TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 



Mich. 33. /. 



, spicata. Huds. Lightf. &c. Watery 

 oods. 



P. May, une. 



93 



14. C. Spike doubly compound, long, somewhat brarch- divul'sa. 



ed at the base: lower spikets distant, upper mes 

 near together : capsules rather upright. 



E. bot. 623~B*rr. 20. 2-Mich. 33. 10, and 11. 



Root fibrous. Straw 3-cornered, angles acute, roughilu 

 Spike interrupted, Spikets many, egg-shaped, male florets at he 

 top: floral leaves, bristle-like, rough. Scales longer than he 

 capsules, with an awn at the end. Caps, cloven at the ad* 

 Style short. Summits 2. The Caps, being not quite uprigit, 

 but yet not diverging, distinguishes this from starved specinvns 

 of the C. vulpina, as figured by Leers, 14-. 3. Goodenou<h* 

 Linn. Tr. F/oral-leaves, that from the base of the lowermost 

 spiket very narrow, and hair-like. Leaves sometimes as lor>, 

 or longer than the straw. Straws 9 inches to a foot high, sla- 

 der, somewhat reclining on the ground. Spike long, interrupted 

 Spikets 6 or 7, small, sitting, the lower ones considerably distan. 

 Ray. Spike very frequently, if not generally, branched at tb 

 base; the branch supporting 2 or 3 spikets, and reaching to tfc 

 insertion of the next spiket above, St. 



Grey Seg. C. canescens. Huds. not of Linn. Leers, or Lighti 

 St. Moist shady places. [Common in woods and hedges i 

 Norfolk and Suffolk. Mr. Woodw* — Also in meadows. St.] 



P. May. July 



15. C. Spikemore than doubly compound, compact thougl vulpi'na* 



branched, blunt: spikets male at the top : capsule 

 diverging: straws with Very acute angles. 



Var. 1. Spike doubly compound, floral-leaves awned. St, 



Leers 14. 5-H. ox. viii. 12. 2A-Micb. 33. 13. 

 Var. 2. Spike compact, floral-leaves awned. St. 



Mont. F. H. Scirpoides-Lob. ic. 19. \-Gcr. em 21. £-Park 



1266. 7-Ger. 19. . -C. B. th. 87-7- B. ii. 497. 1- 

 Var. 3. Spikes less compact ; floral-leaves pointed. St. 



Leers 14. V-FI. dan. 3t)S. 



Smaller than the preceding, which in many respects it verj 

 much resembles. Spikes smaller and less compact. Straws les 

 upright. Leaves narrow, and shorter than the straw. Ray 

 Root fibrous. Straw thickest at the spike, not so tall as the leaves. 

 Spiie % a floral-leaf at the base of each branch. Scales rathej 



