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TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex, 
in Bot. Guide, remarks that it occurs every year in the Withy Copse, 
West Town, Sussex, with branched spikes. E.) P. May—June. 
(Var. 1. Differs from the usual state, in having numerous barren spikes, 
and a smooth fruit. The turgescence of the fruit prevails more or less 
according to its age and perfection. 
E. Bot. 2236— Mich. 32. 12. 
C. Micheliana. FL Brit. The author of which work has lately become 
convinced that this plant has no permanent specific distinction. 
In wet grounds near Aberdeen. Near Beverley. Mr. Teesdale. Near 
Rippon. Mr. Brunton. E.) 
86. C. palles'cens. Sheaths extremely short; fertile spikes rather 
cylindrical, pendent when in fruit; capsules oblong, blunt. 
Dicks. H. S. —( Hook. FI. Land. 178— E. Bot. 2185. E.)— FI. Dan. 1050— 
Pluk. 34. 5— Mich. 32. 13 —Leers 15. 4. 
Root fibrous. Leaves narrow, rough on the keel and the edge, (slightly 
hairy. Barren spike single, terminal. Fertile spikes three, all near 
together, blunt, on fruit-stalks. Sheaths not inclosing more than an 
eighth part of the fruit-stalk, but ending in a leaf much taller than the 
stem. Capsules closely crowded, oblong, blunt, somewhat longer than 
the scales, mouth entire. Summits three. Fertile spikes when in flower 
egg-shaped, when fully ripe, nearly cylindrical. Gooden. Stems many, 
one to two feet high, triangular, roughish, leafy below, naked upwards. 
Leaves in bundles from the root, yellowish green, the lower short, the 
upper nearly as long as the stem. Barren spike half to three quarters of 
an inch long, slender, closely tiled, with sometimes a single fertile 
flower at its base. Scales oval-spear-shaped. Fertile spikes one to three, 
the lowermost on a very short, slender fruit-stalk. Scales oval, pointed. 
Summits three. Capsules oval, pale yellowish green. Woodw. 
Pale Seg. Moist meadows and pastures. Woods on a moist clayey soil 
in Norfolk and Suffolk, frequent. Woodw. Wet woods in gravelly soil 
in the New Forest. (At Birch Carr, near Darlington. Mr. W. Back¬ 
house. Winch Guide. Pentland Hills, in many places. Grev. Edin. E.) 
P. May—June. 
37 • C. limo'sa. Sheaths hardly any; fertile spikes egg-shaped, pen¬ 
dent ; capsules egg-shaped, compressed; roots creeping. 
( E. Bot . 2043. E.)—Fl. Dan. 64 6—Willd. 1. 4— Scheuch. 10. 13. 
Root jointed, throwing out at the joints long fibres, and tufts of leaves and 
stems. Leaves long, bright green, rough, the uppermost nearly as long 
as the stem. Stems slender, triangular, rough, (eight to twelve inches 
high. E.) Barren spike ; scales spear-shaped, the lowermost awned, 
yellowish brown, with a green keel. Fertile spike generally single, 
loosely tiled, on a long slender fruit-stalk. Scales oval-spear-shaped, 
taper-pointed, of a very rich shining brown, with a yellowish green 
keel. Floral-leaves , one at the base of the lowermost spike, if more than 
one; very slender, about an inch long. Capsules oval, bluntish, bright 
sea green. Summits long. Woodw. Distinguished from C. recurva by 
its very short sheath, its egg-shaped fertile spike, and by the shape and 
colour of its capsules, which are brown when ripe, and not black. 
Gooden. Barren spike single, slender, not an inch long. Capsules rather 
longer than the scales, taper-pointed, entire at the end. Summits three. 
Fertile spikes one or two, few-flowered. 
