CAEEX. 
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roundish oval, terete st. and subsetaceous 1. roundish, sobo- 
liferous.— ^. i^. 543. Schk. A.l. H.n.l. ^. 194.— About 6 in. 
high.— Spongy bogs. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 
[2. C. DavalJidna (Sm.) ; dioecious, fr. deflexed ovate-lan- 
ceolate angles rough near the top, nut " linear-oblong," st. and 
margins of the subsetaceous 1. rough, caespitose. — E. B. 2123. 
R. 194. — About 6 in. high. — The true plant did grow on Lans- 
down near Bath, but is now lost by drainage. P. VI.] E. 
3. C. pnlicdris (L.) ; half of spike male,/r. remote at length 
dejie.red oblong-lanceolate compressed, nut linear-oblong plane- 
convex, 1. involute.—^. B. 1051. Schk. A. 3. //. a. 3. R. 195. 
— St. slender, 6 — 12 in. or more in height, erect, smooth. L. 
slender, erect. Glumes deciduous. Fr. dark brown. — Bogs. 
P. VL E. S. I. 
** Spike male at top. Stigmas 3. 
4. C. riipes'tris (All.) ; half of spike male, fr. obovate tri- 
gonous with a very short beak adpressed scarcely longer than 
the persistent gl., nut obovoid acutely triquetrous, 1. flat. — 
K B. S. 2814. H. b. 4. R. 198.— Soboliferous. St. 3—6 in. 
high, triquetrous, rough upwards. L. ending in a wavy rough 
slender triangular ?)07/j<. Gl. fuscous. Fr. paler. — Loftymoun- 
tains. P. VII. S. 
5. (f. paucijldra (Lightf.) ; 1 — 3 terminal Ji. male, fr. 2 — 4 
lanceolate-subidate terete patent or reflexed longer than the deci- 
duous gl., nut linear-oblong trigonous, 1. involute. — E. B. 2041. 
Schk. A. 4. H.h.l. R.19Q. — Soboliferous. St. usually about 
5 inches high, slender. L. 2 or 3, much shorter than the stem. 
Fr. pale yellow.— Bogs in the North. P. Vi. VII. E. S. I. 
ii. Homostachym. Spikelets in a compound continuous or inter- 
rupted spike, male at one or both ends or nearly unisexual. 
Nut plane-convex or compressed. Stigmas 2. (Sp. 6 — 25.) 
t Spikelets nearly unisexual. Sobole far-creeping. 
6. C. dis'ticha (Huds.) ; spikelets in an oblong interrupted 
spike up2)er and loxver ones fertile intermediatemostly male, Jr. 
ovate-lanceolate veined narrowly margined bifid with serrate 
edges above, nut oval, gl. shorter than the fr. acute its midrib 
not reaching the top, st. with rough angles. — 6'. intermedia 
Good., E. B. 2042. Schk. B. 7. //. a. 14. R. 210.— Height 
1 — 2 feet. Fr. a.bout as long as gl. ; usually abortive and twice 
