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THE SEDGE FAMILY. 



points or only a very short one. Styles 

 3-cleft. Fruits obovoid and minutely 

 downy. 



In the woods of limestone mountains, 

 in central and southern Europe and tem- 

 perate Russian Asia, extending north- 

 ward into Scandinavia. Rare in Britain, 

 and only in the hilly districts of western 

 and north-central England. FL spring. 



Fig. 1117. 



26. Vernal Carex. Carex prsecox, Jacq. (Fig. 1118.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1099,) 



Near the pill-headed C. and the doiony 

 C, but with shorter, stiffer leaves ; the 

 inflorescence is less compact than in the 

 former, more so than in the latter, and 

 the bract of the lowest spikelet forms a 

 short sheath with a small leafy point. 

 The male spikelet is larger, and the 

 glumes more obtuse, but with a distinct 

 fine point. Fruits rather small, shortly 

 beaked, covered with a minute down. 



In dry pastures, and heaths, common 

 in Europe and Russian Asia, except the 

 extreme north, and naturalized in JSTorth 

 America. Generally distributed over 

 Britain. FL spring. 



Fig. 1118. 



27. Mountain Carex. Carex montana, Linn. (Fig. 1119.) 



(Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2924. C. collina, Brit. Fl.) 

 Yery near the pill-headed C, but the bracts have scarcely any leafy 



