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learned Botanists. It nearly approximates C. distans, but the capsule is 
more decidedly beaked, and greatly broader and rounder. E.) 
(Tawny Seg. E.) C. Jlava. v ar. With, to Ed. 7. C. fulva. Sm. Hook. 
Winch.) In bogs and marshes, not so frequent as the preceding species. 
Near South Shields, and at Hilton, Durham : at Birch Carr, near Dar¬ 
lington : at Prestwick Carr, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. Roadside 
between Montrose and the North Esk river. G. Don in Hook. E.) Eaton 
near Salop, found by the Rev. Mr. Williams. Cherry Hinton Fen, Cam¬ 
bridgeshire, and on the borders of Llyn Idwell Lake, Carnarvonshire. 
Mr. Griffith. P. May—June. 
28. C, exten'sa. Sheaths very short, inclosing all the fruit-stalk, the 
upper leaf-like part somewhat reflexed; spikes crowded; fertile 
spikes nearly globular: capsules egg-shaped, acute. 
(j E. Bot. 833. E.)— Linn, Tr . ii. 21. 7. 
Straw a foot high or more, three-cornered, angles bluntish, smooth. Leaves 
narrow, towards the ends rough at the edge and on the keel. Barren 
spike one, slender, half an inch long, terminating. Sometimes a second 
male spike, much shorter. Fertile spikes generally crowded at the base 
of the male, but sometimes the lower one is at a considerable distance, 
egg-shaped, or conical, pointed, on short pedicles. Scales egg-shaped, 
dagger pointed. Floral-leaves at the base of the female spikes, entirely 
sheathing the short fruit-stalk, ending in a leaf as tall or taller than the 
straw, but at length reflexed. Capsules smooth, expanding, egg-shaped 
but somewhat triangular, twice as long as the scale, pointed and cloven 
at the end. Summits three. Taller, more slender, and the leaves nar¬ 
rower than in C. Jlava. Gooden. (A strong affinity between C. extensa , 
Jlava , and GEderi is generally admitted, and authorities differ in opinion 
as to their identity and genuine characteristics. Among other Botanists 
who deem them perfectly distinct, the Rev. Hugh Davies proposes de¬ 
finitions which appear worthy of consideration. See Welsh. Bot.p. 86. E.) 
(Long Bracteated Carex. Welsh: Hesgen hiriain. E.) C. Jlava. \ ar. 
/3. Huds. Not uncommon on Hinton and Shelford moors. Relhan. E.) 
Marshy ground near Harwich, and on the west side of Braunton Bur¬ 
rows, in the north of Devon. Goodenough. (The Park, near Liverpool. 
Dr. Bostock. Cley Beach, Norfolk. Rev. Mr. Bryant. Bottisham Load, 
in a ditch crossing the path to Stapleford, near the Nine Elms, Cam¬ 
bridgeshire. Relhan. In a marsh above Southwick, and near Waskerley, 
Durham. Mr. Winch. Aberffraw, below the bridge, Anglesey. Welsh 
Bot. E.) 
29* C. dis^tans. Lower sheath inclosing about half the fruit-stalk; 
upper ones nearly the whole : spikes oblong, very far asunder; 
capsules acute. 
(E. Bot. 1234. E.)— FI. Dan. 1949.— H. Ox. viii. 12. 18. 
Root fibrous. Straw one to two feet high, three-cornered; angles acute, 
smooth. Leaves rough on the edge and the keel. Barren spike one, 
sometimes two, terminating, slender, about one inch long. Fertile spikes 
three, egg-oblong, an inch in length, on fruit-stalks, far asunder. 
Sheath , the lower one embracing fully half, the upper ones the whole of 
the fruit-stalk; ending in a leaf shorter than the straw. Capsules rather 
triangular, tapering to a point, slightly cloven at the end, longer than 
the scales. Summits three. C. hirta has the fertile spikes far asunder. 
