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and Yarmouth. Mr. Crowe. Cley, Norfolk, next the sea. Mr. Woodward. 
(Kennington, near London. Mr. Groult. E. Bot. Abundant in the marshes 
between Greenhithe and Dartford. Mr. J. Woods., jun. Bot. Guide. Ham 
Ponds, near Dover, and Sandwich marshes. Dillwyn. Meadow called 
Derricots, near Hull. Teesdale. ditto. Near Copgrove, Yorkshire. Mr. 
Winch. Marsh near Montrose. Mr. G. Don. Hook. Scot. E.) P. June. 
15. C. murica'ta. Spike oblong, somewhat doubly compound: spikets 
not crowded: capsules diverging, cloven at the end : root fibrous. 
(E. Bot. 1097. E.)— Mich. 33. 14; and R. between 19 and 15— II. Ox. viii. 
12. 27— Barr. 20. 3—( Also Lob. Ic. i. 19. 2— Ger. Em. 21. 6, and Bark. 
1267. 8. Gooden.) 
Straw three-sided, angles acute, rough. Spike compound, often doubly so. 
Spikets about ten, the lower ones distant, upper ones near together, egg- 
shaped, sessile, barren florets at the top. Scales shorter than the capsule, 
which is cloven at the end, and rather diverging. Summits two. This 
species differs from C. vulpina by its spike never being more than doubly 
compound, and by the straw not being enlarged under the spike : from 
C. divisa by its fibrous root, its diverging capsules, and its want of an 
upright floral leaf: from C. stellulaia by its numerous and contiguous 
spikets, and its capsules being cloven at the end. Gooden. Straw with 
or without a floral leaf. Huds. Six to fourteen inches high. Spike 
scarcely one inch long. 
Var. 2. More slender, spike less compound. Straw less rough, and at the 
bottom nearly cylindrical. 
Barr. 14)— Mich. 33. f. R — Scheucli. 11.5. Gooden. 
(Rev. Hugh Davies, who gathered this plant in the Old Park near Beau¬ 
maris, and observed it to be constantly uniform in its mode of growth 
and appearance, is inclined to consider it a distinct species. E.) 
(Greater Prickly Seg. E.) Spiked Seg. C. spicata. Huds. Lightf. &c. 
not of Linn. Watery places : banks of rivers, woods. P. May—June. 
16. C. divuiJsa. Spike doubly compound, long, somewhat branched at 
the base : lower spikets distant, upper ones near together: cap¬ 
sules rather upright. 
(E. Bot. 269. E.)— Barr. 20. 2~Mich. 33. 10 and 11. 
Root fibrous. Straw three-sided, angles acute, rather rough. Spike inter¬ 
rupted. Spikets numerous, egg-shaped, barren florets at the top : floral- 
leaves, bristle-like, rough. Scales longer than the capsules, with an awn 
at the end. Capsules cloven at the end. Style, short. Summits two. 
The Capsules being not quite upright, but yet not diverging, distinguishes 
this from starved specimens of C. vulpina , as figured by Leers, 14. 3. 
Gooden. 
Grey Seg. C. canescens. Huds.: not of Linn. Leers, or Lightf. St. (C. 
muricata fi. Hook, who thus, with Wahlenberg, considers it only a var. 
to be distinguished chiefly by its elongated spike with distant spikelets. 
E.) Moist shady places. Common in woods and hedges in Norfolk and 
Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. King's Park, Edinburgh: and fields near 
Brockham, Surry. Mr. Winch. E.) P. May—July. 
17 • C. vulpi'na. Spike more than doubly compound, compact though 
branched, blunt: spikets barren at the top: capsules diverging: 
straws with very acute angles. 
Var. 1. Spike doubly compound, floral leaves awned. St. 
