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subglobosa, Miel. ; fruit nearly globose, inflated ; Salz- 

 burg, rare. C. tenuis, Host.; stem slender, 6-12 in., 

 fruit ribbed ; frequent. C. sylvatica, Huds. ; female 

 spikelets pendant, on very long stalks, leaves broad ; 

 bushy. C. frigida, All. ; spikelets shining, black-brown, 

 the lowest very distant, on a long stalk; frequent. C. 

 firma, Host. ; stem 2-8 in., leaves short, rigid, linear- 

 lanceolate ; frequent. C. capillaris, L. ; stem very slender, 

 3-8 in., somewhat exceeded by the erect linear leaves, 

 lower female spikelets very distant, nodding ; moist, 

 frequent. C. hispidula, Gaud. ; stem filiform, rough, 

 angled, nearly leafless, anthers twisted ; Switzerland, 

 Tirol, very rare. C. sempervirens, Vill. ; caespitose, stem 

 smooth, lowermost spikelet erect ; dry, frequent. C. ferru- 

 ginea, Scop. ; root-stock stoloniferous, lowermost spikelet 

 pendant ; moist, frequent. C. alpigena, Kern. {Kemeri, 

 Kohts) ; similar, but all the spikelets erect ; Tirol, rare. 



The following lowland British species also occur in 

 Switzerland : — In marshes and bogs and by river-sides : 

 — C. pulicaris, L. ; disticha, Huds. ; vulpina, L. ; pani- 

 culata, L. (including paradoxa, Willd.); teretiuscula, 

 Good. ; stricta, Good. ; acuta, Fr. ; Buxbaumii, Whlb. ; 

 Pseudocyperus, L. ; flava, L. (including CEderi, Ehrh., 

 and lepidocarpa, Tausch.) ; punctata, Gaud. ; distans, L. 

 (including Hornschuchiana, Hoppe) ; hirta, L. ; limosa, 

 L. ; filiformh, L. ; glauca, Murr. ; tomentosa, L. ; ampul- 

 lacea, Good. ; vesicaria, L. ; paludosa, Good. ; riparia. 

 Curt. ; pamcea, L. In woods and thickets: — C. remota, 

 L.-jpendula, Huds. ; depauperata, Good. ; strigosa, Huds. ; 

 digitata, L.. (including omithopoda, Willd.). On dry 

 banks and hill-sides : — C. humilis, Leyss. ; montana, L. ; 

 pilulifera, L. ; muricata, Li ; prcBcox, Jacq. {verna, Vill.). 



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