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and fr. eqxmVy convex on both sides. It grew " in a wood by tlie 
Esk, Augusshire." — ^Damp places. P. VI. E. S. I. 
IXX Ccespitose. Bracts not leaflike. Spikes contic/twus or 
slighthj distant. 
4. Spikes and leaves glaucous or dusky. 
20. C. stelliduta (Good.) ; spikelets about 4 rouiidish rather 
distant, fr. divergent broadly ovate acuminate plane-convex stri- 
ate, beaJc bifid with serrate edges, nut ovate taperino- below, gl. 
shorter than the fruit.— i^. B. 806. Schk. C. 14. H. a. 28. B. 
214. — St. 6—12 in. high, ti-iquetrous, nearly smooth. Lower- 
most spikelet often with a short bract. Gl. ovate, membranous, 
reddish with a gi'een keel and white edges. Ripe fr. gi-eenish, 
stellate.— Boggy places. P. V. Yl. E. S. I. 
21. C. elongdta (L.) ; spikelets many oblong contiguous, fr. 
patent oblong-acuminate plane-convex with many ribs on both 
sides, beak" almost eutire with rough edges, nut Ivnear-ohlong 
tapering below beak veiy short stjde persistent, gl. shorter than 
the fruit, bracts none or one veiT short. — E. B. 1920. Schk. E. 25. 
H. a. 32. B. 218.— St. 1—2 feet high, triquetrous. Gl. ovate, 
dark brown with a green keel and whitish edges, blunt, some- 
times apiculate. Upper spikelets crowded, lower lax but not 
distant.— j3. C. Gebhardi (R.) ; smaller, spikelets short panicled. 
— Marshes, rare. P. \1. E. I. 
22. C. cur'ta (Good.); spikelets 4 — 6 elliptic contiguous,/?-. 
erect acute plane-convex faintly striate, beak short notched not 
split rough at the edges, nxd elliptic beak very short style per- 
sistent, glumes ovate shorter than the fruit. — E. B. 1386. 
Schk. C. 13. C. canescens Linn. ? B. 206. — St. a foot high, 
ti'iquetrous, smooth except at the top. Lowermost spikelet 
often with a setaceous bract. Glumes membranous, ichitish with 
a green keel, blunt, apiculate. Fr. whitish. — Bogs. P. VI. 
E. S. I. 
23. C. vitilis (Fr.) ; spikelets 4 — 8 ovate or oblong contiguous, 
fr. erect ovate plane-convex faintly striate, beak short sjjlit to its 
base externally rough at the edges, "nut elliptic," glumes ovate 
shorter than the fr'uit. — C. cm-ta fi. alpicola Wahl. C. Persoonii 
Sieb., B. 206.— Creeping. St. 6 — 12 in. high, triquetrous, smooth 
except at the top. Lowermost spikelet often with a setaceous 
bract. Gl. membranous, broion with a white margin. — Moun- 
tains. P. vn. vm. E. s. 
4.4. Spikes fuscous. 
24. C. lagopma (Wahl.) ; spikelets 3 — 4 roundish-elliptic 
contiguous terminal one longer, fr. erect elliptic acuminate 
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