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TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 
Pink Seg. (Welsh: Hesgen bennigen-ddail. E.) Moist meadows, pas¬ 
tures, and moors. P. May—June.* 
SI. C. capilla'ris. Sheaths inclosing half the fruit-stalk; fertile 
spikes oblong, flaccid, pendent when ripe; fruit-stalk capillary ; 
capsules tapering to a point. 
(j E. Bot. 2069. E.)— Dicks > H. S. — FI. Dan. 168— Scop. 59. 
j Hoot fibrous. Straw two to five inches, upright, three-cornered, angles 
smooth. Leaves very slender. Barren spike single, terminal, slender, of 
very few flowers. Fertile spikes two (or three), few flowered. Capsules 
egg-shaped, beak-pointed, entire at the end, longer than the scales, 
which are deciduous. Summits three. The small size of this plant, fine 
slender fruit-stalks, pendulous female spikes with four to eight florets, 
and deciduous scales, are amply sufficient to distinguish it. Gooden. 
(. Leaves scarcely two inches long, mostly radical, narrow, acute, dark 
green, slightly keeled, rough edged towards the top only. Fruit dark 
brown, ovate, triangular, smooth, with a sharp beak. Seed elliptical, 
with three sharp angles. E.Bot. E.) 
Capillary Seg. In pasture grounds at alpine heights. (In bushy moist 
places. E.) On Benteskerney and Malghyrdy in Glenlochai. Also on 
Ben Lowers and on Craig Cailleach, both in Breadalbane. Mr. Brown. 
(Whey Sike, Cronkley Fell, and Widdy Bank, Durham. Rev. J. Harri- 
man. Bot. Guide. About Malvern Hills. Duncumb. E.) P. July—Aug. 
(32. C. Mieliciio'feri. Sheaths scarcely half the length of the fruit- 
stalk : fertile spikes distant, erect, lax: capsule triangular, 
notched. 
E. Bot. 2293. 
Stems eight to twelve inches high. Leaves dark green, strap-shaped. 
Glumes egg-shaped, ferruginous, with a green nerve. Capsule green till 
fully ripe. Fertile spikes one to three. 
Loose-spiked Rock Carex. Summit of Cairn Gorum. Mr. G. Don. 
Mountains of Clova. Mr. D. Don. P. June—July. Hook. E.) 
(Here may be noticed C. speirostachya. Sw. (C. distans. FI. Dan. 1019.) 
and C.phcsostachya. (C. salina. Don.) both natives of the Scottish moun¬ 
tains, considered as distinct species by Smith, in Eng. FI., though that 
author admits that the characteristic marks are not easily defined.” E.) 
33. C. defaupera'ta. Sheaths inclosing less than half the fruit-stalk; 
fertile spikes distant, few-flowered; capsules egg-shaped, inflated, 
beak-pointed. 
Curt. 68— (E. Bot. 1098. E.)— Mich. 32. 5. 
Root fibrous. Straw one to two feet high, three-cornered, angles smooth, 
bluntish. Leaves shorter than the straw, rough on the edge and the 
keel. Barren spike single, terminal, slender. Fertile spikes on long fruit- 
stalks, far asunder, with three to six florets, not crowded together. 
Sheath enfolding about a third of the length of the fruit-stalk, ending in 
a leaf which is generally taller than the straw. Capsules often in two 
* Capsules often affected with the mut, in which case they become globular, larger, 
black, and full of a mealy powder. Almost all the other species are occasionally liable 
to the same disease. Linn. 
