398 97. CTPEEACEJE. 



•* Beah offr. long, 2-toothed or bifid. Nut with 3 angles. 

 ' Stigmas 3, rarely 2. (Sp. 60—69.) 



t Beak of fruit terete. Terminal apike male. 



60. C. ustuldta (Wahl.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 4= upon short stalks 

 OToid densely flowered, bracts scarcely lea/like or sheathing, gl. 

 ovoid acute, fr. elliptic compressed rough-edged with a cloven 

 beak, nut elliptic triangular on a long stalk, root fibrous. — -E £. 

 2404. Schk. Y. 82. S. h. 47.— St. 3—10 in. high. L. very 

 short, broad. Gl. dark purple with a slender pale midrib. Fr. 

 dark purple, paler below. Nut fuscous. — -Ben Lawers. Mr. G. 

 Dm. See Sy. E. B. x. 137. P. VH. S. 



tt Beak of fruit plane-convex. Male spike 1, or rarely 2. 

 Fruit glabrous. Bracts sheathing, leaflike. 



61. C.fldva (L.) ; fertile spikes roundish-oval subsessile, low- 

 est spike with a nearly included stalk, bracts leaflike with short 

 sheaths, gl. blunt, fr. ovate inflated ribbed smooth narrowed 

 into a de/lexed rough-edged bifid beak, nut obovoid trigonous 

 punctate, st. trigonous smooth. — JB, B. 1294. Schk. H. 36. H. 

 b. 22. R. 273.— St. 6—12 in. high. L. broad. Male spike cy- 

 lindrical, blunt ; gl. blunt. Fertile spikes usually near together 

 and near the barren spike, sometimes distant ; gl. with a green 

 midrib slightly rough and often exourrent at the end. Beak of 

 the fr. curved downwards. Lowest fr. declining. — /3. C lepido- 

 carpa (Tausch !) ; ban-en spikes usually long-stalked, beak of fr. 

 often nearly straight. — Sy. E. B. 1673. Kun%.e Biedgr. 13. 

 iJ. 272.— Wet places. P. V. VI. E.S.I. 



52. C. (Ederi (Ehrh.) ; fertile spikes roundish-ovate subsessile 

 near together, lowest spike with an included stalk, bracts leaflike 

 with short sheaths, gl. blunt (?), fr. subglobose inflated ribbed 

 smooth suddenly contracted into an erect narrow rough-edged 

 bifid beak, nut obovoid-trigondus punctate, st. trigonous smooth. 

 —Sy. E. B. 1674. S. b. 23. B. 272.— Much like, but 

 distinct from, C. Jlava. Fertile spikes smaller. Fr. much 

 smaller than those of C. flava, more in number, with a shorter 

 and narrower-based beak. Very variable in height. — Bogs. 

 9. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



53. C. exten'sa (Good.) ; fertile spikes oblong near together 

 subsessile lower one rather distant with a short included stalk, 

 bracts very long leaflike with short sheaths, gl. mucronate, fr. 

 ovoid triquetrous ribbed narrowed into a straight smooth-edged 

 bifid beak, nut oblonq-elliptic triangular smooth. — E. B. H.'j3. 

 Schk. V. Xx. 72. Il'.h. 32. R. 274.— St. usually curved, 8—12 

 in. high, trigonous, smooth, usually exceeding the leaves. Barren 



