376 
96. CTPERACEiE. 
Schk. J. 39. JR. 260. Boott's Carex, t. 283.— St. 6—12 in. long, j » 
slender, at length decumbent. — Wet heatlis. P. V. E. S. I. N 
49. C. tommtosa (L.) ; fertile spikes 1 or 2 nearly sessile cy- 
lindrical blunt, lowermost bract hajlihe xmth a very short sheath, j 
gl. broadly ovate acute, fr. obovate subtrigonous scarcely beaked 
slightly emaryinate, nut blunt trigonous narrowed below with a 
short beak constricted at its base, stoboliferous. — -C. £. 20-46. 
Schk. F. 28. H. h. 28. E. 263.— a foot high, with 3 sharp , 
angles, rough upwards, e7-ect. Beak of nut slightly swelling 
upwards. Fr. with copious white down, mouth very broad. — 
Water-meadows at Merston Measey, Wilts. P. VI. E. 
11 Male spikes usually more than 1. 
50. C. glauca (Scop.) ; fertUe spikes 2 or 3 erect or drooping 
cylindrical densely flowered long-stalked, bracts leaflike scarcely 
sheathing, gl. ovate acute, fi'. oluut elliptic veinless slightly 
rough entire at the small point, nut roimdish-ovate trian- 
gular.— IT. b. 67. Schk. 0. P. 57. R. 269. C. recurva Huds., 
E. B. 1506. — Stoboliferous. St. a foot or more in height. Male 
spikes variable in number. Fertile spikes often have a male fl. 
at the top. — /3. C. Micheliana (Sm.) ; pi. blunt, fr. smaller. E. B. 
2236. — y. C. sfictocarpa (Sm.) ; fertile spikes ovate, fr. obovate ( 
dotted. E. B. S. 2772.— Damp places. P. VI. E. S. I. 
** Beak of fr. long, 2-toothed or bifid. Nut with 3 angles. 
Stigmas 3, rarely 2. (Sp. 61 — 70.) 
t Beak of fruit terete. Terminal spike male. 
51. C. mtnluta (Wahl.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 upon short stalks 
ovate densely flowered, bracts scarcely leajlike or sheathing, gl. 
ovate acute, //•. elliptic compressed rough-edged with a cloven 
beak, nut elliptic triangular on a long stalk, root fibrous. — E. B. 
2404. Schk. Y. 82. H. b. 47.— St. 3—10 in. high. L. very 
short, broad. Gl. dark purple with a slender pale midrib. Fr. 
dark purple, paler below. Nut fuscous. I have seen no speci- 
mens. — Ben Lawers. Mr. G. Don. P. VII. S. 
tt Beak of fruit plane-convex. Male spike 1, or rarelj' 2. 
Fruit glabrous. Bracts sheathing, leaflike. 
52. C.Jidva (L.) ; fertile spikes roimdish-oval subsessile, low- 
est spike with a nearly included stalk, bracts leaflike with short 
sheaths, gl. blunt, ovate inflated ribbed smooth narroived 
into a dejlexed rough-edged bifid beak, nut obovate trigonous 
punctate, st. tri(/onous smooth. — E. B. 1294. Schk. H. 36. //. 
b. 22. R. 273.— St. 6—12 in. high. L. broad. Male spike cy- 
lindrical, blunt ; gl. blunt. Fertile spikes usually near together 
and near the barren spike, sometimes distant ; gl, with a green 
