CAREX. 363 
short entire beak, nut obovate bluntly trigonous with a beak, 7. 
narrow linear complicately-channeled rough at the edges through- 
out.— EF. B. 2043. Schk.X.78. H.b,.49. R.238.—Creeping. 
St. 1 ft. high. L,. and bracts very slender. Gl. purple, with a 
green keel, about as long as the pale fr. which is broadest above 
the middle. Nut pale—Spongy bogs. P. VI. 
42. C. irrigua (Hoppe) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 upon long stalks 
a densely-flowered with occasionally a few barren fl. at their 
base, bracts auricled leaflike rather broad nearly flat, gl. ovate- 
lanceolate attenuated acute, fr. roundish-ovate compressed faintly 
ribbed with a very short entire beak, nut elliptical triangular with 
a beak, 1. linear flat smooth at the edges except near the apex.— 
E. B. 8. 2895. H.b. 48. R. 238.—Creepmg. St. a foot or 
more in height. L. and bracts 2 or 3 times as broad as in the 
preceeding. Gl. wholly purple, usually longer than the pale fr. 
which is broadest below the middle. Nut pale.—Spongy bogs. 
Muckle Moss, Northumb. Terregles, Dumfries. Benima near 
Loch Lomond. P. VI. E. 8. 
43. C. ustulata (Wahl.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 upon short stalks 
ovate densely-flowered, bracts scarcely leaflike or sheathing, gl. 
ovate acute, fr. elliptical compressed rough-edged with a cloven 
beak, nut elliptical triangular on a long stalk, root fibrous.—E. B. 
2404. Schk. Y. 82. H. b. 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. I have seen no specimens. 
—Ben Lawers. Mr. G, Don. P. VII. 
44. C. rariflora (Sm.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 upon long stalks 
oblong few-flowered lax, bracts with very short sheaths, gl. very 
broad blunt as long as the fr., fr. oblong with 3 blunt angles and 
depressed sides, beak extremely short entire, nut roundish-oblong. 
—E. B. 2516.—Creeping. St. 6—8 in. high, smooth. Gl. folded 
round the fr., dark brown, midrib pale terminating in a minute 
apiculus. Fr. pale, faintly nerved; nut darker.—Elevated bogs. 
Highlands, rare. P. VI. i 
45. C. capillaris (L.); fertile spikes wpon long stalks half in- 
cluded few-flowered lax, one bract sheathing several flowerstalks, 
gl. blunt, fr. oblong triangular turgid narrowed below terminating 
in a slender membranous beak, nut obovate triquetrous blunt with 
a short beak.—E. B. 2069. Schk. 0.56. H.b. 53. R. 241. 
—St. very slender, 2—6 in. high, smooth. Peduncles rough, 
several usually inclosed in one sheath. Gl. short, broad, obtuse, 
midrib not reaching the summit, shorter than the small smooth 
brown fruit. Nut pale. Root tufted—Teesdale. Scottish High- 
lands. P. VI. 5 E. S$. 
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