CAKEX. 411 



Andersson says that the true plant is C. rigida. — Wet parts of 

 the higher Scottish mountains. P. VII. S. 



67. C. Ch-ahdmi (Boott) ; male spikes 1 or 2 slender acute, 

 fertile 2 or 3 ovate blunt lower one stalked hracteate sheathless, 

 fr. ohhng-ovate strongly rihbed inflated narrowed into a short 

 bifid beak, nut oblong compressed triquetrous below not J as 

 long as the perianth, gl. acute.— ^. B. S. 292.3.— 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, Clova. Ben Cruiohben, 

 Killin. P. VII. S. 



XX Male spikes only. Stigmas 3. Bracts not sheathing. 



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

 drical erect stalked, bracts leaflike, fr, subglobose infiated sud- 

 denly narrowed into a loftig slender beak, nut obovoid triangular, 

 St. smooth loith blunt angles. — E. B. 780. 8chk. Tt. 107. H. b. 

 65. -ffi. 277. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, trigonous. L. glaucous, chan- 

 nelled. — Very wet bogs. P. VI. E. S. I. 



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

 bracts leaflike, fr. ovoid conical infiated gradually narrowed into 

 a subulate bifid beak, nut elliptic triangular, st. iuith acute angles. 

 —E. B. 779. Mchk. Ss. 106. H. b. 64. B. 276.— St. 2 feet 

 high, triangular, raughish near the top. L. rather broad, green. 

 — j3. involuta (Bab.) ; 1. narrow folded into a J-cyHnder, midrib of 

 gl. apiculate, fr. narrower. — Sy. E. B. 1681. — Wet bogs. 0. 

 Hale Moss, Manchester. Mr. J. Sidebotham. Oongleton, Ghesh. 

 Mr. E. Wilson. P. V. E. S. I. 



70. C. paluddsa (Good.) ; gl. of the barren spikes blmit, anth. 

 apiculate, fertile spikes cylindrical blunt, bracts leaflike, fr. 6b- 

 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. Fr. 

 sometimes recurved at the tip, stig. sometimes 2. — /3. C. spa- 

 dicea (Elw., Roth.) ; gl. of fertile spikes with a long rough 

 beak.— Wet places. P. V. E. S. I. 



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

 with a long -point, fertile spikes acute cylindrical, bracts leaflOce, 

 fr. oblong-ov<Ad convex on both sides narrowed into a short broad 

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

 E.B. 57Q. Schk.Q.q. & Rr. 105. S. b. 66.— St. 3— 4 feet 

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

 plfces. P.V. ■ E.S.I. 



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