406 97. CTPBKiCB^. 



46. C. ericetdrum (Poll.) ; fertile spikes 1 — 3 ovoid near to- 

 gether sessile, bracts clasping all membranoua, gl. obovate very 

 blunt finely eiliate midrib not reacting the topj fr. obovoid tri- 

 gonous with a truncate beak, nut subglobose trigonous with no 

 terminal disk or prominent angles, soboliferous. — JS. B. 8. 2971. 

 8c}ik. J. 42. H. b. 26. -B. 262. C. dUata Willd.— Gl. brown 

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

 On chalk. Norf., Sutf., Cambridge. P. IV. V. E. 



47. C montdna (L.) ; fertile spikes 1 — S ovoid crowded sessile, 

 bracts small membranous the lowest with an awlshaped point, 

 gl. of fertile spikes blunt notched and mucronate, fr. narrowed 

 below oblong -ohovoid trigonous with a short notched beak, nut 

 oblong narrowed below with a pyramidal beak, root fibrous from 

 a shaggy thick branched rhizome.— -E. B. S. 2924. Schk. F. 29. 

 H. b. 21. R. 261. C. collina "Willd. — St. about a span long, 

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

 midrib narrowly yellowish. Fr. hairy, its beak purple. — ^Heaths 

 and banks. P. IV. V. E. 



48. C. pilnlif'era (L.) ; fertile spikes about 3 roundish near 

 together sessile, bracts small lowest scarcely leaflike awlshaped 

 not sheathing, gl. broadly ovate mucronate, fr. stalked subglobose 

 with a short bifid beak, nut subglobose subtrigonous narrowed 

 below, persistent base of style recurved, rooi_^i?-OMS. — E. 5.885. 

 Schk. J. 39. B. 260.— St. 6—12 in. long, slender, at length 

 decumbent. — 0. Leesii (Ridl.) ; lowest bract very long leaflike, 

 upper bract long and slender, midrib of gl. exciu-rent, nut fusi- 

 form. J. of B. lix. t. 218. — Wet heaths. ^. Plumpton, York- 

 shire. Glen Callater, Braemar. On rocks in shade. P. V. 



E. S. I. 



49. C. tomentdsa (L.) ; fertile spikes 1 or 2 nearly sessile cy- 

 lindrical blunt, lowermost bracts leaflike with a very short sheath, 

 gl. broadly ovate acute, fr. obovoid subtrigonous scarcely beaked 

 slightly emarginate, nut blunt trigonous narrowed below with a 

 short beak constricted at its base, soboliferous. — B. B. 2046. Schk. 

 F. 28. JX. b. 28. B. 263.— -a. a foot high, with 3 sharp angles, 

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

 Ft. with copious white down, mouth very fcroad. — Water-mea- 

 dows at Merston Measey, Wilts. P. VI. E. 



4.4. Male spikes usually more than 1. 



60. C. glaiica (Scop.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 erect or drooping 

 cylindrical densely flowered long-stalked, bracts leaflike scarcely 

 sheathing, gl. ovate acute, fr. blunt elliptic veinless slightly 



