366 
96, CTPERACE^. 
Good., ^. ^. 2042. Schk.B.7. H.a,.U. R210. BooWs Carex, 
t. 410. — Height 1 — 2 feet. Fr. about as long as gl. ; usually 
abortive and twice as long. Lower bract with a slender leaflike 
7. C. arenuria (L.) ; spikelets in an oblong interrupted spike 
upper ernes male lower fertile intermediate male at the end, fr. mate 
veined winged and serrulate frmn the middle to the bifid top of 
the beak, nut bluntly ovate, glumes longer than the fr. acumi- 
nate, St. rough above.— ^. B. 928. Schk. B. & Dd. 6. ^. a. 
13. R. 209. — Height 1 foot. Stobole superficial, very long. 
Lowermost bracts with slender leaflike points. — Sandy places. 
tt Spikelets male at the top.— J Stohole far-creeping. 
8. C. incur' va (Lightf.) ; spikelets in a roundish head, fr. 
inflated broadly ovate acuminate-rostrate, beak split externally, 
nut obovate, st. smooth about equalling the leaves. — E. B. 927. 
Schk. Hh. 95. H. a. 5. R. 199.— St. 2--3 in. high, usuaUy 
recurved so as to bring the large head down to the groimd. 
Beak of fr. usually rather rough. — Sandy shores of the North. 
P. VI. S. 
9. C. divisa (Huds.) ; spikelets in a somewhat ovate head,/r, 
plune-cmvex ovate many-veined, beak acutely hifid with fitiely 
sen-ate edges, nut broadly oblong, gl. with an excurrent rib, 
lowermost bract leaflike, st. roughish at the top. — E. B. 1096. 
— St. slender, a foot high. Fr. veined on both sides. Spike 
often inteiTupted below. — Near the sea on the Southern and 
Eastern coasts. P. V. VL E. I. ? 
XX Ccespitose. Spike simply compound. Fr. sqttarrose, not 
gibbous. 
10. C. mdp'ma (L.) ; spilcclets compound in a cylindrical 
oblong crowded spike, ovate-acuminate plane-convex veined, 
beak bifid finely serrate, nut oval tipped with a beak slightly 
thickened upwards, gl. mucronate shorter than the fruit, st. tri- 
Juetrous vnih. rough angles, bracts setaceous. — E. B. 307. Schk. 
!.10. R.2n. ^oo«'sCarear,t. 39.3.— Height 2 feet. St. firm. L. 
broad. Fr. palish green. Beak of the nut constricted, its base 
narrower than the base of the style. Spikelets greenish, bracts 
long, in shady places. R. 216. — Wet places. P. VI. E. S. I. 
11. C. muricdta (L.) ; spikelets contiguous, spike oblong 
dense or interrupted below, /r. ovate-acuminate plane-convex 
obscurely veined bifid Jinely serrate upper spreading, 7iut ovate 
its beak extremely short, gl. mucronate shorter than the fruit, st* 
triquetrous with rough angles. — E. B. 1097. R. 215. — Height 
point.— Marshy places. P. V. VI. 
E. S. L 
P. VI. 
