By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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somewhat erect instead of diverging', and the aehene is rather 

 narrower ; the colour of the whole plant is paler, the spikes more 

 elongated and slender, and the spikelets more distant. 



6. C. paniculata, (Linn.) great panicled Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1064 Schh. D. 20, Ttt. 163, Ha. 19. Reich Icones, 223. 



Locality. Swampy and spongy bogs. P.Fl.June. Area,**3,4>,5. 

 South Division. 



3. South-west District. " River-side at Boy ton/' Miss Meredith, 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. Abundantly in Spye Park. " Kennet 

 and Avon Canal, near Chippenham/' Dr. Alexander Prior. 



5. North-east District. " Axford, Canal-banks, Poulton," Mar lb. 

 Nat. Hist. Report. Very local in the county. Roots densely tufted. 

 Stems 3 to 5 feet high, triangular; the angles very rough and sharp; 

 the interstices striated, flat. Leaves broad, rough on the edges and 

 keel. Panicle more or less spreading or compact. Fruit ovate, 

 with a bifid fringed beak. Nut ovate, blunt, narrowed below, plano- 

 convex. Beak slightly thickened upwards. 



7. C. axillaris, (Good) axillary-clustered Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 

 993. H. a. 33. 



Locality. Marshes and ditch-banks. P. Fl. June. Area**Z,^* 

 South Division. 



3. South-west District. Woods at Fonthill. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. " Haselbury Bottoms near Box/' Mr. C. 

 E. Broome. " In a bog between South Wraxhall and the old Horse 

 and Jockey/' Prof. C. Bating ton. Spye Park. " Canal near Stoke 

 and Pewesham," Dr. R. C. Prior. Sparingly distributed in the 

 county, Stem with 3 acute angles. Spikelets with more numerous 

 flowers than the next, C. remota, lower one or two compound. 



Glumes with 2, close, green, generally rough nerves, reaching to the 

 summit, hence more rigid. Fruit serrate above the middle. Aehene 

 obovate, pointed. 



8. C. remota, (Linn.) distant-spiked Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 832. 

 Schk. E. 23. H. a. 35. Reich Icones, 212. 



Locality. Damp and moist shady places, P. Fl. June. Area } 



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