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23. II. a. 35. R. 556. — St. 1 — 2 feet hif'h, trigonom with convex 
faces. Rachis zigzag, with 2 rough angles in its upper ]>art. 
Glumes oblong, membranous, greenish-white, midrib smooth 
usually not reaching the point. Spikelets all simple. Several of 
the bracts elongated. L. channeled. Ihise of the style slightly 
thickened. Ihise of st. sometimes prolonged laterally into a 
thick rooting densely j)roliferous rhizoma. R. 557- — Hooker 
refers C. tenella (Sm.) to this species. According to Smith it 
differs by its small s))ikelets with a terminal sterile Ji., and fr. 
equally convex on both sides. Schkuhr refers his C. gracilis and 
C. tenella to C. loliacea (L.) which has the lowermost fi. sterile 
and ribbed fruit. It should be looked for “ in a wood by the 
Esk, Angusshire.” — Damp places. P. VI. 
19. C. elongata (L.); spikelets numerous oblong approximate, 
fr. patent oblong-aeuminate plano-eonvex with many ribs on both 
sides : beak almost entire with rough edges, nut linear-oblong 
tapering below beak very short style persistent, glumes shorter 
than the fruit, bracts none or one very short. — E. B. 1920. Schk. 
E. 25. H. a. 32. R. 565. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, triquetrous. 
Glumes ovate, dark brown with a green keel and whitish edges, 
obtuse sometimes aj)iculate. Upper spikelets crowded, lower 
lax, the interval between them not exceeding their own length. 
— Miirshes, rare. P. VI. E. 1. 
20. C. stellulata (Good.) ; spikelets about 4 roundish rather 
distant, fr. patent broadly ovate acuminate plano-convex striated ; 
beak bifid with serrated edges, nut ovate obtuse tapering below, 
glumes shorter than the fruit. — E. B. 806. Schk. C. 14. H. a. 
28. R. 560. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, triquetrous, nearly smooth, 
low'ermost spikelet often with a short bract. Glumes ovate, 
membranous, reddish with a green keel and white edges. Fr. 
greenish. — Boggy meadows. P. V. VI. 
21. C. curta (Good.); spikelets 4 — 6 elliptical approximate, 
fr. erect ovate acute plano-convex faintly striated : beak short 
emarginate not split rough at the edges, nut elliptical : beak very 
short style persistent, glumes ovate shorter than the fruit. — 
E. B. 1.386. Schk. C. 13. C. eanescens H. a. 31. R. 546. — St. a 
foot high, triquetrous, smooth excejit at the top. Lowermost 
spikelet often with a setaceous bract. Glumes membranous, 
whitish with a green keel, blunt, apiculate. Fr. whitish. — Bogs, 
rare. P. VI. 
22. C. Persoonii (Sieber); spikelets 4 — 8 ovate or oblong ap- 
]iroximate,/r. erect ovate jilano-convex faintly striate : beak short 
split to its base on one side rough at the edges, glumes ovate 
shorter than the fruit. — R. 547. C. Gebhardi H. a. 30. not Schk. 
C. curta /3. alpicola Wahl., Bab. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, triquetrous, 
smooth except at the top. Lowermost spikelet often with a 
