MONOECIA— TRIANDRIA. Kobresia. 159 



short sheaths, and small auricles. Barren catkins 2, very rarely 

 solitary, a little distant, lanceolate j the largest an inch and half 

 long, with pointed, dark-brown scales, having a yellow mid-rib. 

 Fertile ones 2, very seldom solitary, more or less remote, ovate, 

 erect, on stalks hardly extending beyond their sheaths } their 

 scales like the others, but more decidedly pointed, or awned. 

 Slam. 3. Stigm. 3, on a short sttjle. Fnlit ovate, ribbed, tur- 

 gid, ending in a broad, deeply cloven beak, and entirely covered 

 with short, dense, tawny, shining hairs. Seed elliptical, trian- 

 gular, tipped with the base of the style. 

 I have been inclined to suppose that Plukenet's f. 34./. 6 was 

 taken from this species, w-hich its leaves resemble much more 

 than C. hirta ,- but it is more probable his drawing was incor- 

 rect. The separate catkin, in Ft. Dan. t. 370, may as well 

 belong to the plant there delineated, which is certainly C. fili- 

 formis, as to hirta, not agreeing well with cither. 



428. KOBRESIA. Kobresia. 



mild. Sp. PL V. 4. 205. Sm. in Rees's Cijcl. v. 20. Comp. ed. 4. 1 46. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 427. 



Barr.ji. Cal. the inner scales of a catJdn, each oblong, 

 slightly concave, single-flowered, permanent; sometimes 

 wanting. Cor. none. Filam. 3, capillaiy, erect, longer 

 than the calyx. Antli. vertical, linear, erect, of 2 cells. 



Fert.Jl. Cal. the outer scales of the same catJcin, rather 

 larger, involute, sheathing, elliptic-oblong, single-flow- 

 ered, permanent. Cor. none. Germ, superior, triangu- 

 lar. Style 1, short, cylindrical. Stigm. 3, tapering, 

 spreading, downy. Seed 1, naked, except the permanent 

 scale which shelters it, triangular, pointed, hard. 



Habit like Carex. 



1. K. caricina. Compound-headed Kobresia. 

 Catkins aggregate, crowded, alternate. 



K. caricina. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. 206. Comp. ed. 4. 155. 



Carex hybrida. Schk. Car. t. R, r, x.f. 161. According to W'ill- 



denow. 

 Schcenus monoicus. Engl. Bot. v. 20. t. 1410. 



On mountains, in moist muddy spots. 



In the county of Durham. Mr. Dickson. On Cronkley Fell, and 



about Widdy Bank in Teesdale forest. Rev. J. Harriman. 

 Perennial. August. 

 Roots fibrous, densely tufted, crowned with the brown, slieathing 



bases of old leaves. Stems solitary, erect, simple, naked, round, 

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