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TRIANDRIA. M0N0GYNIA. Carex. 



Capillary Seg. In pasture grounds at alpine heights. On 

 Benteskerney and Malghyrdy in Glenlochai. Also on Ben 

 Lawers and on Craig Cailleach, both in Breadalbane. Mr. 



Brown. 



P. July, Aug. 



depaupera'ta. 29. C. Sheaths inclosing less than half the fruit-stalk 



fern, spikes distant, few-flowered: capsules 

 shaped, inflated, beak-pointed. 



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Curt.-C* ventricosa-Mich* 32. 5. 



Root fibrous. Straw I to 2 feet high, 3«cornered, angles 

 smooth, bluntish. Leaves shorter than the straw, rough on the 



edee and the keel. M 



F. 



spikes on long fruit-stalks, far asunder, with 3 to 6 florets, not 

 crowded together. Sheath enfolding about a third of the length 

 of the fruit-stalk, ending in a leaf which is generally taller than 

 the straw. Capsules often in 2 rows, about twice the length of 

 the scales ; mouth entire. Summits 8. Goodenouch. M. spike 



i 



F. spikes about 3. Capsules only 2 or 



3 on a spike, distant, about the size of hemp-seed. Woodw. 



Charlton Seg. C. ventricosa, Curtis. First found by Dr. 

 Goodcnough in Chariton Wood, and since by Mr. Dickson in 

 dry woods near Godalmin in Surry. P. May, June. 



sylva'tica. 30. C. Sheaths short : spikes thread-shaped, limber, pen- 

 dent : capsules egg-shaped, ending in an awn-like 

 beak. 



Dicks, h. s.-Leers 15. C-//. ox. viii. 12. £-F/. dan. 404. 



Sheaths inclosing about | of the length of the fruit-stalks. 

 Goodenough. M. spike with sometimes an intermixture of 

 female florets ; 3-square. Its pendent spikes, the pale yellow 

 green of its leaves, and the bend of its stem, which seems to form 

 part of an elliptical curve, give it a very pleasing appearance, 

 and render it one of the most elegant ornaments of our woods. 

 St. Root creeping. Leaves in tufts from the joints of the root, 

 yellowish green, about one fourth of an inch wide, rough to the 

 touch. Stems numerous, in tufts, 12 to 18 inches high, trian- 

 gular, rough at the edges, leafy. Fertile spikes 4- or 5, distant, 

 when in seed pendent, I to If inch long, loosely tiled. F lowers 

 alternate. Capsules smooth, triangular, with obscure edges, and 

 a beak nearly as long as the capsule ; cloven at the en J. Stjle 

 divided almost to the base into !?, and sometimes into:} summits 



Barren spikes terminating, about an inch long, slender, 

 tiled. Mr. Woodw. 



Wood Seg. C.vesicaria fi LlNN.-Woods, common. 



closely 



P. May, June 





