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not the case here, and the place of growth and size being so very 
different; “ in ipsis fluviis et lacubns” — “ ssepe altitudinem huma- 
nam attingens" — “ad radicein sxpius pollicem crassa.” It appears 
to be the species intended by Fries. 
•ff Margins of leaves revolute when dry. 
31. C. rigida Gooden, (rigid C.) ; spikelets cylindrical or 
oblong, 1 barren, fertile 2 — 4 approximate and subsessile lower 
one shortly stalked, sheaths none, lower bractea subfoliaceous 
with small black subrotund auricles, glumes elliptic or oblong 
obtuse black, fruit oblong or elliptical obtuse plano-convex 
without nerves with an obsolete entire beak, sheaths of leaves 
not filamentose. E. B. t. 2047. C. saxatilis FI. Dan. (not L.) 
On Snowdon ; the Cheviots, and Hartfell, Dumfries-shire, and 
especially the summits of all the more elevated Highland mountains. 
y . 6 — 8. — Stems 4 — 6 inches high, laxly caespitose. Leaves flat, 
at length recurved at the margin, about as long as the firm acutely 
triangular stem, which is rough at the top. Achene lenticular, with a 
slender beak. 
32. C acuta L. (slender- spiked C .) ; spikelets cylindrical 
elongated slender, barren 1 — 3, fertile 3 — 4 more or less remote 
and barren at top, lower one stalked often attenuate and inter- 
i rupted at the base, sheaths none, bracteas long foliaceous, 
lower often surpassing the stem with pale or ferruginous elon ■ 
gate auricles, fruit oval biconvex nerved green with rusty 
stains, beak short entire, glumes dark lanceolate fertile ones 
acute, sheaths of leaves not filamentose. E. B. t. 580. C. 
gracilis Curt. 
Moist meadows and wet pastures, frequent.. If.. 5. — Stems 2 — 3 ft. 
high, acutely triangular, rough. Leaves broad, flat, sheathing, in 
3 rows, green. Fertile spikelets often very long, verticillate at the 
base, and pendulous in flower. Glumes about as long as the fruit, 
generally longer at the base of the spikelets, and shorter near the 
summit, but variable in that respect. 
33. C. catspitosa L. (tufted Bug C .) ; spikelets cylindrical, 
j 1 rarely 2 barren, fertile 2 — 3 often approximate erect thickish 
lower one very shortly peduncled or sessile, upper often barren 
at top, sheaths none, lower bractea subfoliaceous abbreviate 
| with large oblong pale auricles, fruit compressed elliptical or 
[ oblong closely imbricate nerved generally longer and broader 
m than the black oblong obtuse or lanceolate glume, beak short 
entire, sheaths of leaves filamentose. Gay in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
2d ser. xi. p. 194. C. stricta Gooden. (1792) : E. B. t. 914. 
Marshes, common. 1/.. 4 — 6. — Stems 2 ft. or more high, densely 
I csespitose. Leaves subconduplicate, narrow, at length revolute on the 
margin, glaucescent, shorter than the firm acutely triangular rough 
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