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TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 85 



35. C. atrdta. Sheaths hardly any: all the spikes with 



male and female florets ; upper spikes on fruit- 

 stalks, when in fruity pendant : capsules egg-shaped, 

 rather pointed, 



36. C. pilidi'fera. Sheaths none: male spike slender, 



females somewhat globular, sitting, crowded : straw, 

 feeble* 



37. Crigida. Summits 2 : sheath none: spikes oblong, 



nearly sitting : leaves rigid, bent. 



38- C. ccespito'sa. Summits 2 : sheaths none : spikes 



nearly sitting and cylindrical, blunt : leaves upright, 

 soft. 



39. C. stricta. Summits 2; sheaths none: spikes nearly 



sitting, cylindrical, acute : male spikes mostly 2 : 

 leaves upright, stiff and straight. 



(5) Spikes , some male, others female ; male spikes 2 or 



more. 



[C. filiformis, stricta, recurva, and some others, which have, 

 though rarely, 2 male spikes.] 



40. C. ripdria. Spikes oblong, acute : scales of the male 



spear-shaped, of the female tapering to an awn-like 

 point : capsules egg-spear-shaped, cloven into two 

 teeth at the end. 



41. C. paludo'sa. Spikes oblong, bluntish : scales of the 



males blunt, of the females spear-shaped : capsules 

 egg- spear- shaped, slightly toothed at the end. 



42. C. aai'ta. Summits 2 : spikes thread-shaped : fern. 



spikes nodding whilst in flower, upright when ripe : 

 capsules rather acute, entire at the end. . 



43. Cvesica'ria. Male spikes strap-shaped : females ob- 



long, expanding : capsules inflated, 

 pointed, expanding. 



oblong, beak- 



44. C. ampulla' <ca. Spikes thread-shaped, the males thin- 



nest, females cylindrical, upright : capsules inflated, 

 globular, awn -beaked, diverging. 



45. C. hirta. Hairy : all the spikes oblong: female spikes 



tar asunder, sheathed : capsules hairy; 



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