374 
96. CYPERACEJE. 
•39. C. rarifldra (Sm.) ; fertile spikes 2 or S drooping upon 
long stalks oblong fexo-Jlowered lax, bracts with very short sheaths, 
gl. verj^ broad blunt as long astbe fr., fr. oblong with 3 blunt 
angles, beak extremely short entire, nut roundish-oblong, 1. flat 
rough-edged towards the tip. — E. B. 2516. Bootfs Carex, t. 217. 
— Creeping. St. Q- — 8 in. high, smooth. Gl. folded round the 
fr., darK brown ; midrib pale, terjninating in a mimde apictdus. 
Fr. pale, faintly veined ; nut darker. — Elevated bogs. High- 
lands, rare. P. VI. S. 
40. C capilldris (L.) ; fertile spikes drooping upon long stalks 
half included few-jlowered lax, one bract sheathing sevo-al stalks, 
gl. blunt, fr. oblong trigonous tiu-gid narrowed below veinless 
with a slender membranous beak, nut obovate triquetrous blunt 
with a short beak.— i?. £. 2069. Schk. O. 56. H. b. 53. M. 241. 
— St. very slender, 2 — 6 in. high, smooth. Peduncles rough, 
several usually inclosed in one sheath. Gl. short, broad, blvmt, 
midrib not reaching the tip, falling short of the small smooth 
brown fruit. Nut pale. Eoot tufted. — Teesdale. Scottish 
Highlands. P. VI. E. S. 
41. C. strigdsa (Huds.) ; fertile spikes drooping about 4 distant 
rather long slender lax lower with exserted stalks, bracts leaflike 
sheathing, fr. oblong-lanceolate narrowed at both ends trigonous 
veined tvith an obliquely truncate mouth, nut elliptic triangidar 
punctured, 1. broad.— i:. B. 994. Schk. N. 53.— St. 2 feet high. 
Sheaths nearly covering the peduncles. Gl. elliptic-lanceolate, 
diaphanous, greenish down the back. — Groves and thickets, rare. 
P. V. VI. E. S. I. 
42. C.pen'dula (Hxids.); fertile spikes drooping about 5 distant 
cylindrical very long denscly-Jloiveivd, bracts leaflike lower ones 
^vith sheaths nearly equalling the flowerstalks upper scarcely 
sheathing, fr. elliptic subtrigonous tumid with a short trigo- 
nous emarqinate leak, nut elliptic triangular. — E. B. 2315. Schk. 
Q. 00. K 243.— St. 3—6 feet high, rough at the angles above. 
Fertile spikes often 3 or 4 in. long, arched ; upper ones fi-equently 
with male fl. at the tip. Gl. ovate, mucronate, brown with a 
green keel. Fr. green, ciliate at the mouth.— Damp woods. P. 
V. E. S. I. 
\XX Fi-uit downy, hairy or scabrous. Bracts sheathing. L. in 
sterile tufts. Male spike solitary. 
43. C. humilis (Leyss.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 remote about 3- 
fknoered inclosed in the membranous sheathing hajlcss bracts, fr. 
obovate subtrigonous narrowed hoiow icith an entire oblique mouth, 
nut obovate trigonous with a short beak. — U. b. 15. C. dmi- 
destina Good., E. B. 2124. Schk. K. 43. R. 239.— St. about 
2 in. high, erect, concealed amongst the leaves. Bracts large, 
