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on the Britifo Species of Caren 20r 
mis, culmum inflorefcentem fub-æquantia—quæ culmi bafin am- 
biunt, vagina nervofà, nervis pulchré reticulatis. Cw/mus erectus, 
firmus, triqueter, angulis acutiffimis, afperis, bipedalis & ultra. 
Spice tres mafculæ, totidem foeminez. Spice mafcule terminales 
oblongz, acutæ, triquetræ, angulis acutis, confertæ; fquamis lan- 
ceolatis, acuminatis, nigris, nervo dorfali viridi Spice foeminex 
oblongæ, & præ floribus terminalibus plerumque mafculis acute: 
una aut altera inferior pedunculata, pedunculo fæpè longiufculo, 
fuperiores fubfeffiles, omnes ere&tz. Squamz lanceolatæ, ariftato- 
acuminatæ, nigræ, nervo dorfali viridi, capfulà longiores. Ad 
{picas fœmineas bractea foliacea; una aut altera inferior culmum 
fepius longè fuperans, pedunculi bafin vagina breviflimä occupans : 
fuperiores fubfeffiles, bafi plerumque auriculatz, auriculatà rotun- 
diufculà, culmum aut zquantes aut paulo breviores, tenuiores. 
Cale ion imbricate, oblongo-ovatæ, acuminatæ, apice 
ie 
| tria, dcus linearibus Bern. 
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Stylus 1 Femaribus tribus. 
There is fcarcely a poffibility of miftaking this — for any 
other. Its black, triangular, acute male fpikes, and acuminated 
bifurcated capfules, muft ever point out a moft decided diftinc- 
tion. j 
He who would wifh to obtain farther information, would do 
well to confult the excellent figure and obfervations of Mr. Curtis 
in his Flora Londinenfis, or Mr. Lightfoct’s accurate déícription i in his 
Flora Scotica. 
It varies a little occafionally as to the robuftnefs of its ftature, 
and is met with fometimes with blunt male fpikes. Buddle’s No. 4. 
is an inftance of it. 
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