140 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, | 
-Ozs. In some species the seeds, are,surrounded by small 
bristles growing to the proper receptacle. Lrnn.—Outer husks 
hard, stiff,/short, empty. . Upper or inner husks soft, longer; 
fertile. Sv. Lower husks barren, upper ones fertile; but in 
the genus Scirpus, they are all fertile, and this seems the best 
distinction of the two genera. (Scop.) : 
CA‘REX. PI. II. fig. 29. Tourn. 300. Cyperoides. Gerrtn.2.. 
~ =». Male flowers forming a spike... i5- -\n.3 
Car. Catkin oblong, tiled, consisting of Scales, each.n- 
cluding a single floret, spear-shaped,. acute, : concave, 
permanent, | by pet 
Boss, none. Heats at}? “Sax 
Sram. Filaments 3, bristle-shaped, upright, longer than 
’ aa scale. Anthers upright, long, strap- 
shaped. - ices a 
Female flowers the same, but sometimes on distinct 
plants. * eken 
Cau. Catkin as above. Ct a ae ee 
uate Fer none. ee 
ectary inflated, oblo: -shaped, with 2 or 3 
teeth at the end, Sate a s the. upper part, 
mouth open, permanent. aid Se 
Pist. Germen 3-cornered, within the nectary. Style 
simple. Summits 3 or 2, awl-shaped, bent inwards, 
long, sig SS apoint,downy, A 
S. Vess. none. The nectary enlarging contains the seed. 
SEED single, egg-shaped, but pointed, 3-cornered, one of 
the angles generally smaller. ak 
_ Oss. In some species the male and female florets ate 
in separate spikes, though on the same plant. Lrnw. <In 
others, on distinct plants, and in others again in the same 
spike. What in the flowering state Linnzus calls the nectary; — 
in its mature state performs the office of a seed-vessel, and 18. _ 
then called a capsule. It has an open mouth, through which 
the summits issue from the top of the germen; this mouth 
sometimes closes, sometimes remains open ; in some species it 
1s entire, in others it has 2 pointed teeth at the end. 
TY'PHA. Tourn, 301. Garin.2, 4 - 
Male flowers numerous, forming a catkin at the end 
rming a catkin at the 
of the straw, teforsonie “hs i ee 
Cau. Cathkin common, cylindrical, very closely set, con- 
ra. of Individual Calyaes with 3 leaves, bristle- 
shaped, ed is 
