By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 93 



Locality. Groves and thickets. P. Fl. May .June. Area,***!** 

 North Division. 



I . North-west District. By the side of the brook leading from 

 Box to Slaughterford. " In the valley between Rudloe and Colerne," 

 M \ C. E. Broome. " Left-hand side of the road close to Lacock 

 Abbey " Dr. R. C. Prior. Very local in Wilts, and far from fre- 

 quent. Stem slender, 1 or 2 feet high, smooth. Leaves broad, thin, 

 pale green. Fertile spikes 4 or 5, slender, rather lax. Fruit oblong - 

 lanceolate, ribbed, triangular; loosely imbricated. Nut elliptic tri- 

 angular. 



17. C. pendula, (Huds.) great pendulous Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 

 2315. Schk. Q. 60. Reich Icones, 243. 



Locality. Moist woods and shady places. P. Fl. May. Area, 1, 

 2, 3, 4, 5 . In all the Districts hut less frequent in Districts 1, 2, 3. 

 Stems 3 to 6 feet high, leafy, and sharply triangular. Leaves long 

 and broad. Spikes several (5 to 7), the terminal one only barren ; 

 the fertile ones all elegantly curved to one side and drooping 4 to 6 

 inches in length. Fruit elliptic sub trigonous, tumid, with a short, 

 trigonous, emarginate beak. Nut elliptic triangular. This species is 

 well distinguished by its long, pendulous cylindrical spihelets, and 

 closely imbricate fruit, 



18. 0. humilis, (Leyss) dwarf silvery Carex. C. clandestine^ 

 (Good) . Engl. Bot. t. 2124. Schk. K. 43, H. b. 15 . Reich Icones, 

 239. 



Locality, Limestone hills. P. Fl. April. Area, * 2, 3, * * 

 South Division. 



2. South-middle District. In great abundance on Salisbury Plain 

 between Stonehenge and Heytesbury. 



3. South-west District. Common on the downs at Wick, 

 Homington, Ashcombe, and Boyton. Confined to the "Southern Dis- 

 tricts" of the county. Stems 1 to 2 inches high, nearly concealed 

 by the taller, erect, rigid leaves. Barren spike terminal, slender. 

 Fertile spikes 2 or 3, enveloped while in flower by their involucral 

 sheaths. Fruit obovate, subtrigonous, contracted at the base, slightly 

 downy. Nut obovate, with a short beak. Remarkable for the few 

 flowers of its fertile spikelets, which are concealed by the large 



