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greet, sec witn minute teem pou 

 Stent 1 to 2 feet high, 3-square 



TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, Carex. 



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longer than the capsules. Goodenough. Straw thick, firm* 

 Spiki thick, rough on all sides. Leaves, the sheaths terminated 

 by a pointed tongue as in the Grasses* Linn. Leaves bright 



""* ' ting upwards, in a thick tuff« 



the sides somewhat concave, 

 the mgles sharp, and near the spike set with minute teeth point- 

 ing ipwards. Spike, or rather panicle, short and close. Spikets 

 shot, numerous, the upper without floral-leaves, or with a scale 

 broider than the rest at the base. FloraLleaves sometimes 

 waiting, that at the base of the lowermost spiket, stiff, triangu- 

 lar awl-shaped, half embracing the stem at the base, membra- 

 naceous at the edge, the upper part green, set with minute sharp 

 teeh, the whole turning brown as the spike ripens ; those at 

 thebase of several of the lower spikets similar, but smaller. 

 Sales similar in colour, egg-shaped, broad at the base, taperin 

 int) an awn. Barren flo<wers in the upper part, and the fertl 

 fevers in the lower part of each spiket. Summits 2 ; deeply di- 

 viced. Capsules obscurely triangular, cloven at the end. Mr* 



Woodw. 



Great Seg. Marshes and banks of rivers, common. [In a 



Wigh 



May, J 



panicula'ta. ]>. C, Spike (or branched panicle) 



more 



compound, acute: branches alternate, rather distant : 

 capsules expanding: straw 3 -cornered. 



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Root fibrous, many male florets in the upper spikets, about 4 

 i the lower ones. Goodenough. Stems numerous, 1 to 4 feet 

 Igh, naked above, ^-square, minutely serrated at the edge. Root- 

 ta<ves in a thick tuft, sometimes taller than the stems, terminat- 

 igin a stiff thorn-like point ; minutely serrated and cutting at 

 te edge. Bunch 2 to 3 inches long, branched below, usually 

 irminating above in a simple spike ; the brandies 1 half to 1 

 ich long, with numerous small roundish spikets, closely 

 towded. Floral-leaves awl-shaped, short, usually 1 at the 

 ase of the lowermost branch, and sometimes to 1 or 2 of those 

 bove. ^ Scales egg-shaped, blunt at the end, deep brown, closely 



mbracing the capsules. Summits 2. Capsules longer than the 



cales, obtusely triangular, tapering to a sharp cloven point. 

 Ar. Woodward. 



Panicled Seg. Bogs and watery places. P. June. 



Var. 2. Bunch simple; branches distant. 



Spikets, the lower distant, the upper crowded. The colour 

 fthe scales and capsules, the foliage and stem prove it to belong 





