Fig. 278: Carex lanuginosa: a, ligule, X 6; b, staminate flower, the subtending scale 

 acuminate and ciliate toward apex, X 12; c, pistillate flower with perigynium removed, 

 showing the trigonous achene, X 12; d, achene (cross section), X 12; e, scale of pistil- 

 late flower, awned and ciliate upward (shorter than staminate scale), X 12; f, peri- 

 gynium, showing the deeply bidentate beak and the dense ascending pubescence, X 12. 

 g, habit, showing the rhizome, the basal leaf sheaths which become filamentose in age 

 and the inflorescences with staminate spikes at apex, X %. (From Mason, Fig. 109). 



