. The British grasses and sedges . pikelets about (3,the lower ones distant; lower bracts rather longer thanthe spikelets, bristle-shaped;/;7/?V large, pointed, roughishnear the extremity. A slender species, with long narrowrough leaves, growing from 1â2 feet high, and re-markable for its greyish hue. Frequent in most shadyplaces, and flowering in May and June. (PI. 244, f. 7.) 20. C. muricdta (Greater Prickly Sedge).âSpikeletsfrom 4â6, crowded; bracts nearly all shorter than thespikelets. Gravelly pastures, frequent. So closely re-sembling the last in all respects, that the two are verydiffic
. The British grasses and sedges . pikelets about (3,the lower ones distant; lower bracts rather longer thanthe spikelets, bristle-shaped;/;7/?V large, pointed, roughishnear the extremity. A slender species, with long narrowrough leaves, growing from 1â2 feet high, and re-markable for its greyish hue. Frequent in most shadyplaces, and flowering in May and June. (PI. 244, f. 7.) 20. C. muricdta (Greater Prickly Sedge).âSpikeletsfrom 4â6, crowded; bracts nearly all shorter than thespikelets. Gravelly pastures, frequent. So closely re-sembling the last in all respects, that the two are verydifficult of discrimination, if indeed they do not repre-sent two forms of the same plant varied by soil andsituation. Flowering in May and June. (PI. 244, f. 8.) 21. C. arendria (Sea Sedge).âSpikelets of threekinds, upper barren, lower fertile, intermediate onesbarren at their extremities, forming an oblong, acute,interrupted head ; lower bracts longer than the spikelets,A very distinct species, abundant on the sandy sea-shore,. I IT IIIKIVVN , fai-cA nil J JiHACIKATLll MAItSII <⢠HiM . <;i::i: ;ij (â . v:illln n s ri;.\ii;iii ) <⢠,r .-uiiiHiilis .â¢^ . .sriKi:t) r. ) . TIIITKI) HOO (⢠. <⢠⢠â¢â¢Â»( â ⢠BRITISH GRASSES AND SEDGES. 31 where it is of great service in preventing tiie shifting ofthe sands. The roots, or rather subterraneous stems,creep to a great distance a few inches below the are about as large as whipcord, and are investedwith the remains of old leaf-sheaths, presenting a jointedappearance. From these, tufts of leaves and flowersarise at intervals of a few inches, and from the jointsdescend tufted fibrous roots, with here and there astouter cord-like root which penetrates to a great depth;the leaves are rigid, rough at the edges, and of a glaucoushue; the stems are also rough above, and from 6â12inches high, flowering in June. (PI. 244, f. 9.)
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