Fig. 262: Carex athrostachya: a, ligule. bilobed, X 8; b. lowermost spike of an 

 inflorescence, showing subtending bract with aiiricled hyah'ne base and elongate, ser- 

 rulate midvein and the inconspicuous staminate flowers at base of spike, X 6: c, achene 

 (cross section), X 12; d, pistillate flower, showing stipitate achene, X 12; e and f, 

 scales, showing variation in size and shape, X 12; g, perigynium, adaxial view. X 12; 

 h, perigynium, ahaxial view, X 12; i, habit, showing the slender culms and the closely 

 aggregated spikes, X '4; j, inflorescence with auricled subtending bracts, the uppermost 

 much reduced, X ^r,. (From Mason, Fig. 101). 



