on the Britifb Species of Carex. 57% 
Gramen cyperoides fpicatum, Gerard. em. p. 22. 
Gramen fpicatum foliis caryophylleis, Park, 1160. acquis Fi, 
Aufiriac. 46, Withering, 1043. | 
Carex montana, FJ. Angl. 407. FI. Scot, 551. 
. Habitat in pratis & ericetis. "Aprili, Maio, 
Radix repens, perennis. Folia faturaté viridia, tenuia, ad mar- 
gines carinamque afpera, culmo breviora. Cu/mus erectus, 6— 12 
uncialis, triqueter, angulis obtufiufculis glabris. Spice una maf- 
cula, tres foeminex, approximate propè fummitatem culmi. Spica . 
maícula femuncialis & ultra, oblonga, fæpius fub-clavata, triquetra, 
erecta, fquamis membranaceis, fub-ferrugineis, oblongis, acutis, 
nervo dorfali viridi. Spice foeminez ad bafin mafculæ, ovatæ, bre- 
viter pedunculatz, ereCtx, floribus denfiufculé imbricatis; fquamis 
ovatis, acutis, capfulas fubæquantibus. Ad bafin pedunculorum, © 
præfertim inferioris, braétea, f. foliolum vaginans, breve, vagina brevi, 
pedunculum brevem æquanti. Hoc foliolum nunquam aut rarif- 
fimè culmum fuperat. Cap/ula ovata, fub-triquetra, achtiufcula, 
ore indivifo, tomentofa, mox nigricans. Filamenta ut in cæteris, 
Stylus ftigmatibus tribus. 
This plant is very eafy to be diftinguifhed from the pilulifera and 
faxatilis of Mr. Hudfon, by its having its {pikes fhortly peduncu- 
lated, and its peduncles encompaíled by a vagina or fheath equal- 
ing them in length. Pilulifera and faxatilis of Mr. Hudfon have no 
vaginz. lf the vagina be attended to, it will foon be difcovered 
that no one of the Britifh fpecies bears any refemblance to this. 
C. præcox has a creeping root and an erect ftalk, with angles fome- 
what fharpifh. It is a very common plant, growing on moft of 
our heaths and in meadows. 
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