910 



THE SEDGE FAMILY. 



young, becoming oblong, pointed, con- 

 tracted at the base, and horizontally- 

 spreading when ripe, and then near 2 

 lines long. 



In wet meadows and bogs or moist 

 hilly pastures, in northern Europe and 

 Asia, and in the mountains of central 

 and southern Europe to the Caucasus. 

 Generally spread over Britain. Fl. early 

 summer. 



Fig. 1094. 



3. Rock Car ex. Carex rupestris, All. (Eig. 1095.) 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2814) 



Rootstock creeping. Leaves in loose 

 tufts, broader and flatter than in the 

 flea C, but ending in a long, fine point. 

 Stems 3 to 6 inches high, with a linear, 

 mixed spikelet like that of the flea C, 

 but the style is 3-cleft, and the fruit is 

 shorter, obovoid, not pointed, and not 

 so spreading. The lower glumes often 

 bear a fine deciduous point. 



On wet rocks and moors, in the moun- 

 tains of northern and Arctic Europe and 

 Asia, and the higher ranges of central 

 Europe. In Britain, limited to the 

 higher mountains of Scotland. Fl. 



Fig. 1095. 



4. Few-flowered Carex. Carex paueiflora, Lightf. 

 (Fig. 1096.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 2041.) 



A slender species, with long, creeping runners, and a loosely 



