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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Not unfrequent in all the Districts, less sparingly in 

 District 2. Whole plant very slender, pale-green. Stem 12 to 18 

 inches, triangular and rough in the upper part, smooth and roundish 

 below. Leaves long and narrow. Sjrikelets generally about 6 or 8, 

 ovate, sterile at the base, lowermost very distant, accompanied 

 by a very long leafy brae tea. Glumes narrow, their base quite 

 smooth. Fruit serrate above the middle. Nut ovate, pointed. 



[C. Boenninghauseniana, (Weihe) Engl. Dot. Suppl. t. 2910, IT. 

 a. 34, Kunze Riedg. 22, Reich Icones, 219, which is apparently a 

 hybrid between C. axillaris and remota, should be looked for in Wilts.] 



9. C. stellulata, (Good) little prickly Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 806. 

 Schh. C. 14. H. a. 28. Reich Icones, 214. 



Locality. Marshy and boggy places. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 

 1,*8,4,* 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Neighbourhood of Salisbury/' Mr. 



James Hussey. 



3. South-west District. " Damp woods at Fonthill/' Miss 

 Meredith. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. In bogs at Bowden-hill, Spye Park and 

 South Wraxhall. Stem slender, 6 inches to a foot in height. Leaves 

 flat, keeledj roughish at the points; about as long as the stem. 

 Spihelets at nearly equal distances, about 4. Fruit divergent, broadly 

 ovate, acuminate. Beak bifid, with serrate edges. Nut ovate, 

 abruptly narrowed below. Glumes shorter than the fruit. 



10. C ovalis, (Good) oval-spiked Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 306. 

 Schh. B. 8, C. leporina, H. a. 22, Reich Icones, 211. 



Locality. Damp meadows and watery places. P. Fl. July. Area, 

 1, * * 4, 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Near Salisbury/' Mr. James Hussey. 

 North Division. 



4. North-west District. Bradford Wood, Spye Park, rather 

 frequent. "Marshy fields at Bromham/ > Miss Meredith. 



5. North-east District, Purton, and by the banks of the Wilts 



