. Flowers of the field. Botany. 538 ; scarcely 6 in. high, with short, flat, rigid leaves with revolute margins ; spikelets 3 —6, erect, short, darlv ; jruit obovoid, com- pressed, not veined.—Wet stony places on mountains in the north. —Fl. June—August.' Perennial. 33. C. aqudtilis (Water Sedge).—A tall, tufted form, with runners; stems i—2 feet high, 3-angled, rigid, polished, leafy below ; leaves long, erect, flat, involute ; spikelets 3—6, cylindric, slender, i — zl- in. long; jruit rounded, compressed, not veined.— Sco t tish bogs ; rare. — Fl. June —August. Perennial. 34. C. sa
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 538 ; scarcely 6 in. high, with short, flat, rigid leaves with revolute margins ; spikelets 3 —6, erect, short, darlv ; jruit obovoid, com- pressed, not veined.—Wet stony places on mountains in the north. —Fl. June—August.' Perennial. 33. C. aqudtilis (Water Sedge).—A tall, tufted form, with runners; stems i—2 feet high, 3-angled, rigid, polished, leafy below ; leaves long, erect, flat, involute ; spikelets 3—6, cylindric, slender, i — zl- in. long; jruit rounded, compressed, not veined.— Sco t tish bogs ; rare. — Fl. June —August. Perennial. 34. C. salina, var. Kattegatensis, with erect, 3-angled stem, 12 — 18. in. high ; leaves of the same length, with rough keels and margins ; bracts leafy and longer than the spikelets; St aminate spikelets 2 —3, sessile ; pistillate ones 3 — 4, on short stalks, dark brown, has been recorded from the sandy banks of the River ^Vick, Caithness. 35. C. Goodcnoivii (Common Tufted Sedge).—A tufted or creeping species; Tii/te,/ ScJsc) Stems I—2 feet high, stiff, slender, 3-angled, rough; leaves slender, narr(jw, erect, recurved; spikelets 3 — 5, erect, sub-sessile, not more than an inch long, near ttiE;ether ; bracts with short auricles ; frin't rounded, comjiressed, many-veined. — Marshes and wet meadows ; common.—Fl. iMay—July. 36. C. fldcca (Glaucous .Sedge).—A creeping species ; stems few, wiry, a foot or more in height, 3-angled, smooth ; leaves narrow, flat, glaucous ; staminate spikelets 2 or 3;; pistillatt sptkclcts 4—6,. c\lE.\' GOOnENOU'II {Co//. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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