Pi still a. Germina 4 to 8, homed, approaching. Styles 4 to 

 8, simple, rather expanding. Stigmata egg-shaped, flat, 

 expanding outwardly. 



Pericarpium. Capsule upright, but expanding ; compressed, 

 crooked, tubercled on the back, the reclining style forming 

 a beak ; crust leather-like, of 1 cell, valve-less. 



Seed solitary, oblong, bulging on one side. 



Flowers with Stamina, solitary, scattered. 



Calyx P erianthium of l leaf, mouth slanting, very entire, acute 

 at the back. 



CAREX. 



Flowers with Stamina forming a spike. 

 Calyx. Catkin oblong, imbricated, consisting of Scales; each 



including a single floret, spear-shaped, acute, concave, per- 

 manent. 

 Corolla, none. 

 Stamina. Filaments 3, bristle-shaped, upright, longer than 



the enclosing scale. Anihera: upright, long, strap-shaped. 

 Flowers ivith Pistilla, the same, hut sometimes on distinct 



plants. 

 Calyx. Catkin as above. 

 Corolla. Petals none. 



Nectarium, inflated, oblong egg-shaped, with 2 or 3 teeth 



at the end, contracted towards the upper part, mouth open, 



permanent. 

 Pistillum. Germen 3-cornered, within the nectarium. Style 



simple. Stigmata 3 or 2, awl-shaped, bent inwards, long, 



tapering to a point, downy. 

 Pertcarpium, none. The nectarium enlarging contains the 



seed. 

 Seed single, egg-shaped, but pointed, 3-cornered, one of the 



angles generally smaller. 



N. B. In some species, the florets bearing only Stamina, and 



