82 MONOECIA— TRIANDRIA. Carex. 



7. C. elongata. Elongated Carex. 



Spikelets numerous, oblong, rather distant, without brac- 



teas. Fruit ovate-oblong, tapering, cloven, many-ribbed, 



recurved, longer than the scales. 

 C. elongata. Linn.Sp. PL 1383 ; omitting the references to Fl. 



Siiec. Baiihin and Morison. Willd. v. 4. 240 ; excluding the re- 

 ference to Leers. Schk. Car. 49. t. E./. 25. Fl. Dan. t. 1236. 

 C. multiculmis. Ehrh. Calam. 88. 

 C, n. 1359. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 185. 

 Cyperoides polystachyon, spiels laxis paniculam veluti componen- 



tibus. Scheuchz. Agr. 487. t. 11./. 4. 



hi marshes, rare. 



At Aldwark, near the river Don, below Sheffield, Yorkshire. Mr. 

 Jonathan Salt. 1807. 



Perennial. June. 



Root tufted, of several stout fibres. Herb rather taller and larger 

 than the last, with more numerous and less tumid spikelets, not 

 white or silvery, but particoloured with green and a rusty hue. 

 Scales ovate, glossy, brown, with a green rib, and dilated pale 

 edges. Fruit near twice their length, strongly ribbed, greenish, 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a short, broad, cloven, spreading 

 or recurved, rough-edged point. Barrenfforets few, in the lower 

 part of each spikelet. 



8. C. ova/is. Oval-spiked Carex. 



Spikelets about six, oval, crowded, alternate, with a bractea 

 under the lowermost. Fruit lanceolate, rough-edged, 

 striated, nearly entire, the length of the lanceolate acute 

 scales. 



C. ovalis. Gooden. Tr. of L. Soc. v. 2. 148. H. Br. 968. Prod. FL 

 Grcec. v. 2. 227. EngL Bot. v. 5. t. 306. Hook. Scot. 263. Willd. 

 Sp. PL V. 4. 229. Schk. Car. 39. t B.f 8. 



C. leporina. Huds. 404. Lightf.547. Leers 195. t. 14./. 6. Ehrh. 

 Phytoph. 38. Wahlenh. Lapp. 228. 



C. n. 1361. HalL HisL v. 2. 186. 



Gramen cyperoides, spica e pluribus spicis brevibus mollibus com- 

 posita. Raii Syn. ed. 2. 268. ed. 3. 422. Scheuchz. Agr. 456. 

 t. 10./ 15. 



G. cyperoides palustre majus, spica divisa. Moris, v. 3. 244. sect. 

 8. ^. 12./29. 



In marshes and watery meadows. 



Perennial. Ju7ie. 



Root creeping, scaly. Stem 12 or 18 inches high, hollow, with 

 rough angles. Leai^es deep green ; roughish at the edges and 

 midrib ; sheathing at the base. Spikelets usually 5 or 6, rather 

 crowded together, alternate, erect, elliptical, greyish, soft to the 



