380 96. CYPERACEiE. 



less, fr. oblong-ovate strongly ribbed inflated narrowed into a 

 short bifid beak, gl. acute.— i;. B. b'. 2023.— St. 1—2 ft. high. 

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

 brown, nearlj' twice as long as the gl., with several strong ribs 

 on each side. Nut too voung in all my specimens. — Glen Fiadh, 

 Clova. Ben Cruban, Killin. P. VIL S. 



++ Barren spikes many. Stigmas 3. Bracts not sheathing. 



68. C. ampullacea (Good.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 remote cylin- 

 drical erect stalked, bracts leaflilce, fr. subglobose inflated sud- 

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

 St. sinooth with obtuse angles. — E. B. 780. Schk. Tt. 107. H. 

 b. 65. R. 277- — St. 1 — 2 feet high, with rounded faces and 3 

 slight angles. L. glaucous, channeled. — Very wet bogs. P. VI. 



69. C. vesicaria (L.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 remote cylindrical, 

 .bracts leaflike, /r. ovate-conical inflated gradually narrowed into 

 a subulate bifid beak, nut elliptical triangular, st, with acute angles. 

 —E.B.77^J. Schk. Ss.lOe. H.h.64. R. 276.— St. 2 feet high, 

 with flat faces and 3 strongly marked angles, roughish near the 

 top. L. rather broad, green. — ^.involuta; 1. narrow folded into 

 a -2--c\linder, midrib of gl. apiculate, fr. narrower. — Wet bogs. 

 p. Hale Moss, Manchester. Mr. J. Sidebotham. Congletou, 

 Chesh. Mr. E. Wilson. P. V. 



70. C paludosa (Good.) ; gl. of the barren spikes blunt, anth. 

 apiculate, fertile spikes cylindrical blunt, bracts leaflike, /r. ob- 

 long-obovate compressed with a short bifid beak, nut roundish- 

 obovate triangular, st. with acute angles. — E. B. 807. Schk. 

 Oo. 103. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, angles rough. L. broad. — ;8. spa- 

 dicea; gl. of fertile s])ikes with a long scabrous beak. — Wet 

 places. (3. Littlehampton, Suss. Mr. Mitten. P. V. 



71. C. riparia (Curt.); gl. of the barren spikes acute, anth. 

 with a long point, fertile spikes acute cylindrical, bracts leaflike, 

 fr. oblong-ovate convex on both sides narrowed into a short broad 

 cloven beak, nut pvriforra triangular, st. with acute angles. — 

 E. B. 579. Schk. Qq. and Rr. 105. H. b. 66.— St. 3 feet high, 

 angles rough. L. broader than in the preceding. — Wet places. 

 P. V. 



+++ Barren spikes many. Bracts sheathing. 



[72. C. hordeiformis (Wahl.) ; barren spikes 2, fertile 3 oblong 

 remote with short exserted stalks, bracts overtopping the spikes 

 long leaflike flat, fr. large ovate plane-convex scabrous winged 

 ciliate-serrate narrowed into a long bifid beak. — Schk. Ddd. 121 . 

 C secalina Sra., not Willd. — Fr. very large, twice as long as the 

 glumes. — Forfarshire, but doubtless an error. P. VI.] S. 



