CAEEX. 391 



gl. oWottg-iOvate cuspidate and ciliate at the point, /r. downy 

 olsloag-ovate narrowed into, an oiUqudy truncate beak withi^ 

 lateral points, met narrowly, eKpticauihtyAgonoua, 1. slender chan- 

 nelled.— -B. B. 904j , _Schk. K. 45. JSoott's Carex, t. 132. R. 26.5. 

 -^T^t. 2 feet high, ;,L. with filamentous sheaths. below. Lowest 

 spike rarely atialtoed. — Peat-bogs, P, V, E. S. I. 



'. 64. C. Mr'ta (L.); male spikes 2 or 3, fertile 2 or 3 remote 

 erect' ohlong-cylindrioal stalked, brabts leaflike the lower with 

 long sheathe nearly, equalling the, peduncles, gl. eUiptic-laneeo- 

 late with, long sleudei^ ciliate points, fr, hairy oblong-ovate .nar- 

 rowed into a deeply divided beak, ?M«i^ obooate narrow,ed \below 

 triangular, l.^flat hairy.— E. S, 685." Schk.Vih 108. JZ.;b. 58- 

 R, io I.- — St. 1^ — 2 feet high, leafy. L, a^dsheathe sh?,ggy, rarely 

 glabrous, Fr. tawny. , Occasionally the spikes are compound at 

 the base and yery lopg-stalked, and the gl, long, — Wet places. 

 P, IV. Kdrhmersedge. E., S. L 



ttttt Beak of fr. glabrous) terete, striate, with patent cusps, 

 or 2-toothed. Male spikes many, rarely 1, ' Bracts not 

 sheathing. 



X Male spike \. Stigmas 2. Beak of fr .l-'toofhed. 



65. C. pyl'la (Good.) ; male, spike 1 (rarely 2), fertile 1—3 

 roundish-otate lower one stalked bracteate sheathing,? erect,. /V. 

 Mate obscurely veined inflated, beak short, nut roundish mu'crO- 

 nate, gl. bluntish.— -B. B. 2045. Schk. Oc, 88,— St. 6—8 in. 

 high. Q-1. dark purple tipped with white, midrih dark purple. 

 Fr, dark purple paler at the base, longer than the gl., stalked, — 

 C. saxatuis (Liau. Herb.) ; but Andersson Says that the true 

 plant is C rigida. — Wet parts of the higher Scottish mountains. 

 l", VI. .' \ S. 



66. C. Orahdmi (Boott) ; male spikes J oi' 2 slender, acute, 

 fertile 2 or 3 ovate blunt lowea; one stalked bracteate sheathless, 

 fr. oblong-ovate strongly nhheA irifl(ite4nfir>'oived into a short bijid 

 beak, nut oblong compressed triquetrous below not i as long as 

 the perianth, gl. acute.— £. B. S. 2923.— St, 1—2 ft high. Gl, 

 fuscous, with the tip and midrib pale. Fr. pale or darkish brown, 

 nearly twice as long as the gl., with several strong ribs on each 

 side.— Glen Fiadh,01ova. Ben Oruban, Killin. P. VII. S. 



J J Male spikes many. Stigmas 3. Bracts not sheathing. 



67. C. ampulldcea (Good.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 remote cylin- 

 drical erect stalked, bracts leaflike, /r. subglohose\- inflated stid-, 

 denly narrowed into a long slender beafi, nut obovate triangular, 

 St. smooth with blunt angles. — E. B. 780,, •'Schk. Tt. 107, H. b. 

 65. R. 277. — St. 1— T-2 feet high, trigonous. L. glaucous, ohau- 

 „eiled.—Very wet bogs. P. VI. E.S.I. 



