



DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 



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awn. Capsules compressed, concave above, convex underneath, 

 cloven at the end, edged with a membranaceous border* Sum- 



91 



mits 



Sandy shore on the N. E. side of the Isle of Wight. Nearly 

 out of flower in May. 



J 1. C. Spike oblong, blunt: spikets many, the upper and intermedia. 



lower ones female, the middle ones male : straw up- 



right. 



{H, 



joints, 

 above 



Root thread-shaped, jointed, creeping deep under the surface, 



distant, fibrous, set with bristle-like fringe. Straws 



foot high, somewhat leafy, naked upwards, rough. 



Leaves as long as the straw. 



nodd 



Spikets 20 or 30, sitting, oblong, taper-pointed, yellowish rust* 

 coloured, the lower more distant, alternate, the 2 lowermost 

 and the terminating one with all the florets fertile, when ripe 

 egg-shaped and thicker; 2 or 3 in the middle with fertile 



Floral-lea<ves y 1 



to 



20, 



the 

 or 3 

 bristJe- 



at 



flowers and some barren ones at the end, the upper 15 

 crowded, with only barren flowers, 

 base of each spike t, spear-shaped, taper-pointed, the 

 lowermost egg-shaped, sometimes terminating in a 

 shaped leaf just longer than the spiket. Scales of the barren 

 flowers spear-shaped, of the fertile flowers egg-shaped. Nectary 

 rough at the edge. Capsules egg-shaped, taper-pointed, with 

 sharp edges cloven at the end. Leers. Resembles C. oralis in 

 habit. Strang usually taller, 3-square, angles more acute. Spike 

 longer. Spikets more numerous, smaller, more spear-shaped, 

 sometimes found proliferous^ the upper much crowded. Floral- 

 leaf usually longer than the spike, not always present, and in 

 its place broad oval spear-shaped scales, of a deeper brown 

 than those of C ovalis. Style divided to the base, whereas in 



C. ovalts onlv ahonf 1-4-th of its lenPth. Woodw 



St 



raiv 



3-cornered, corners acute, rough. Summits 2. Spikets seldom 

 purely and entirely male or female, the former admitting a few 

 pistilliferous, and the latter a few stameniferous florets. Nearly 

 allied to the C. arenaria, but besides the differences men- 

 tioned in the specific characters, and the situation of the roots, 

 in the C. intermedia, 

 in the C. 



the capsule has its margin entire, 

 it is bordered towards the ton wirh 



hilst 



,. arenaria ._ _. . 



broadish membrane. Goodenough. L. Tr. 155. 

 disticha. Huds. 



top 

 Soft 



Mr. Woodw. 



Marshes. [Near Bungay, Suffolk, frequent. 

 Boggy meadows on the side of Malvern Chace, Worcestersh. 



Mr. Ballard. St. — In a meadow at Blymhill. Rev. S. Dicken- 



son.] 



P. May, June. 



