388 96. CTPEKACE^. 



— y. C. stictocarpa (Sm.) ; fertile spikes ovate, fr. obovate dotted. 

 ^. 5., iS. 2772.— Damp places. P. VI. E.S.I. 



** Beak offr. long,, %tuQthed,or bifid. Nut with S angles. 

 Stigmas 3, i-arely 2. (Sp. ol' — 70.) 



t Beak of fruit terete. Terminal spike male. 



51. C. ustulaia (Wahl.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 4= upon short stalks 

 ovate densely flowered, bracts scarcely leafiike . or sheathing, gl. 

 ovate acute, fr. elliptic-coiiipressed rough-edged vAth a cloven 

 beak, nut elliptic triangular on a long stalk, root fibrous. — -E JB. 

 2404. Schk.Y. 82. H. b. 47.— St. 3—10 in. high. L. very 

 sMbrt, broad. Gl. dark purple with a slender pale midrib. Fr. 

 dark purple, j)aler below. Nut fuscous. — I have seen no speci- 

 mens. — Ben Lawers. 3Ir. G. Don. P. VII. S. 



tt Beak of fruit plane-conyex. , Male spike 1, or rarely 2. 

 Fruit glabrous. , Bra-cts sheathing,, leaflike. 



62. C.fldva (L.) ; fertile spikes roundish-oval subsessile, low- 

 est spike with a nearly included stalk, bracts leaflike with short 

 sheaths, gl. blunt, fr. ovate inflated ribbed smooth narrowed into 

 a deflexed rough-edged bifld beak, nut obovate trigonous 

 punctate, st. trigonous smooth. — E. B, 1294. Schk. H. 36. H. 

 b. 22. iJ. 273.— St, 6— 12 in. high. , L. broad. Male spike cg- 

 iindrical, blunt ; gl. blunt. Fertile spikes usually near together 

 and near the barren spike, sometimes distant; gl. with a green 

 midrib slightly rough and often excurrent at the end. Beak of 

 the fr. curved downwards. Lowest fr. declining. — p. C lepido- 

 earpa (Tausch !) ; barren spikes usually long-stalked, beak offr. 

 often neariy straight. Kuuze Riedgr. 13. R. 272. — Wet places. 

 P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



53., C. CE'deri (Ehrh.) ; fertile spikes roundish-ovate subsessile 

 near together, lowest spike wdth an included stalk, bracts leaflike 

 with short sheaths, gl. blunt (J),fr. subglobose inflated ribbed 

 smooth suddenly contracted into an erect narrow rough-edged 

 bifld beak, nut obovate-trigonous punctate, st. trigonous smooth. 

 if.b.23. iJ. 272.— Much hTie, but distinct from, C.fiam. Fertile 

 spikes smaller. Fr. much smaller than those of C. fiava, more 

 in number, with a shorter and narrower-baaed beak. Very 

 variable in height.— Bog's. P. VI. VII. E. S.I. 



54. C. exten'sa (Good.) ; fertile spikes oblong near together 

 subsessile lower one rather distant with a short included stalk, 

 bracts very long leaflike with short sheaths, gl. mucronate, fr. 

 ovate triquetrous ribbed narrowed into a straight smooth-edged 

 bifid beak, nut oblong-elliptic triangular smooth. — JE. B. 838, 

 Sohk.Y< Xx. 72. H. b. 32, It, 274.— ;8f, usually curved, 8—12 



