on the Britifh Species of Carex. 169. 
Padi» fibrofa, perennis. Fola lata, craffa, rigida, nigrosviridia; 
fubtus glaucefcentia; ad margines carinafque afperrima, culmo 
breviora. Cu/mus 2—6.pedalis, erectus, firmus, triqueter, angulis 
inferné acutis, fuperné obtufiufculis, omnino glabris, nifi ad fum- 
mum ubi internodium unum aut alterum afperiufculum eft. 
Spice una mafcula, circiter fex fceminez. Spica mafcula triquetra, 
angulis acutis, fub-clavata, 2—4 uncialis, terminalis, fquamis ob- 
longis, acutis, fufcis, membranaceis, nervo dorfali viridi Spice 
foeminez cylindricæ, pedunculatæ, 4—6 unciales, pendulz, bracteis 
longé breviores, remotæ, floribus inferioribus remotis, fuperioribus 
arCtiüs imbricatis. Squamz membranaceæ, nigra, oblonga, acute, 
nervo dorfali viridi lato. Ad bafin omnis pedunculi braétea, f. 
folium vaginans longum, vagina plerumque pedunculi longitu- 
dine. Cap/ula ovata, triquetra, glabra, acuta, ore indivifo, fquamá 
fuà longior. Filamenta tria. Stylus ftigmatibus tribus. 
The great fize of this Carex, and its very long pendulous cylin- 
drical fpikes, enable the botanift to difcriminate it at a great dif- 
tance—It has remarkably fmall capfules for its fize. 
21. CAREX STRIGOSA. Tap. 20, fg. 4 
C. vagin : longis fubæquantibus, fpicis filiformibus laxis pendulis, 
capfulis oblongis fub-triquetris acutis. 
Uvedale, Herb. Rayan. vol. 12. p. 64. n. 2. Fh Angl, Att. 
Withering, 1047. 
Habitat in fylvis & fepibus—In fylvà Witham dicta, propè Oxoniam. 
Dr. Sheffield. Aprili, Maio. 
Radix fibrofa, perennis. Folia lætè viridia, lata, marginibus ca- 
rinâque afperis. Cu/mus erectus, 2-pedalis & ultra, triqueter, angu- 
lis acutis glabris, folis longior. Spice unica mafcula, circiter fep- 
Vor. Il. Z tem 
