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102 Dr. GoopENovon's Ob/fervations 
4. CAREX PALUDOSA, 
C. fpicis oblongis fub-obtufis ; mafcularum fquamis obtufis: foemi- 
nearum lanceolatis, capfulis ovato-lanceolatis apice fub-den~ 
tatis. 
Carex acuta. Fl, Londinenfis. Withering, p. 1084. 
Habitat in paluftribus, & ad ripas foffarum. Maio, Junio. 
Radix valdé repens, perennis. Folia circiter femunciam lata. 
glauco-viridia, erecta, marginibus. carinâque afpera, culmo brevi-- 
ora, bafi rubra. Culmus pedalis, bipedalis, erectus, inæqualiter tri- 
queter, angulis acutis afperis. Spice plerumque tres mafculæ, to- 
tidem foeminez. Spice maícule terminales, approximate, trique- 
tre, angulis obtufiufculis, oblongæ, obtufz ; fquamis fufcis, nervo: 
dorfali viridi, oblongis, obtufis. Spica foeminez oblongæ, fzepiüs 
obtufiufcule (fed variant obtufæ & acute pro præfentià aut abfen-. 
tia florum. mafculorum terminalium ;. ubi. enim. hi adfunt, acutæ: 
evadunt), ereétæ, inferior una aut altera. breviter pedunculata;. 
floribus arctim. imbricatis : fquamz lanceolate, valdé acutæ, fufcæ, 
nervo dorfali viridi, capfulà fæpè longiores Ad: omnem fpicam: 
fœmineam bractea. foliacea, inferior una aut altera culmo longior,. 
bafi pedunculum breviffimé amplectens; fuperiores aut culmuny 
&quantes, aut pauló breviores ; bafi rariüs auriculate.. Capfula Tub- 
ectofariam. imbricate, nervofæ, ovato-lanceolatæ, acutiufculæ, 
apice ante maturitatem. integro, demum denticulis duobus breviffi- 
mis con{piciendo.. Æilamenta ut in ceteris, Stylus. ftigmatibus. 
tribus.. = j 
This plant, which is fo common with us, does not appear to 
have been noticed by Linnaeus. It is often very variable in its. 
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appears- 
