Fig. 265: Carex senta: a, staminate flower with subtending scale, X 10; b and c, 

 scales of pistillate flowers, showing variation, X 10; d, pistillate flower with perigynium 

 removed, X 12; e, achene (cross section), X 12; f, perigynium, broadly ovate, X 12; g, 

 ligule, showing the long auricles, X 6; h, lower part of plant, showing filamentose 

 lower sheaths, X -f,; i, upper part of culm, with short subtending bract, the lower spike 

 pistillate, the upper spikes pistillate below and staminate above, X %. (From Mason, 

 Fig. 92). 



