186 . Dr. GooDENOUGH’s Olfervations 
33. CAREX PALLESCENS 
C. vaginis abbreviatiffimis, fpicis foemineis fub-cylindricis : fructiferis 
pendulis, capfulis oblongis obtufis. - 
Buddie, Hort. Sic. p. 30. n. 5. 
Gramen cyperoides polyftachion flavicans, fpicis brevibus propè 
fummitatem caulis. Mich. Gen. O1. t. 32. f. 13. Pluk. t. 34. 
£o. 3 
Sp. PI. 1386. Fi. Sec n. S525: Lers t. 16, fA BR 
Angl. 410. Withering, p. 1043. Pollich. n. 889. Fl. Scot. 558. 
Fl. Dan. 1050. 
Habitat in fylvis, pratis, & pafcuis humidis. Maio, Junio. 
Radix fibrofa, perennis. Folia angufta, pallida, ad margines 
carinafque fcabriufcula, culmo dimidio breviora, pilofa. Cul/mus 
erectus, pedalis, fefquipedalis, triqueter, angulis fuperné acutiffi- 
mis, infernè obtufiufculis, afperis. Spice, una mafcula, tres foemi- 
nex, omnes ad fummitatem culmi approximate. Spica mafcula 
terminalis, oblonga, triquetra, femuncialis; fquamis flavefcentibus, 
nervo dorfali viridi, acutiufculis. Spice foeminez fub-cylindrice, 
obtufe, pedunculatz, mox pendulæ; fquamis ovatis, acutis, cap- 
fulà paulo brevioribus. Ad bafin pedunculorum bractea, quz 
culmum longè fuperat, vagina breviffimà, ne quidem octavam pe- 
dunculi partem ampleétenti. Flores densé imbricati. Cap/ula pal- 
lida, viridis, oblonga, obtufa, ore integro,—Filamenta & anthera ut 
in cæteris.— Stylus ftigmatibus tribus. 
None of the figures give a good reprefentation of the female . 
{pikes in their mature ftate—at that time they are nearly cylin- 
drical, whereas in the figures here quoted we have only the ovate - 
form, in which they appear when firft in flower. 
34 CARE X 
