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c'u!, proftrale. Leaves (lender, three or four times as 
long as the culm, channelled, the edges and keel towards 
the tip rough ; culm (liort, upright,, roundifh, .fiattifli on 
one fide, fmoolh. If the very lingular mode of .growth 
in this did not (trike the eye, the membranaceous (heath 
would be a fufficient diflinction. In this fpecies the fpikes 
are peduncled, but (till, in their -flowering (fate, rarely 
exceed the length of the (heath. Thiscircumtiance, and 
the flowering culms themfelves being hidden among the 
leaves, induced Dr. Goodenough to call it clandc.Jlina. 
Tlie leaves, which overfliadow- the culms at their firfl ap¬ 
pearance, are tliofe of the preceding year, which ufually 
continue green till their fuccelTbrs are enabled to take their 
place, and continue the (yftem of protection. Obferved 
by Mr. Sole, of Bath, on St. Vincent’s rocks, near Brif- 
tol. It flowers in the very beginning of April. 
70. Carex conglobata: fpikes fefiile, approximating, 
few-flowered; capfules ovate hirfute. Leaves in tufts, 
refembling thofe of pinks, repand, marked with a line, 
rough about the edge, a line in breadth and more; culm 
three-cornered, almolt naked, half a foot high. 
71. Carex mucronata : fpikes fefiile, approximating very 
Iliort; glumes lanceolate, mucronate. Leaves rufli-like ; 
culm a foot high, naked at the top. 
72. Carex alba : fpikes peduncled, white ; (heaths 
long, obtufe; filaments and ftyles long, white. Linnaeus 
either has not the plant, or confounds it with the digitata. 
Leaves ereCt, fometimes a line in breadth, but ufually nar¬ 
rower ; culms a long fpan in height. 
73. Carex fufea: female fpikes three, ereft; capfules 
ovate, (hortly mucronate,; petioled, fitting mn the leaf. 
Culm theatlied, fix inches high ; leaves long, lefs than a 
line wide, nearly as long as the Item, rough/ 
74. Carex trigona : male fpike penduncled ;• females ' 
fertile, remote, three cornered. Culm leafy, -a foot high 
and more, three-cornered, ftriated, fmoot.h ; leaves linear, 
(friated, dark green, fliorter than the. culm. 
75. Carex foliofa : female fpikes fertile, the lowed pe¬ 
duncled, glumes very narrow. A very diflinCt fpecies. 
Radical leaves equal to the (lem, a line and a half or two 
lines broad, fmooth with rough edges ; culm a foot high, 
three-cornered. 
76. Carex alpeflris: the lowed female fpike radical; 
capfules three-cornered, elongated. Leaves in tufts, firm, 
keeled, with a nerve danding out, two lines broad, 
fmooth, except the end of the nerve ; culms naked, from 
three to nine inches in height. 
- 77. Carex obefa: female fpikes, fefiile, tern ; capfules 
ovate, three-cornered leaves (horf, not above a line in 
breadth, rough ; cuiu s four inches high, naked. 
78. Carex ferruginea : male fpike one, acuminate ; fe¬ 
male fpikes two or three, (lender,.pedicel-led ; fcales ferru¬ 
ginous; capfules b : : . Culm half a foot high, pale green. 
Scopoli thinks that his plant is the fame with Haller’s, 
though it be not ah'me in Caniiola as it is in the Grifdns. 
79. Carex frigid/.: female fpikes in .threes and fours, 
didich; capfules Lug-pointed ; culm naked, half a foot 
high and more. 
go. Carex extendi: flieaths very diort, equalling the 
peduncle ; the i.eariet fomewhat reflex ; fpikes crowded, 
females roundilh ; capfules ovate,- acute; root-leave's linf- 
rowifli, fliorter than .the culm, . (except thofe which em¬ 
brace the bafe of it,which often equal and even fijrpafs it,) 
roughilh along the qdges and keel towards the top ; culm 
upright,.a foot or more in height, three-dded, with blunt- 
,j(h angles, fmooth. This plant does not owe its height to 
being drawn up by theXurrounding herbage, for it-is al¬ 
ways found in open places; as in the marlhy ground near 
Harwich, and on the wed fide of Bra un-ton Burrows, imthfe 
north of Devomlure, but net common. It flowers in June. 
81. Carex fulva : lowed’ (heath about half the length of 
.the peduncle, upper one nearly equal .to it; female fpikes 
jtwo,- oblong, acute; capfules acuminate-beaked; leaves 
.pprigjit, narrow, rough along.the edges and-keel, (hotter 
tlujn the culm ; which is upright, (lender, about a fo.pt in 
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height, three-dded, with the angles acute and rough. A 
native of America, Newfoundland, &c. Found by the 
Rev. Mr.Williams, of Eaton, near Shrewduiry, at that 
place ; flowering in June and July. 
