202 
I House. Ill Males. Monocc. Triand. 
Spikelets nearly round, containing both fer- 
tile and barren florets, contiguous ,* capsules 
ovate, pointed. 
Ditch Banks, June, P. Common. 
Ohs: 
Very like the preceding^ but smaller, 
659. Soft Sedge, — C. disticha. 
Spike compound, nearly 2-rowed, spikelets 
egg-shaped, somewhat tiled, with barren 
and fertile flowers ; floral leaves longer than 
the spikelets, straw 3-square. — / Hudson, ) 
Leers. XIV. 2. 
Ditches and Bogs, May, P. Rare. 
Eversholt, 
660. Prickly Sedge, — C. muricata. 
Spikelets nearly ovate, sitting, remote, both 
fertile and barren, capsules pointed, diver- 
ging, thorny. — Leers. XIV. 8. Flora Da- 
nica. 284. 
Marshes, June, P. Common. 
66 r. Loose Sedge, — C. distans. 
Spikes very remote, nearly sitting, floral leaf 
sheathing, capsules angular, sharp-pointed. 
Ditches, June, P. Rare. 
Stevington, 
Remote 
