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I fr. oblong-ovate strongly ribbed inflated narrowed into a short 
bifid beak, nut oblong compressed triquetrous below not i as 
long as the perianth, gl. acute.— ^. B. S. 2923.— St. 1—2 ft. 
high. Gl. fuscous, with the tip and midrib pale. Fr. pale or 
darkish brown, nearly twice as long as the gl., with several 
strong ribs on each side. — Glen Fiadh, Clova. Ben Cruichben, 
[Meall Ghaordie &c.], Killin. P. VII. S. 
XI Male spikes many. Stigmas 3. Bracts not sheathing. 
71. C. rostrdta (Stokes in With.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 remote 
cylindrical erect stalked, bracts leadike,/?-. subglobose inflated 
suddenly narroived into a long slender beak, nut obovoid 
triangular, st. smooth with blunt angles. — E. B. 780. Schk. Tt. 
107. b. 65. E.2n. C.ampullacea (Good.). — St. 1 — 2 feet 
high, trigonous. L. glaucous, channelled. — [a small neat form 
with very compact spikes and short-beaked fr. is C. ampull. var. brunnescens 
(And.), and a very la.xuriant Irish form with broad 1. and large fruit is var. 
latifolia (Aschers.).] — Very wet bogs. P. VI. E. S. I. 
72. C. vesicdria (L. em. Stokes in With.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 
remote cylindrical, bracts leaflike, /r. ovoid conical inflated 
gradually narrotved into a subidate bifid beak, nut elliptic 
triangular, st. with acute angles. — £. B. 779. Schk. Ss. 106. 
H. b. 64. R. 276. C: infidta (Huds).— St. 2 feet high, 
triangular, roughish near the top. L. rather broad, green. 
— ;8. involuta (Bab.) ; 1. narrow folded into a ^-cylinder, midrib 
of gl. apiculate, fr. narrower. — Sy. E. B. 1681. [Possibly a hybrid 
with sp. 71.] — Wet bogs. |3. Hale Moss, Manchester. Mr J. 
Sidebotham. Congleton,Chesh. Mr. E.Wilson. P.V. E.S.I. 
73. C. acutifor'mis (Ehrh.) ; gl. of the barren spikes blunt, 
anth. apiculate, fertile spikes cylindrical blunt, gl. acute or 
mucronate entire, bracts leafiike,/r. oblong-obovate compressed 
with a short bifid beak, nut roundish-obovate triangular, st. 
with acute angles. — E. B. 807. Schk. Oo. 103. C. paludosa 
(Good.). — St. 2 — 3 feet high, angles rough. L. broad. Fr. 
sometimes recurved at the tip, stig. sometimes 2. — /3. C. 
spadicea (Elw., Roth, not Host.) ; gl. of fertile spikes with a 
long rough beak. C. Kochiana (DC.). — Wet places. P. V. 
E. S. 1. 
74. C. ripdria (Curt.) ; gl. of the barren spikes acute, anth. 
with a long ^oml, fertile spikes acute cylindrical, bracts leaflike, 
fr. oblong-ovoid convex on both sides narrowed into a short 
broad cloven beak, nut pyriform triangular, st. with acute 
angles.— B. 579. Schk. Qq. cl- Er. 105. //. b. 66.— St. 3—4 
