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20-15. Schk. C(\ — St. (! — 8 in. high. Glumes davk ])urple 
tip])C(l with white, midrib dark purple. Fr. davk |)iirple, jialer at 
the base, longer than the ghnnes, stalked. — Dr. Hoott has aseer- 
tained t'roni the Linn, and Ihinks. Herb, that this is the ])lant of 
Liniiicns, thus eonlirming the opinion of Smith and Solander 
which is doubted by Gay. — Wet ])arts of the higher Scottish 
mountains. P. VI. S. 
3(). C. Graliami (Boott) ; barren sj)ikes 1 or 2 slender acute, 
fertile 2 or 3 ovate obtuse lower one stalked braeteated sheath- 
less, fr. oblmig-ovate nerved inflated narrowed into a short bifld 
beak, nut , “stigmas 2,” glumes acute. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. 
Glumes fuscous with the tip and midrib pale. Fr. pale or dark- 
ish brown, nearly twice as long as the glume, with several strong 
ribs on each side. Nut abortive in all the specimens which I 
have seen. — Glen Phu, Clova, Forfarshire. P. VII. S. 
vi. Terminal spike barren solitary. Stigmas 3. 
* Fruit glabrous. 
t Fertile spikes short, mostly erect. 
37- C.flava (L.) ; fertile spikes roundish-oval subsessile lower 
one with a nearly included stalk, bracts leatlike with short 
sheaths, glumes obtuse, fr. ovate iutlated ribbed smooth with an 
erect or deflexed rough-edged bifid beak, nut obovate trigonous 
punctate-scabrous, st. bluntly -trigonous smooth. — E. B. 1294. 
Schk. II. 3fi. H. b. 22. R. 654. — St. 6 — 12 in. high. L. broad. 
Barren spike cylindrical, obtuse : glumes obtuse. Fertile spikes 
usually near together, sometimes distant : glumes with a green 
midrib slightly rough and often excurrent at the end. Beak of 
the fr. curved downwards. — (Ederi ; spikes very near together, 
fr. with a short straight beak. C. tEderi E. B. 1773. H. b. 23.— 
Wet places. P. V. VI. 
[C. Mairii (C. and G. !), which has glumes with a scabrous 
beak, fr. obsoletely nerved gradually narrowed into a setose- 
ciliated beak, is likely to occur.] 
38. C. fulva (Good.) ; fertile spikes oblong-oval distant with 
exserted stalks, bracts leaflike with elongated sheaths, glumes 
acute not mucronate, fr. ovate triquetrous ribbed smooth with a 
straight rough-edged bifid beak, nut obovate trigonous nearly 
smooth, st. acutely triangular rough-edged. — E. B. 1295. ? R. 620. 
— St. about a foot high. Barren spike spindleshajmd, acute : 
glumes obtuse. Lowest bract frequently, but not always, reaching 
up to the barren spike. Root sometimes creeping. — (3. Horn- 
schuchiana ; fertile spikes oblong on longer stalks more distant, 
fr. more inflated and more strongly ribbed, st. bluntly triangular 
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