93 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex, 



filifor'mis. 23. C. Sheaths short, inclosing nearly all the fruitstalk : 



male spikes generally 2, strap-shaped : fern, spikes 

 egg-shaped, distant : capsules hairy. 



Linn. Tr. ii. 20. 5~Scheucb. 10. 11. 



Root creeping. Straw upright, slender, about the length of 

 the leaves, 3-cornered, angles acute, rough. Leaves slender, 

 upright, very fine at the end, 1 to 3 feet high, roughish at the 

 edge and on the keel. Spikes generally 2 male, and 2 female. 

 M. sp. the upper one if to 2 inches long, the lower hardly 1 

 inch, both slender. F. sp. mostly 2, the upper one often sitting; 

 sometimes 1 on a very short fruitstalk, upright, egg-*hajed. 

 Sheath short, but entirely inclosing the fruitstalk, ending in a 

 leaf which is hardly so high as the straw* Scales oblong, acute, 

 about the length of the capsule. Capsule hairy or woolly, 3- 

 cornered, mouth open, cloven. Summits 3, hairy, rather thick. 

 The great length of its slender leaves, its almost woolly capsules, 

 and the male spikes never being more than 2, readily distin- 

 uish it from every other Carex. Goodenough. L. Tr. 172. 



of each sort, but then the 



j x to . Straw rough only above 



the spikes. 



C. tomentosa. Lightf. Downy Seg. At Eaton, Shropshire, 

 found by the Rev. Mr. Williams.— S. end of Air Links. Dr. 



Female spikes oblong; sometimes 3 

 male spikes are hardly £ inch long. 



[Shortwood near Pucklechurch. Mr. Swayne.J P. J 



fia'va. 



24. L,. Sheaths short, inclosing nearly all the iruitstaik: 



the upper leaf-like part diverging: M. spike strap* 

 shaped: F. spike roundish : capsules beak-pointed. 



Fl. dan. 1047-Leers 15. 6~J. B. ii. 498. 1-C. B. th. 109 

 -Lob. ic. 15. \-Ger. em. 17. \~Park II87. 2-H. ox. vili. 

 12. 19- 



Root creeping. Leaves longer than the straw, rough on the 

 keel and edges.^ M. sp. single, terminating, slender, \ to 1 inch 

 long. F. sp. either all crowded together near the male, or 1 of 

 them lower down, or as is mostly the case, all of them at some 

 distance apart. Sheath about as long as the fruitstalk, ending in a 

 leaf standing out, and longer than the straw. Capsules 3- 

 sided, longer than the scales ; beak rather bent, mouth gene- 

 rally entire, and pointing downwards. Goodenough. Stem 2 

 inches to a foot high, numerous, declining, in the smaller plants 

 leafy up to the spike, but in the larger usually naked upwards, 

 triangular, smooth. Leaves pale yellowish green. Barren spike 

 closely tiled. ^ Scales numerous, bluntly oval, with one longer 

 and larger, pointed and sometimes awned at the base. Fertile 

 spikes 3 or 4, at first roundish, afterwards oval ; scales oval spear- 

 shaped, yellowish brown, with a green keel and membranaceous 



