96 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 



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Fingered S eg. Woods and shady places. Near Bath. Mf 



Sole. 



May, J 





ctendesti'na. 19. C. Sheaths membranaceous, not leaf-like : female 



spikes distant, hardly higher than the sheath. 



Scheuchz. 10. \*-Mtch. 32. 3. 



Root fibrous. Leaves slender, better than thrice the length 

 of the straw, channelled, rough on the keel and the edge towards 

 the points. Straw roundish, flatted on one side, smooth. Spikes 

 1 male, 3 female, all distant. M. spike terminating, acute, ob- 

 Iong, I inch long; fem. spike oblong, few flowered, on fruit* 

 stalks. Sheaths to each spike often involving part of the spike as 

 well as the fruit-stalk. Caps, entire at the end. Summits 3 9 



long. Good enough. 



Mr. Sole. P. April 



(4) Spikes, I male, the others female^ Floral-leaves leaf- 



like, generally sheathing the fruit-stalks. 



pen'dula. 20. C. Sheaths long, inclosing all the fruit-stalk : spikes 



cylindrical, very long, pendant : capsules much 

 crowded, egg-shaped, acute. 



Curt. ISO-Bar. 45-H. ox. nil. 12. 4. 



Root fibrous. Plant from 2 to 6 feet high. Male spike ter- 

 minating, 2 to 4 inches long ; fem. spikes on fruit-stalks, 4 to 6 

 inches long, pendant. Summits 3. Dr. Goodenough. The 

 size of the plant, and the very long and pendulous spikes render 

 any further description unnecessary. 



Pendulous Seg. Moist woods and hedges between Hamp- 

 stead and Highgate, and between Marybone and Kilbourn. 

 [Near Woodb ridge, Suffolk. Mr. Woodw. — Witchery Hole, 

 near Ham Castle, Worcestershire. Wood between Buildwas 

 Inn and the Birches, Shropshire. St. — By the Tecs, near Croft. 



Mr. Robson.] 



P. May, June 



ttrigo'sa. 



C. 21. Sheaths loner, inclosing all the fruit-stalk: spikes 



thread-shaped, limber, turning downwards: capsules 

 oblong, rather 3 -cornered, acute. 



Lin ft. Tram. ii. 20. 4. 



Root fibrous. Straw 2 feet high, or more, taller than the 

 leaves, 3-cornered, angles acute, smooth. Leaves broad* rough 

 at the edge and on the keel. Male sp. 2 inches long, cylin- 

 drical, slender, straight, terminating. Fem. sp. about 7, very 

 slender, distant, on fruit-stalks ; at first upright, then hanging 



