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1 — 2 feet. St. slender but sti-ong. L. narrow. Lowermost 
spikelets not more than their own length distant from each 
other. Fr. much larger than that of Sp. 12, with a broad flat 
beak with very sharp edges. — Gravelly pastures. P. VI. E. S. I. 
12. C. dmd'sa (Good.) ; spilielets distant the upper ones nearer 
together, fr. ovate acute plane-convex obscurely veined bifid 
[Smooth ascending, heak rotiffhish at the edges, nut ovate-oblong 
(iompressed its beak extremely short, gl. mucronate shorter than 
tlfe fruit, st. triquetrous with rough angles above, bracts short 
setaceous.— J;. B. G29. Schlc. Dd. & Ww. 89. H. a. 16. It. 220. 
-Height 1 — 2 feet. St. lax, slender,Jlaccid. Spikelets gi-ayish, 
usually distant, 1 or 2 lowest often lengthened into a short branch. 
Fr. with a thick green margin slightly rough near the top. — 
Moist shady places. P. VI. E. S. I. 
XtX CcBspitose. Spike compound, often panicled. Fr. ascending, 
gibbom on its back. 
13. C. teretius'cida (Good.) ; spikelets forming a dense compound 
dbhng spike, fr. ovate with 2 — 5 central ribs on the convex side 
(back), beak bidentate serrulate split to its base and overlapping 
un the back, nut turbinate with a very short beak convex, style 
not thickened at the base, st. trigonous and rough above. — 
E. B. 1065. Schk. D. 19. T. 69. H. a. 9. R. 222.— Eoot forming 
scattered simple tufts. St. 1 — 2 feet high, slender. — ^3. C. Ehr- 
hartiana (Hoppe) ; root more caespitose, spike long rather loose, 
st. tiiqueti-ous above. — Boggy meadows, rare. ^. near Man- 
chester. P. VI. E. S. I. 
14. C. parado.v'a (WUld.); spikes narrowly panicled lower 
branches rather distant, /r. ovate with many short elevated ribs 
near its base, beak obliquely bidentate serrulate not split nor 
winged on its back, nut rhomboidal constricted below doubly 
convex vnth a short beak, style slightly enlarged at the base, st. 
trigonous and rough above. — F. B. S. 2896. Schk. E. 21. H. a. 
12. It. 222. — Root densely tufted, crowned with the fibrous 
remains of decayed leaves. St. 1 — 2 feet high, slender. — Bogs. 
Near Mullingar, Ireland. Near York. Hoveton, Norfolk. P. 
VI. VII. E. I. 
15. C. paniciddta (L.) ; spikes panicled with long diverging 
branches, fr. ovate faintly ma7iy-veined with a bifid fringed beak 
split to its base and overlapping on the back, nut ovate blunt 
narrowed below ^^lane-convex, beak slightly thickcmd upxcards, 
«<. triangular.— F. B. 1064. Schk. D. 20. Ttt. 16-3. H. a. 19. 
It. 223. — Root forming dense elevated tufts. St. stout, 2 — 3 
feet high. Panicle usually large and spreading^ or reduced to a 
slender compound (or even simple) spike. Bracts all much 
shorter than the spilje. — Bogs. P. Vl. E. S. I. 