82. Carex rigida, or rigid-leaved fedge : two-ftyled; 
(heaths none; fpikes oblong, fubfellile ; leaves fomewhat 
recurved, rigid ; root thick, creeping very much ; leaves 
very dark green, and glaucous, rough on the edges and 
keel towards the tip, a little fliorter than the culm ; which 
is upright, often incurved, about four inches and a half 
high, three-dded, the angles rough and very acute, thicker 
than any of its height, and did'. Obferved cn the top of 
Snowdon,-and by Mr. Dickfon on the futnmiis of the 
higheft mountains in Scotland. 
■83. Carex firicta, or diff-leaved fedge: two-ftyled ; 
(heaths none; fpikes fubfellile, cylindric, acute, male one 
or two; leaves upright, (tiff; the root creeps very much ; 
leaves glaucous, upright, very draight, fliorter than the 
culm, rough along the edges and keel; culm from a foot 
to two feet in height, and upwards, upright, three-dded, 
with (harp rough angles. It grows in marfltes. Mr. 
Pitchford obferved it near Norwich ; it flowers in April. 
IX. 84. Carex prrecox, or vernal fedge: (heaths (hort, 
nearly equalling ■ the peduncle; fpikes approximating, 
male fubelavate, females ovate ; capfules roundidi, pu- 
befeent; leaves dark green, (lender, rough along the edges 
and keel, (horter than the culm; which is upright, from 
fix to twelve inches high, three-fiaed, with the anglcs- 
bluntifli and fmooth. It is a very common plant, growing 
on our heaths and in meadows; flowering in April and May. 
85. Carex depauperate : flieaths more than half the 
length of the peduncles ; female fpikes remote, few-flow¬ 
ered ; capfules ovate, inflated, acuminate-beaked. Stem 
upright, leafy, three-cornered, from a foot to eighteen 
- inches high. Dr. Goodenough difeovered it in Charlton- 
vvcod, and Mr. Dickfon in dry woods near Godaiming, in 
Surrey ; it has alfo been found by Mr. Sole, of Bath. It 
flowers in May and June. 
86. Carex elata : male fpikes two, females fefiile ; cap¬ 
fules ovate, with a very (hort undivided point. Leaves 
very long, two or three lines broad, the edges and nerve 
rough; culm three-cornered, three feet high; 
87. Carex pendula, or pendulous fedge : fpikes cylin¬ 
dric, very long, pendulous ; capfules ovate, acute, very 
much crowded ; (heaths long, nearly equal to the pedun¬ 
cles. Leaves half an inc-h broad, thick, fiiff, very dark 
green, fomewhat glaucous underneath, very rough along 
the edges and keel, (horter than the culm ; which is from 
two or three to (ix feet in height, upright, firm, three- 
dded, the angles (harp at bottom but bluntifli at top, alto¬ 
gether fmooth, except at the top, where an internode or 
two is roughidi. The great fize of this, and its very long 
pendulous cylindric fpikes, diferiminate it at a great dif- 
tance ; it has remarkably finall capfules for its fize. In 
woods and hedges not uncommon ; flowers inMay andjune, 
88. Carex ft ri go fa, or loofe fedge: fpikes filiform, 
loofe, recurved ; (heaths long, nearly equalling the pe-. 
duncle; capfules oblong, fiib triquetrous, acute. ITouna. 
in woods and hedges; as in Witham and Noke woods, Ox- 
-fordlhire; flowering from April to June. 
89* Carex fylvatica, or wood-fedge : flieaths fliorter 
than the peduncles; fpikes filiform, loofe, pendulous; 
capfules ovate, awned and beaked ; root creeping, and 
throwing out from the joints;’ leaves in tufts) yellbwifU 
•green, a quarter of an inch wide, rough at the edges.; (terns 
■numerous, twelve to eighteen inches high, three-cornered, 
-rough at the edges, leafy, in open ground only eight to 
•ten 'inches- high, bending with a curve, angles (harp. Its 
-pendent fpikes, the elliptic bend of its ftem, and the pale 
yellow green of its leaves, render it one of the mod ele¬ 
gant ornaments of our woods. It flowers ip May and June. 
None of the figures of this plant, except that of Leers, 
gives its due character. Thofe of Parkin (op, Morifon, 
and Flora Daiiica, reprefent it ill its firfi flage of flowcj- 
jng, when the fpikes are erect. It does not long continue 
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