CAEEX. 401 



tttt Beak of haity fr. terete or compressed vrith patent cusps. 

 Male spikes 2 or more. 



62. C. Jilifor'mis (L.) ; male spikes 2, fertile 3 or 4 remote 

 erect sessile oblong, bracts leaflike lowermost slightly sheathing, 

 gl. oblong-ovate cuspidate and ciliate at the point, fr. downy 

 oblong-ovoid narrowed into an ohliqiiely truncate beak with 2 

 lateral points, nut narrowly elliptic subtrigonous, 1. slender chan- 

 nelled.— £. 5. 904. Schk.K.45. A 132. iJ. 265.— St. 2 feet 

 high. L. with filamentous sheaths below. Lowest spike rarely 

 stalked. — Peat-bogs, rare. P. V. E. S. I. 



6.3. C. hir'ta (L.) ; male spikes 2 or S, fertile 2 or 3 remote 

 erect ohlong-cylindrical stalked, bracts leaflike the lower with 

 long sheaths nearly equalling the peduncles, gl. eDiptic-lanceo- 

 late with long slender ciliate points, fr. hairy oblong-ovate nar- 

 rowed into a deeply divided beak, met obovate narrowed below 

 triangular, I. flat hairy.— £. B. 685. Schk. Uu. 108. H. b. 58. 

 -K. 257. — St. ]^ — 2 feet high, leafy. L. and sheaths shaggy, 

 rarely glabrous. Fr. tawny. Occasionally the spikes are com- 

 pound at the base and very long-stalked, and the gl. long. — 

 Wet places. P. IV. Hammersedge. E. S. I. 



ttttt Beak of fr. glabrous, terete, striate, with patent cusps, 

 or 2-toothed. Mde spikes many, rarely 1. Bracts not 

 sheathing. 



X Male spike 1. Stigmas 2. Beak of fr. 2-toothed. 



64. C. puTla (Good.) ; male spike 1 (rarely 2), fertile 1 — S 

 roundish-ovoid lower one stalked bracteate sheathless erect, /r. 

 ovoid obscurely veined treated, beak short, nut roundish mucro- 

 nate, gl. bluntish. — H. B. 2045. Schk. Cc. 88. C. vesicaria v. 

 alpigena Fr. — St. 6 — 8 in. h^h. Gl. dark purple tipped with 

 white, midrib dark purple. Fr. dark purple paler at the base, 

 longer than the gl., stalked. — C. saxatilis (Linn. Herb.) ; but 

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

 the higher Scottish mountains. P. YII. S. 



65. C. Grahdmi (Boott) ; male spikes 1 or 2 slender acute, 

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

 fr. oblong-ovate strongly ribbed inflated narrowed into a short 

 bifid beak, nut oblong compressed triqueti-ous below not | as 

 long as the perianth, gl acute.- ^. B. S. 2923.— 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 Cruichben, 

 KiUin. P, VIL S. 



