CYPERACE^. 



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45. Bottle Carex. Carex ampiillacea, Gooden. (Fig. 1137.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 780.) 



A stout, tufted species, the stems 

 scarcely angled, 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 long leaves. Spikelets 1 to 2 inches long 

 or even more ; males 2 or 3, the terminal 

 one longer than the others ; females 

 2 or 3, erect, cylindrical, compact, the 

 lowest shortly stalked. Leafy bracts 

 rather long, without sheaths. Styles 

 3-cleft. Fruits ovoid, inflated, pointed, 

 with a rather long beak, spreading hori- 

 zontally. 



In bogs and marshes, in central and 

 northern Europe, and central and Rus- 

 sian Asia, from northern Spain and 

 Italy to the Arctic regions, and in North 

 America. Generally spread over Bri- 

 tain. Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 1137. 



46. Bladder Carex. Carex vesicaria, Linn. (Fig. 1138.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 779.) 



Yery near the bottle C, but the stem 

 is more angular, the spikelets rather 

 shorter, and the fruits, although inflated 

 as in that species, are more conical, 

 tapering more gradually into the beak. 



The geographical distribution is nearly 

 the same as that of the bottle C, extend- 

 ing from Spain to the Arctic regions, and 

 all across Russian Asia into North Ame- 

 rica. In Britain, however, it is less fre- 

 quent, and does not extend so far north. 

 FL spring and early summer. 



Fig. 1138. 



