KOBEHSIA. CAEEX. 395 



as long as tie spike. — Bogs. Halnaby, YorksHre. Whitemoor 

 Pond, Guildford. P.VI. VH. E. 



Tribe III. Elyneee. 



9. Kobeb'sia Willd. 



1. K caricina (Willd.).— ^. B. 1410. Schk. Err. 161. R. viii. 

 193.— St. erect, 6 — 12 in. high. L. slender, falling short of the 

 stem. Spikes 4—5, collected at the top of the stem, 6 — 8- 

 fiowered. There is an abortive stam. (?) at the base of the 

 nut; but some authors, considering each fl. a separate spike, 

 think that this represents a second flower. — Moors. Yorkshire. 

 Durham. Perthshire. P. VII. E. S. 



Trite IV. Caricece. 



10. CaIwsx Linn}, 



i. MonostachycB. Spike simple, solitary, terminal. (Sp. 1 — 5.) 



* DicEciouB or monoicious with, malefl. at the top. Stigmas 2. 



1. C. dioica (L.) ; usually dioecious, fertile spike ovate dense, 

 fr. ascending ovate many-veined angles rough near the top,' nut 

 roundish oval, terete st. and subsetaceous 1. roundish, sobo- 

 liferous.— ^. B. 543. 8ohk. A. 1. H. a. 1. R. 194.— About 6 in. 

 high.— Spongy bogs. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



[2. C. Davallidna (Sm.) ; dicecious, fr. dejlexed ovate-lan- 

 ceolate angles rough near the top, nut " linear-oblong," st. and 

 margins of the subsetaceous 1. rough, csespitose. — H. B. 2123. 

 iJ. 194. — About 6 in. high. — The true plant did grow on Lans- 

 down near Bath, but is now lost by drainage. P. VI.] E. 



3. C.puMcdris (L.) ; half of spike ma\s,fr. remote at length 

 dejlexed oblong-lanceolate compressed, nut linear-oblong plane- 

 convex, 1. involute.— i'. 5. 1051. 8cKk.A.Z. -H'.a.a iJ.195. 

 — St. slender, 6 — 12 in. or more in height, erect, smooth. L. 



' In the following descriptions, frvit means the persistent bottle- 

 shaped perianth, including the ripe mit or true capsule. The glume 

 ia always taken from the fertile spike unless it is otherwise stated. — 

 Schk. refers to the plates of Schkuhr's Biedgrdser; H. to Eoppe's 

 Garicol. Germ, in Sturm Deutschl. Flora ; and R. to Reichenbach 

 Jo. Fl. Germ. Cent. vii. ; B. to Bootfs Illust. of Carex. See also 

 Andersson'sPl. Soand., and Lam^ in Lmnaa, xxiv. 481 ; and for form, 

 &c., of the nuts Des Moulirn Cat. Dordogne, Suppl. Final. 



