110 TRIANDRIA. M0N0GYNIA. Carex. 



egg-shaped, acute, compressed, closely tiled, entire and closed at 

 the end. The slender habit of this plant in all its parts, its 

 thread-shaped spikes drooping whilst in flower, its 2 summits, 

 and its compressed flattish capsules entire at the end, keep it 

 v distinct from every other species. Goodenough, Fern, spike as 

 long as the terminating M. spike. Curt. 



Slender spiked Seg. C, gracilis. Curt. C. acuta P fl. Suec. 

 Edges of rivers, ponds, and ditches, and also in meadows. P. 

 Flowers a week or 2 later than C. riparia and paludosa. 



vesica'ria. 43. C. Male spikes strap-shaped; females oblong, ex- 

 panding : capsules inflated, oblong, beak-pointed, 

 expanding. 



FL dan. 647-J?. hot. 779-Lecrs \6. 2. III.~#. ox. viii. 12. 

 6-Barr. 113. 1. 



Rost creeping. Straw 2 feet high, 3 -square, angles very 

 acute and rough. Leaves pale green, taller than the flowering 

 straw, narrow, edges and keel rough. M. spikes terminating) 

 upright, upper one 1 to 2 inches long, the others shorter, slender, 

 somewhat ^-cornered : scales oblong, bluntish, yellow. F. spikes 

 on fruit-stalks, nearly upright, 1 to 2 inches long: scales spear- 

 shaped, but narrow and very acutely pointed, pale, at first twice 

 the length of the capsule, afterwards only half its length. FL 

 leafy J at the base or every female spike, taller than the straw. 

 Capsules loosely disposed, expanding, smooth, yellowish, egg- 

 oblong, taper, and almost beaked at the end, which is cloven. 

 Summits 3. Its yellow hue, narrow short scales, and inflated 

 smooth conic capsules, point it out beyond all danger of mis- 

 take. Gooden. 



Bladder Seg* Marshes. Woods in the New Forest, Hamp- 

 shire. Edgbaston Pool. P. May, June. 





ampulla tea* 44. C. Spikes thread-shaped, the males thinnest, females 



cylindrical, upright : capsules inflated, globular, 

 awn-beaked^ diverging. 



E. lot. 780-//. ox. viii. 12. 8-Lters \6. 1. II. 



Root creeping very much. Straw 1 to 2 feet high, upright, 

 3-square, angles acute, rough upwards, but smooth below the 

 lowest spike. Leaves glaucous, upright, narrow, longer than the 

 straw, generally rough at the edges and on the keel. M. spikes 

 2 or Hy strap-thread- shaped, upper one 1 to 2 inches long, the 

 others shorter. Scales oblong, either blunt or acute, yellowish. 

 Fern, spikes 2 or 3, cylindrical, t to 2 inches long, upright, on 

 short fruit-stalks. Scales spear-shaped, acute, yellowish, but half 

 the length of the capsule. Fl. leafy 1 at the base of every spik^j 

 male as well as female upright, narrowt Capsules closely tiled 





