S9 . TRIANDR1A. M0N0GYNIA. Carex. 



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male and female flowers ; the male flowers below the female. 

 Leers. — Spikets seldom more than 4, the spaces between them 

 about equal to their length. Woodw. — Distinguished from the 

 C. muricata by having the point of the capsule acute, and not 

 very evidently cloven* Haller. 



Sides of wet ditches and marshy places. [New Forest, plen- 

 tifully.] P. May, June. 



cur'ta. 5. C. Spikets about 6, egg-shaped, rather distant, naked : 



scales egg-shaped, rather acute, shorter than the 



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capsule. 



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Root somewhat creeping. Leaves slender, upright, pale 

 bluish green, rough along the edges and the keel. Straw 12 

 inches or more, rather taller than the leaves, 3-cornered, corners 

 acute, roughish. Spikets 6 or more ; egg-shaped, sitting, alter, 

 nate. Scales thin, skinny, tender. Caps, rim entire. Summits 2# 



Goodenough. L. Tr. 147. — SpHes of a whitish green. Hal- 

 ler. Spikets ob!ong-egg-shaped. 



White Seg. C canescens. LlGHTF. C. brizoides. HuDS. 



C. cinerea. Bot. Arr. ed. ii. Marshy places ; rare. Terrington 

 Car, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Mr. Teesdale. — [Llyn 

 Idwel, Caernarvonsh. Mr. Griffith. — At the foot of Lochain 



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ova'lis. 6. C. Spikets about 6, oval, alternate, near together : 



scales spear-shaped, acute, as long as the capsule. 



Fl. dan. lll5~E.bot. 306-H. ox. viii. 12. 29,anda separate 

 spike at the bottom-Leers 14. 6-Scheuch. 10. 15. 



Root fibrous. Leaves deep green, rough on the edges and the 



keel. Straw 3-cornered, a foot high ; angles acute, roughish. 



' Caps, the rim entire. Summits 2. M. florets at the base of 



the spikes ; few : fern, florets numerous, terminating. Goode- 



kough. L. Tr. ii. 1 18. — Floral-leaves, frequently one at the 



base of the lowermost spiket, nearly as long as the spiket, soon 



falling off; the rest similar to the scales, only broader and longer. 



Scales oval spear-shaped, shining, yellowish brown, with a green 



keel, membranaceous at the edge, the upper in each spiket longer 



and more pointed. Woodward, Straw 8 to it) inches high* 

 hollow. 





* The fig. of Micheli very large and coarse. Loescl. Pruss. p. If?. 

 t. 3*. is one of the best figures extant. In Plukenet's fig. the spicuitf 

 arc wrongly placed un one side. Dr. Goodenough. 



