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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Spikelets and the whole plant of a yellowish hue. Male spike cylin- j , 

 drical, ohtuse. Fertile spikes usually near together, globose, or oval, I j 

 nearly sessile. Glumes blunt. Fruit ovate, inflated, smooth, nar- , 

 rowed into a deflexed rough-edged beak. Nut obovate, trigonous, | \ 

 very minutely and closely dotted with impressed points. ^ 

 A variety of the present species, C. lepidocarpa, (Tausch.) Kunze , 

 Riedgr. 13, Reich Icones, 272, appears to be the more prevalent form j 

 throughout Wilts, from the numerous specimens examined in differ- 9 ] 

 ent localities. It is principally distinguished by its barren spikes, i] 

 being usually long stalked, perigynium small, beak short, nearly 1 

 straight, almost smooth, but the differences between the two pass so 

 imperceptibly into one another, that it is difficult to draw a line 

 between them. C. lepidocarpa is very frequently mistaken for 0. 

 (Ederi, (Ehrh.) which latter I believe has not as yet been recorded 

 for Wilts. 



25. C. fulva, ((rood) tawny Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 1295. Reich 

 Icones, 252. 



Locality. In marshes, bogs and wet pastures. P. Fl. June, t 

 Area,**' 8, 4,* 



South Division. 



3. South-west District. " Harnham near Salisbury," Mr. James ( 

 FLussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. " Neighbourhood of Chippenham/'' Dr. t 

 R. C. Prior, and Mr. C. E. Broome. Stem 1 foot high, with the j 

 habit of C. distans, but smaller. Leaves shorter than the stem, pale p 

 green, scarcely glaucous. Barren spike linear-fusiform. Glumes 

 bliint. Fertile spikes 1 to 3, distant. Glumes ovate, acuminate, ^ 

 acute, but not mucronate. Fruit ovate triquetrous, ribbed, smooth, 

 with a straight, rough edged, bifid beak. Nut pale yellow, oval, 

 obovate, truncate, and with a short apiculus at the apex. Q.fulm ^ 

 is liable to be mistaken for small specimens of C. binervis. 



26. C. binervis, (Smith) green-ribbed Carex. Engl. Bot. t. 1235. 

 Schk. Err. 160, H. b. 39. Reich Icones, 255. 



Locality. Dry heaths. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 1, * 3, 4, 5. 

 More or less distributed throughout the Districts, except District 2. if . 



