360 96. CYPERACER. 
** Terminal spike barren. Stigmas 2. Fr. with a short entire 
beak. 
+ Lowest sheaths at base of st. leafless, webbed. L. ultimately 
revolute-edged. Gl. blunt. 
29. C. stricta (Good.); spikes erect, barren 1 or more, fertile 
elongate-cylindrical, bracts auricled lowermost leaflike short, fr. 
oblong-elliptical acute compressed on both sides nerved closely 
imbricated, nut nearly round shortly beaked, sheaths of 1. with 
filamentous network.—E. B.914. R.230. C. cespitosa H. and A, 
—Densely exspitose. St. 2—3 ft. high, acutely triangular, rigid. 
L. short, narrow. Gl. lanceolate, acute, equalling or shorter than 
the fr., narrow, dark purple; keel green. Fr. in 6—9 regular 
rows.—Marshes. P. VI. 
[30. C. cespitosa (L.); spikes erect near together, barren 1, 
fertile subsessile oblong, bracts with long narrow auricles lowest 
alone slender leaflike short, fr. elliptical lenticular not nerved 
rather patent, sheaths of 1. webbed.—R. 229. C. pacifiea Drej.— 
Cespitose. St. slender, acutely triangular. St. lax. L. shorter 
downwards. Spikes close together. Gl. lanceolate, dark purple ; 
keel rather paler —‘“ Britain. Dr. Greville.” Fries. P. V.] 
Tf St. leafy at base; sheaths not webbed. L. ultimately revo- 
lute-edged. 
31. C. acuta (L.); barren spikes 1—3, fertile 3 or 4 slender 
cylindrical-acuminate erect in fruit, lowermost bract leaflike 
often surpassing the stem with elongate auricles, fr. oblong len- 
ticular nerved biconvex, nut roundish-obovate with a short slender 
beak, gl. acute —E. B. 580. Schk. Ke. Ff. 92. H. a. 44. R. 231, 
232.—St. 2—3 feet high, acutely angular, rough at top. L. broad. 
G). narrow-lanceolate acute, on the male spikes spathulate-lan- 
ceolate, purple with a green keel. Fr. pale, blunt or acute, round 
or oval, spherical or flattened. Fertile spikes usually with a few 
barren fl. at the end, nodding when in flower —Wet places. P. VI. 
32. C. rigida (Good.); spikes erect, barren 1, fertile oval or 
shortly cylindrical dense subsessile, lower bract leaflike, fr. ellip- 
tical doubly convex without nerves, nut roundish blunt with a 
slender beak, st. acutely triangular rough towards the top, J. with 
deflexed edges.—E. B. 2047. H. a. 40. R. 225. C. sawatilis L.? 
—Stoloniferous. St. 6 im. to afoot or more high. L. broad, 
flat, keeled, rigid. Bracts without sheaths. Spikes near toge- 
ther, short, rarely narrowed and laxly flowered below. Gl. about 
as long as the fr., purple with a green keel. Nut rather longer than 
broad.—In wet and stony places on mountains. P. VI. VII. 
