/ 



npa na 



Spikes 3 some male y others female : male spikes 2 or more. 



[C. filiformis, stricta, recurva, and some others, which have 



though rarely, 2 male spikes.] 



40. C. Spikes oblong, acute : scales of the male spear- 

 shaped, of the female tapering to an awn-1 ike point : 

 capsules egg-spear-shaped, cloven into 2 teeth at the 

 end . 



Curt. 281-5. lot. t>79-FI- dan. lllS-7/. ox. viii. l.\ 1- 

 Leers ltf. <2-Mich. 32. <i&7. 



Root thick, creeping very much. Straw 2 feet high or 

 more, upright, firm, 3-squarc, angles very acute and rough. 

 Leaves broad, upright, glaucous, pale on the upper side, blackish 

 green underneath, very rough on the edges and the keel. M* 

 spikes 3, terminating, pointed, oblong but 3-sided, crowded to- 

 gether. F. spikes ,'j, oblong, mostly pointed with male florets, 

 upright, lower ones on fruit-stalks. Scales black, longer than 

 the capsules. F /. leaves, the lower ones in some degree sheath- 

 ing the fruit-stalks, upper ones expanded at the base. Capsules 

 tiled in 8 rows, oblong-egg-shaped, taper-pointed, marked with 

 fibres, forked at the end. Summits 3. The black, triangular, 

 acute, M. sp. and the cloven pointed capsules, preclude the pos- 

 sibility of mistaking this species. Goodenough. Male spikes 

 tapering each way, the terminating one from l| to J inches 

 long, before flowering brownish black, during flowering reddish 



brown, when out of flower light brown ; near together, the 

 space between the insertions of the lowermost and uppermost 

 being seldom more than from 1 to If inch. Fern, spikes oblong* 

 spear-shaped, tapering each way, the uppermost frequently, and 

 sometimes all with male flowers at the end. St. — The serrated 

 awns of the calyx mentioned by Mr, Curtis are not constant ; 



103 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 



i 



the capsules are set in 8 rows, and the male sp. arc mostly !?, 

 On the contrary, C. ccespitcsa wants the fibrous texture in the 

 sheathing part of the root-leaves ; these leaves equal the height 

 of the straw at the time of flowering, and the fl. leaves are taller. 

 Thefl. leaves have always round expansions on each side their 

 base, which do not change their shape ; the fern, sp, are blunt, 

 and have no male florets at the end. The capsules are set in 6 9 

 rarely in 8 rows, and there is seldom more than 1 M. spike. In 

 its general appearance also it is a much smaller, weaker, and 

 softer plant. Goodenough. Linn. Tr. ii. p. 196. 



Found by Mr. Pitchford in Marshes near Norwich* [Hall- 

 wood, near Newmarket. Mr. Relhan.— Pilmoor pool, Weston, 

 StafFordsh. where it forms large tufts, which may be safely 

 trodden upon. Rev. S. Dickenson.] P. April. 



