CABEX. 395 



as long as the pale fr. whicli is broadest above the middle. Nut 

 pale. — Spongy bogs. P. VI. E. S. I. 



37. C. irrig'ua (Hoppe) ; fertile spikes 2 or S drooping upon 

 long stalks oblong densely-flowered with occasionally a few 

 nudefl. at their base, bracts auricled leaflike rather broad nearly 

 flat, gl. ovoid-lanceolate attenuate acute, /r. roundish-ovoid com- 

 fieaaeifaintlg ribbed with a very short entire beak, nut elliptic 

 triangular with a beak, /. lineai- flat smooth at the edges except 

 near the tip. — S. B. S. 2895. JK. 238. C. Magellanica Lam., 

 B. 219. — ^Creeping. St. a foot or more in height. L. and 

 bracts 2 or 3 times as broad as in the preceding. 01. wholly 

 purple, usually longer than the pale fr. which is broadest below 

 the middle. Nut pale. — Spongy bogs. Muckle Moss, Northumb. 

 Terregles, Dumfries. Ben Mime near Loch Lomond. P. VI. 



E.S. 



88. C. rarifl&ra (Sm.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 drooping upon 

 long stalks oblong few-flowered lax, bracts tvith very short sheaths, 

 gl. very broad blunt as long as the fr., fr. oblong with 3 blunt 

 angles, beak extremely short entire, nut roundish-oblong, 1. flat 

 rough-edged towards the tip. — E. B. 2516. B. 217. — Creeping. 

 St. 6 — 8 in. high, smooth. Gl. folded round the fr., dark brown ; 

 midrib pale, terminating in a minute apieulus. Fr. pale, faintly 

 veined ; nut darker. — Elevated bogs. Highlands, rare. P. VI. 



S. 



39. C. capHldris (L.) ; fertile spikes drooping upon long half- 

 included stacks few-flowered lax, one bract sheathing several stalks, 

 gl. blunt, fr. oblong trigonous turgid narrowed below veinless 

 with a slender membranous beak, nut obovoid triquetrous blunt 

 withashortbeak.— ^. .B.2069. &/i^. 0.56. JT.b.SS. J2. 241. 

 — St. very slender, 2 — 6 in. high, smooth. Peduncles rough, 

 several usually enclosed in one sheath. Gl. short, broad, blunt, 

 midrib not reaching the tip, falling short of the small smooth 

 brown fruit. Nut pale. Root tufted. — Teesdale. Scottish 

 Highlands. P. VL E. S. 



40. C. strigdsa (Huds.) ; fertile spikes drooping about 4 distant 

 rather long slender lax lower with exserted stalks, bracts leaflike 

 sheathing, fr. oblong-lanceolate narrowed at both ends trigonous 

 veined with an obliquely truncate mouth, nut elliptic triangular 

 punctured, 1. broad.—!'. B. 994. Schk. N. 53.— St. 2 feet high. 

 Sheaths nearlj^ covering the peduncles. Gl. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 diaphanous, greenish down the back. — Groves and thickets, rare. 

 P. V. VL E. S. I. 



41. C.pen'dula (Huds.) ; fertile spikes drooping about 6 distant 

 cylindrical very long densely flowered, bracts leaflike lower ones 



