518 
CVI. CYPERACE7E. 
£ Car ex. 
On the limestone rocks at St. Vincent’s, Bristol ; Downs near 
Boyton, and in great abundance on Salisbury Plain between Stone- 
henge and Heytesbury, Wiltshire ; Brean Down, Weston-super- 
mare. g. 5. — Remarkable for the few flowers of its fertile spike- 
lets, which are concealed by the comparatively large membranous 
sheaths, as the short stems are by the leaves. The name given by 
Leysser is unquestionably the oldest, hut has been generally aban- 
doned in favour of the much more expressive one of clandestina. 
56. C. digitdta L. ( fingered C .) ; barren spikelet solitary 
sessile, fertile 2 — 3 distant on long stalks erect filiform lax longer 
than the barren one, sheaths membranous obliquely truncate, 
lower ones with a setaceous bractea, glumes broadly obovate 
apiculate about the length of the fruit, fruit obovate-triquetrous 
downy on a short stalk, beak short nearly entire, leaves plane. 
E. B. t. 615. 
Rare, in woods in limestone countries. Near Bath and Bristol ; 
Wynd Cliff, Monmouthshire; wood on Great Doward Hill, Here- 
fordshire; limestone ledges of Cleeve Hill, 4 m. from Cheltenham; 
Thorp-Arch, and Mackershaw wood, near Ripon, Yorkshire, g. 
5 . — Root fibrous, tufted. Stem 8 — 10 inches high. I, eaves soft, 
shorter than the stem. 
57. C. proe'cox Jacq. {vernal C.) ; barren spikelet solitary, 
fertile 1 — 3 oblong approximate sessile or on a peduncle the 
length of the sheath, lowermost sheath short (scarcely any), 
lower bracteas leafy short, glumes broadly ovate acuminate, 
fruit downy obovate- oblong scarcely acuminate truncate at the 
point trigonous the sides nearly flat, rhizome creeping. E. B. 
t. 1099. 
Dry pastures and heaths. If. 4, 5. — Stems 3 — 12 inches high. 
Leaves short, rather broad. Lower bracteas small, but leafy ; upper 
ones very minute. Achen.es obovate-oblong, trigonous, with nearly 
fiat sides. The numerous yellow anthers are conspicuous at an early 
season of the year. 
58. C. collina Willd. ( mountain C .) ; barren spikelet solitary 
quite sessile with obtuse or retuse glumes, fertile 1 — 3 ovate 
approximate sessile sheaths short membranous lowermost with 
usually a subulate bractea, glumes broadly ovate usually emar- 
ginate mucronate, fruit very downy obovate-oblong trigonous 
the sides nearly flat, beak very short notched, root tufted 
fibrous. C. montana Schk. : E. B. S. t. 2924. C. pubescens 
Gaud. 
In a field by the roadside towards Eridge, about a mile south of 
Tunbridge Wells, Sussex ; wood on Great Doward Hill, Hereford- 
shire; Wynd Cliff, between Tintern and St. Arvans, about 4 m. from 
Chepstow, Monmouthshire; near Penmoyle rocks, Gloucestershire. 
If. 4, 5. — Somewhat creeping, but tufted. Stems 4 — 7 inches 
high. Leaves narrow. Fruit densely pubescent, almost hairy, whitish, 
