82 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES 



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(I) Spike single, not branched. 



1. C dioi'ca. Spike simple: edges of the capsule finely 



serrated : male and female florets on different plants. 



2. C. pulicdris. Spike simple, with M. and F. florets; 



M. flowers uppermost : capsules diverging, bent 

 back, tapering at each end. 



3. C. pauciflo'ra. Spike simple, with 1VL and F. florets i 



F. florets about 3, not closely set, expanding : M. 

 florets generally terminating* 



(2) Spike compound; Male and female florets in each 



Spiket. 



[C. atrata.} 



4. C. stcllida'ta. Spikets generally 3 or 4 ; distant : cap- 



sules diverging ; entire at the rim ; acute. 



5. C. cu/ta. Spikets about 6, egg-shaped, rather distant, 

 • naked : scales egg-shaped, rather acute, shorter than 



the capsule. 



6. C. oirdlis. Spikets about 6, oval, alternate, near toge- 

 ther: scales spear-shaped, acute, as long as the 



capsule. 



7. C. remo'ta. Spikets axillary, solitary, distant, nearly 



sitting : floral leaf very long : capsules undivided at 

 the end. 



8. C. axillaris. Spikets axillary, often three together, 



distant, sitting : floral leaf long ; capsules cloven at 

 the end. 



9. C. incur'va. Spike conical, composed of many sitting 



spikets crowded together: invo lucrum none : straw 

 curved . 



10. C. arena'ria. Spike leafy, oblong, rather acute: 



spikets many, the upper ones male, the lower fe- 

 male: straw curved. 



11. C. interme'dia, Spike oblong, blunt: spikets many, 



the upper and the lower ones female, the middle 

 ones male : straw upright. 



