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97. CYPERACKE. 
15. C. paradox a (Willd.) ; spikes narrowly panicled lower 
branches rather distinct,/r. ovoid with many short elevated ribs 
near its base, beak obliquely bidentate serrulate not split nor 
winried on its back, nut rhomboidal constricted below doubly 
convex with a short beak, style slightly enlarged at the base, st. 
trigonous and rough above.— B. S. 2896. .Schk. E. 21. H. 
a. 12. F. 222. — Root densely tufted, crowned with the fibrous 
remains of decayed leaves. St. 1 — 2 feet high, .slender. — Bogs. 
Near Mullingar, Ireland. Near York. Hoveton, Nbrfolk- P. 
VI. VII. E. I. 
16. Cpanicvldta (L. em., Schk.) ; spikes panicled with long 
diverging branches,/?-, ovoid faintly many-veined with a bifid 
fringed beakspl it toils haseand overlappnngon the back, nut ovoid 
6^!<n< narrowed hz\ovi p)lane-convex beak slightly thickened up- 
wards St. triangular.— E. B. 1064. Schk. D. 20, Ttt. 163. H. 
a. 19. .fi. 223. — Root forming dense elevated tiifts. St. stout, 
2 — 3 feet high. Panicle usually large and spreading or reduced 
to a slender compound (or even simple) spike. Bracts aU much 
shorter than the spike. — [Var. njidaCBlyn^has spikes more rigid darker- 
coloured and spikelets more crowded.] — BogS. P. VI. E. S. I. 
+tt Spikelets male at their base (or at both ends), 
i Sobole far-creepirm. 
[C. brizdides (L.) was probably an escape.] E. 
ii Caespitose. Bracts leajlike. Lcnver spikelets distant, simple 
or compound. 
17. C. Boenninghanseniuna (Weihe) ; spikelets several upper 
ones simple crowded lower distant alternately branched, fr. lan- 
ceolate plane-convex tapering serrulate/rom belmv the middle, 
beak deeply split on one side, nut ovoid elliptic, gl. equalling the 
fruit, root tufted, lower bract at least equalling the spike. — 
E. B. S. 2910. H. a. 34. Kunze Riedg. 22. R. 219.— St. 1—2 
feet high, triangular ^\'ith slightly convex faces and rough edges. 
Inflorescence often a foot long. Rachis straight, with 3 rough 
edges. 6-7. ovate, membranous, siYiie?-?/ brown, .swioo^A. Lower 
spikelets wholly male, male at both ends or at either end. 
Bracts, except the lowest, short. L. channelled. — Marshes and 
DOnd-sideS, rare. [Probablv a hybrid between Sp. 16 & 19.] P. VI. 
E.S.I. 
18. C. axillaris (Good.) ; spikelets several upper ones simple 
crowded lower distant densely compound, fr. ovoid-lanceolate 
