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‘boggy ground; its immenfe tufts forming firm fupport for the 
heavieft bodies. 
The Var. 8 of Withering, upon being cultivated in a rich wet 
foil, formed its {pike as branching as Var. a. 
IS "CARES "DIGITAT A. 
C. bracteis membranaceis fub-aphyllis vaginantibus dimidiatis, fpi- 
cis linearibus erectis : mafculà breviori, capfulis diftantibus. 
Gramen caryophyllatum polycarpon fructu triangulo. Loef. Pruf. 
p. 112. t. 27. | | 
Gramen caryophyllatum montanum fpicà varia. Baubin. Prodr. 
p. 9. Scheuchzer, p. 448. t. 10. f. 14. 
Cyperoïdes montanum nemorofum, caule triquetro, compreffo, fpicis 
ferrugineis tenuioribus inter fe diftantibus; capfulis rarius dif- 
pofitis, oblongis, turbinatis, trilateris. Mich. Gen. 65. t. 32. 
Kig: Lees, t. 16. f. 4. F Angl p. 409. Pollich. n. 884. 
Fi, Sunt n. 844. Withering, 1041. 
Habitat in fylvis & umbrofis propè Bath. D. Sok. 
Radix fibrofa, perennis; partes qua radici proximz, feu culmi 
five folia fint, omnes rubræ. Fo/ia nigro-viridia, culmo inflorefcenti 
longiora, marginibus ad bafin retrorfum hifpidis, ad medium levi- 
bus, apicem verfus antrorfum hifpidis, carina lzeviffimá. | Cu/mus - 
6— 12 uncialis erectiufculus, obíoleté triqueter, angulis obfoletis, bafi - 
fquamis ftriatis vaginantibus in foliolum acutum breviffimum defi- 
nentibus obveftitus. Spice fexu diftinétæ, terminalis mafcula, tres 
aliquando duæ fubjeétæ fœmineæ, omnes lineares—Spica mafcula 
tenuis, fquamis rubro-ferrugineis, oblongo-ovatis, obtufis, nervo 
dorfali viridi Spice foeminez etiam tenues, circiter 7-floræ, pe- 
4 dunculatz, 
