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2. C. davalliana (Sm.) ; fr. deflexcd ovate-lanceolate ribbed 
angles rough near the summit, nut " linear-oblong," st. and mar- 
gins of the 1. rough, root fibrous.— E. B. 2123. Schk. A. 2. W. 2. 
H. a. 2. — About 6 in. high. — Lansdown near Bath, now lost by 
drainage. Several other stations have been given, but it is doubt- 
ful if they refer to this plant. P. VI. E. S.? I.? 
** Androgynous. 
3. C. pulicaris (L.) ; spike with the upper half barren, fr. re- 
mote at length deflexed oblong narrowed at both ends compressed, 
nut oblong-obovate, glumes deciduous. — E.B. 1051. Schk. A. 3. 
H. a. 3. — St. slender, 6 — 12 in. or more in height, erect, smooth. 
L. slender, erect, smooth. Fr. dark brown. — Bogs. P. VI. 
ii. Spike solitary, simple. Stigmas 3. 
4. C. rupestris (All.) ; spike with the upper half barren, fr. 
obovate triquetrous with a very short beak adpressed scarcely 
longer than the persistent glumes, " nut obovate acutely trique- 
trous. "-E. B. S. 2814. H. b. 4.— St. 3—6 in. high, acutely tri- 
angular, rough upwards. L. flat ending in a tortuous rough slen- 
der triangular point. Glumes fuscous. Fr. paler. Leighton's fig. 
appears to have been taken from an immature fruit. — Lofty moun- 
tains. Glen Callater and Little Craigindal, Braemar. Inchna- 
damff, Sutherland. Mr. Churchill Babington. P. VII. S. 
5. C. pauciflora (Lightf.) ; spike with 1 or 2 terminal barren 
florets, fr. 2 — 4 lanceolate-subulate terete patent or reflexed longer 
than the deciduous glumes, nut linear-oblong obtusely trigonous. 
— E. B. 2041. Schk. A. 4. H. b. I. — St. usually about 5 inches 
high, slender. L. 2 or 3, much shorter than the stem. Fr. pale 
yellow, striated. — Bogs. Scotland. Northumberland. P. VI. 
VII. E. S. 
iii. Spikelets androgynous in a compound continuous or inter- 
rupted spike. 
* Spikelets sterile at the end, stigmas 2. — f Root creeping. 
6. C. incurva (Lightf.) ; spikelets collected into a roundish 
head, fr. inflated broadly ovate acuminate-rostrate, beak smooth 
notched on one side, nut obovate compressed, st. smooth about as 
long as the leaves.— E. B. 927- Schk. Hh. 95. H. a. 5.— Root 
creeping extensively. St. 2—3 in. high, usually recurved so as 
to bring the large head down to the ground. — A single specimen, 
gathered on the sands at Scaristra in the isle of Harris, belongs 
either to this species or to C. stenophylla (Willd.) having a com- 
pressed (?) and ribbed fr. with a serrulate beak. — Sandy shores 
of the north. P. VI. S. 
7. C. divisa (Huds.) ; spikelets collected into a somewhat ovate 
head, fr. plano-convex ovate many-nerved, beak acutely bifid with 
