100 TRIANDRIA. M0N0GYNIA. Carcx, 



sheathing the short fruitstalk, ending in a leaf as tall or taller 

 than the straw, but at length reflected. Capsules smooth, ex- 

 panding, egg-shaped but somewhat 3-comered, twice as long as 

 the scale, pointed and cloven at the end. Summits 3. Taller, 



Linn. Tr. ii. 175. 



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fla-va. var. £ Huds. — M 



on the west side of Braunton Burrows, in the north of Devon. 



OODENOUGH 



clis'tans. 26, C Lower sheath inclosing about half the fruitstalk: 



tipper ones nearly the whole : spikes oblong, very tar 

 asunder: capsules acute. • 



Fl. dan. \OiS-H. ox. viii. 12. 18. 



Root fibrous. Straw 1 to 2 feet high, 3-comered ; angles 

 acute, smooth. Leaves rough on the edge and the keel. M. 

 spike !, sometimes ?, terminating, slender, about 1 inch long. 

 F. spikes 3, egg-oblong, an inch in length, on fruit stalks, far 

 asunder. Sheath, the lower one embracing fully half, the 

 upper ones the whole of the fruitstalk \ ending in a leaf shorter 

 than the straw. Capsules rather 3-comered, tapering to a point, 

 slightly cloven at the end, longer than the scales. Summits 3» 

 C. birta has the female spikes far asunder, as in this species, but 

 then it has hairy leaves and capsules. Goodenough. When 

 there are 2 male spikes the under one is much the smallest, and 

 the upper female spike has sometimes stameniferous florets at the 

 top. In a young state the lower spike as well as the others, 

 has its fruitstalk entirely enveloped in the sheath. The distance 

 between the female spikes increases considerably after the flower- 

 ing commences, so that that part of the character is not striking 

 when the plant first commences its inflorescence; but Dr. Good- 

 enough, who has been so successful in elucidating this heretofore 

 obscure tribe of plants, observes to me, that it is sufficient if the 

 characters apply when the plant is in its most complete state of 

 inflorescence, so complete that the capsule shall have assumed its 

 proper shape. It sometimes bears only 2 female spikes. 



Loose Seg. Marshes. [Edge of Giggleswick Tarn, and near 

 the tops of the highest mountains in Yorkshire. Curt* Bogs 

 about Manchester, common. Mr. Caley. In the bog at the 

 soinxe of the river Yar, in the Isle of Wight.] P. May, June* 



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panicea. 27. C. Lower sheath inclosing about half the fruitstalk, 



upper ones nearly the whole : spikes slender, upright,, 

 far asunder: capsules inflated, bluntish, rather dis- 

 tant. 



Leers \5. 5~MkL 32. ll-Fl. dan. 26K 



