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Crescent, H. Bos. Weston Peat Pits, near Stow Wood, railside 
near Bicester. : 
5. Isis, North Leigh, Finstock Heath, Ramsden Heath, Wychwood. 
6. Thame. Bullingdon Green! not uncommon about Oxford, Br. 
South side of Shotover! H. Bos. Cowley Marsh, H. E. Garnsey. 
7. Thames. Caversham, F. Tufnail. Binfield, Chinnor Hill, South 
Stoke. 
Berks. Foxcombe Hill, Bagley. 
? C. stricta, Good. 
Syme, E. B. ix. 108. 1638. Nym. 776. 
Native (?). Marshes. Very rare. 
5. Isis. Near Chipping Norton, 7. Bees. 
Gloster E., Northants, Warwick, very doubtful. 
I have doubts as to the correct identity of this. 
C. acuta, LD. 
Top. Bot. 458. Syme, E. B. x. 110. 1639. Nym. 777. 
Native. River-, canal-, pondsides, marshes, etc. Abundant about 
. Oxford, the most frequent sedge after riparia. P. May. 
First record, $id. 1794. C. gracilis, Curt. 
Var. C, viridis, Hart. This variety new to Britain occurs by the Canal 
near Port Meadow. The glumes are shorter than in the typical plant. 
Very variable, 4 form from Headington Wick is closely allied to, if not 
identical with, var. gracilescens, Almq. A czxspitose form also occurs. 
The sheaths of the young plants are filamentous, as pointed out by the 
Author in Journ. Bot., Oct. 1884, p. 302. 
C. vulgaris, Fr. C. Goodenovii, Gay. 
Top. Bot. 459. Syme, E, B. x. 114. 1643. Nym. 777. 
Native. Paludal. Marshes. Local, not very common. P. May. 
First record, Gr. cyp. foliis caryophyll. spicis. erectis sessilibus, e semi- 
nibus confertis compositis, Ray. Blackstone, 1737. 
8. Swere. First March, Shutford Bog, Bees. ‘cespitosa.’ Banbury, 
A. Fr. 
4, Ray. Near Hampton Poyle, H. Bos. Headington Wick. 
5. Isis. Port Meadow, Witney, H. Bos. Wychwood, Blackstone! 
North Leigh. 
6. Thame. Bullingdon Green! Sib. cespitosa. Shotover! Nuneham, 
H. Bos. Cowley, H. E. Garnsey. 
7. Thames. Binfield, South Stoke. 
Berks. Boar’s Hill, Frilford. 
Var. uliginosa, Syme. Marshside between Bicester and Islip. 
Two or three forms occur. one a compact plant with larger fruit and 
shorter glumes from North Leigh Heath is worth further study, 
