



MONOECIA, 



the flowers, which are red or of a deep orange colour, 

 are without scent. The fruit is green, with longitu- 

 dinal white streaks, an inch in length, and die thick- 

 ness of the middle finger. The seeds are white. It 

 blossoms in September, and the fruit ripens in 

 December. 



TRTAN. 

 DRIA. 



Three Stami 

 na. 



ORDER 3. 



SEDGE. Carex. Of this Genus Professor Martyn 

 describes ninety-seven species, of which Dr. Smith 

 enumerates fifty-two which grow wild in Great Bri- 

 tain. This sedge, Carex acuta, is found on the banks 

 of rivers, and will also grow in the middle of a ditch, 

 or pond, and if suffered to increase, quickly fill 

 up any piece of water. It has creeping roots, 

 which easily make their way through any moorish 

 ground, and hence the Carex is often found in 

 meadows, though, in such situations, of less luxu- 

 riant growth. From the joints of its horizontal 

 roots it sends up stems, some producing flowers 

 with stamina only, and others bearing flowers with 

 only pistilla. In the annexed plate these two different 

 flowers have the appearance of being on different 

 plants, from the want of the connecting root, which 

 has been omitted to increase the size of the represen- 

 tation. In a mild season it blossoms in April, and 

 ripens its seeds in June and July. 



In Herefordshire, and other Hop counties, the 

 Sedge is often used for tying up young Hop wires to 



