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96. CTPEEACE^. 
a foot high and rather slender. L, triangular througji more 
than half their length. Bristles 3 or 4 times as long as the 
spikes. — /3. mintis ; st. and 1. very slender. E. gracile Sm., E. B. 
2402 (not Koch). An alpine form has but one nearly sessile 
spike. E. capitatum Don ? — y. elatius (Koch) ; st. strong tall, 
1. 2 — 3 lines broad the triangular part commencing above the 
middle. E. 2'>olystachion Sm.— Bogs. ^. in mountainoiis di- 
stricts. P. V. VI. Common Cotton-grass, E. S. I. 
4. E. latifolium (Hoppe) ; st. triquetrous in its upper half/ 
peduncles asperous, 1. linear nearly "flat contracted above the 
middle into a triangular point, 7mt obpyriform triquetrous. — R. 
\iii. 292. E. puhescens Sm., E. B. S. 2633. E. polystachion 
E. B. 563. — A slender plant, 12 — 18 in. high. L. about 2 lines 
broad ; triquetrous point short. Several of the elegant spikes 
upon longish stalks which are not downy but asperous. Bustles 
2 or 3 times as long as the spikes. Bogs, rather rare. P. V. VI. 
E. S. I. 
5. E. grac'ile (Koch); st. subtriquetrou.?, /)e<ZMMcfes downy, I. 
narrowly linear triquetrous, nut ohlong-linear triquetrous. — 
E. B. S. 2886. R. viii. 290. E. triqtutfrum Hoppe, Ht. 10. 2.— 
A tall slender plant. Spikes about 4, most of them on downy 
not asperous stalks. Gl. with many ribs. Bristles about twice 
as long as the spike. — Bogs. Halnaby, Yorkshire. Whitemoor 
Pond, Guildford. P. VI. VII. E. 
Tribe III. Elynea. 
9. Kobee'sia Willd. 
1. K caric'ma (Willd.).— -B. B. 1410. Schk. Err. 161. R. viii. 
193. — St. erect, 6 — 12 in. high. L. slender, falling short of the 
stem. Spikes 4 — 5, collected at the top of the stem, 6 — 8-flow- 
ered. There is an abortive stam. (?) at the base of the nut ; but 
some authors, considering each fl. as a separate spike, think that 
this represents a second flower. — Moors. Yorkshire. Durham. 
Perthshire. P. VII. E. S. 
Tribe IV. Caricea. 
10. Ca'rex Linn} 
i, MonostachycB. Spike simple, solitary, terminal. (Sp. 1 — 5.) 
* Dioecious. Stigmas 2. 
1. C. didica (L.) ; fertUe spike ovate dense, ^r. ascending ovate 
1 In the following descriptions, /r!<i< means the persistent bottle- ■ 
shaped perianth, including the ripe nut or true capsule. The glume is 
