on the Britifh Species of Carex, Mee 
Gramen cyperoides paluftre fpicà pendula. 
Loef. Pruff. p. 116. t. 30. 
C. Eu Fl, Angl. 412. Fl. Scot. p. 560. var. B. 
Habitat i in palu ftribus. Propé Norwich. D. Pitchford. 
E | Aprili. 
Radix valdé repens, perennis. Folia glaucefcentia, erecta, reétif- 
fima, culmo breviora, marginibus carinâque afperis.. Cuémus peda- 
lis, bipedalis & ultra, erectus, triqueter, angulis acutis afperis. 
Spice mafcule plerumque duz, foeminez tres, omnes ereétæ, fub- 
cylindricæ, acute. Spice mafculz triquetrz 1—2 unciales, fqua- 
mis oblongis, acutiufculis, nigris, nervo dorfali viridi. Spice foemi- 
nee 1—2 unciales, infima breviter pedunculata, cæteræ feffiles, 
floribus mafculis terminate, & inde acute ; fquamæ oblong acute, 
| 1 » paulo breviores. Ad fpicas foemi- 
neas is, erecta, inferior. culmo. plerumque 
saul b cur (fed variat culmo longior, nécnon longé brevior), 
junior fæpiüs auriculata, auriculà oblongiufcula, citò elongata, 
mox evanidà=—fuperiores breviores, pariter auriculatæ, Cap/ula 
compreífa, ovata, acuta, glabra, apice indivifo. Filamenta ut in 
cæteris. _ Siy/us fügmatibus duobus, albis, crafliufculis, villofis. 
OX: Folia radicalia, que bafin culmi- amplectuntur, vaginam 
hinc membranaceam habent: membrana autem culmo luxurianti, 
miré difrumpitur, & quafi in filamenta. reticulato-connexa laceratur.. 
Capfula citiùs decidua.. io Blisherce. 
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This Carex has many particulars in common with. the ca/pitofa;. 
its upright culm and leaves, no vagina, feflile fpikes, and to appear- 
ance digynous flowers: hence many have thought them the. 
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