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Fig. 257: Carcx praef-racilis: a, scale of upper pistillate flower, X 10; b, pistillate 

 flower with perigynium removed, X 10; c, perigynium, lightly several-nerved, beak 

 obliquely cut, abaxial view, X 10; d, perigynium, adaxial view, X 10; e. lower pistillate 

 spikes with short subtending bracts, X 4; f, achene (cross section), X 10; g, habit, 

 showing the erect-ascending leaf blades, X r-,; h. habit, showing the dark basal sheaths 

 and the culms extending above the leaves, X ^f,; i, ligule, X 10. (From Mason, Fig. 98). 



