath, 

 gl. .bi'oadly ovate acute, /r. obovate subtrigonous scarcely! beaked 

 slightly emargiiiate, nut blunt trigonous narji'owed below with a 

 shbrt b/'.ak cdnstriated' at its base, soboUferousj- — E. B. 2046. Sclik. 

 F; 28. H. b. 28. B. 26S.^St. a'foot high, with 8 sharp singles, 

 rough upwards, erect. ' Beak of nut slightly swelling upwards. 

 Fr. withc/opious white do*ii;'iildu:th'vervbroad.^ Water-mea- 

 dows at Mfersten Meftse-y, Wilts. ' P. Vf; ' •■ E.' 



■ ■ ' ^4. Made spikes rtsuaily more' than 1. li ■ 



.i.50.;iC'. glauca (Scop.) ;: fertile spikes ,2 Or 8 erect, ox:dr<Mping 

 cylindrical densely flowered long-stalked, bracts leaflike scarcely 

 sfeea;thirig,''g'l: bvaie acute, fivblimt elWptifc veinlesS 'slightly 

 r«fti<^h entire at the small point, nufrOundish-ovatc'triangular.' 

 -^IL b. 67. ■ Schk. 0. P. 57. B: 269. ' C. Hciurvu Htids., E. B. 

 1.506. — Soboliferous. St. a foot or thbl'e in height; ' Male smkes 

 ramble in numbe'r; ■ Fertile spikes' often haTO a male fl; at the 

 top.— k- C.Michelicmu (Sm.-)-; gl.-'bluiit,fr.-ikalkr. MS. 2286. 



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