5-25-34 Carex paniculata L. Cost III 497, Box 331, BVH 510 SVI/105. Unimp.fr. Villeneuve canal jetty. 10.5 cm wide inf. 11 cm high. very inf. paniculate with lower branches 4 cm long. Stigmas 2 (aside SVH, BVH/V Box. Costa says 3) perigynia 3 1/2-4 mm ( tho' all books say 3 mm) found in all spikes. In spikes where 5 flo found - at the top - often underdeveloped & flos found. 5-25-34 Carex lurida L. Cost III 507, Box 333, BVH 516, 4249, SVI/120 Glo.fr. Wood rd Villeneuve -> Rho not rarely. Putko- can see sheaths low and erect greenish & spikes mark this out to the eye. 5-25-34 Carex elata All SVI/109, BVH 519 = C. stricta Good. Cost III 504, Box 333 (See C. stricta Lam V 2/31 which has many similar char but not indicated in Das European) Fr. Villeneuve prob near canal elsewhere... As remembered as far as collected spcs show this is espiflora (but no positive prot) that it has no runners. Basal sheaths shred into matted filaments. This rules out #387 & 388 of SVI. Perigynia 3 1/4 mm, gray-green and nerveless but nerv not distinct except when perigynium opens & held up to light. Scales purple-black with green mid-nerve, somewhat shorter and conspicuously narrower than perigynium. 5 spikes in umb sometimes a 2nd shorter spike. 5 spikes to 4 cm (much abort) the dark scales with lighter rounded tips so neatly imbricate that the spike now looks delicately fluted.