84 TMANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 



52. C. prof cox. Sheaths shorty inclosing nearly all the 



fruit-stalk : spikes near together : male spikes club- 

 shaped ; fern, egg-shaped : capsules roundish, pu- 

 bescent. 



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- 23* CJilift 



fruit-stalk : male spikes generally 2, strap^shaped : 



fern, spikes egg-shaped, distant: capsules hairy. 



24. C.fl 



nearly all the fruit- 



stalk : the upper leaf-like part diverging : M 



pointed. 



apsules 



25. C. exfen'sa. Sheaths very short, inclosing all the fruit- 



stalk: the upper leaf-like part somewhat reflected; 

 spikes crowded : female spikes nearly globular : cap- 

 sules egg-shaped, acute. 



26. C. ais'tans. Lower sheath inclosing about half the 

 > fruit-stalk : upper ones nearly the whole : spikes 



oblong, very far asunder : capsules acute. 



27. C.pani'cea. Lower sheath inclosing about half the 



fruit-stalk ; upper ones nearly the whole : spike? 

 slender, upright, far asunder : capsules inflated, 

 bluntish, rather distant. 



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fern, spikes oblong, limber, pendant when ripe: 

 fruit-stalk hair-like : capsules tapering to a point. 



aupcra'ta. Sheaths inclosing less than half the 



ipikes distant, few-fl 

 sules egg-shaped, inflated, beak-pointed. 



30. C. sylva'tica. Sheaths, short: spikes thread-shaped, 



limber, pendant : capsules egg-shaped, ending in an 

 awn- like beak. 



31. C recur va. Sheaths short: fern, spikes nearly cylin- 



drical, pendant : capsules roundish, egg-shaped : 

 roots creeping. 



32. C. palles'cens. Sheaths extremely short: fern, spikes 



rather cylindrical, pendant when in fruit: capsules 

 oblong, blunt. 



33. C; limo'sa. Sheaths hardly any: fern, spikes eg^- 



shaped, pendant : capsules egg-shaped, compressed : 

 roots creeping. 



34. C.psc:7tdo-cijpe r ru$. Sheaths hardly any: fern, spikes 



< vlindrical, on fruit-stalks, pendant: capsules awn- 

 beaked, rather diverging* 





