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THE SEDGE FAMILY. 



Hare's-foot Carex. Carex lagopina, Wahlenb. 

 (Fig. 1008.) 

 (C. leporina, Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2815.) 



Very near the oval C, but a smaller 

 plant, seldom above 8 or 9 inches high, 

 forming rather dense tufts, with the 

 leaves about half the height of the stems. 

 Spikelets usually 3 or 4, very close to- 

 gether, of the shape of those of the oval 

 C. but rather smaller, and the fruits, al- 

 though flat, are not winged as in that 

 species. 



An alpine plant, not unfrequent in 

 northern Europe and Asia, at high lati- 

 tudes, and in the higher mountain-ranges 

 of central and southern Europe. In Bri- 

 tain, only in a few localities in the Scotch 

 Highlands, near Aberdeen. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1098. 



7. Elongated Carex. Carex elongata, Linn. (Fig. 1099.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1920.) 



When first, flowering this plant has 

 the appearance of tall, luxuriant speci- 

 mens of the whitish C, often attaining 2 

 " feet, but the spikelets are browner, and 

 the ripe fruit attains near 2 lines, tapers 

 into a point, and spreads more or less 

 from the axis, projecting far beyond the 

 glumes. The spikelets are longer, nar- 

 rower, and not near so close as in the 

 oval C. 9 and the fruits are not at all 

 winged. 



In marshes, in central and northern 

 Europe and northern Asia, from north- 

 ern Spain and Italy almost to the Arc- 

 tic Circle. Rare in Britain, although 

 it has been found in several counties, 

 both of England and Ireland. Fl. early 

 summer. 

 Fig. 1099. 



