436 CXLIIL CYPERACEEX. (Carex. 
iple vir danda nin Upper half male, slender; 
er half near | alobular 4 femalo, with th spreading à 
ie Style-brane hes 3 3. C. capillacea. 
Spikelets o ovate, green or pale coloured. 
Oute ter bract much longer than the inflorescence . 4. C. inverse. 
ter bracts very short. 
Utricle scarcely beaked. eda in 
Jtricle with a long s spreading or recurved beak . 6. C. echinata 
Spikelets oblong. Glumes dark le 7. C. hypandra 
mo 6 to 12, male at the top, the spike sometimes. 
mpound at the base 8. C. chlorantha 
e Spikelets numerous, e agg in a ` long narrow 
panicle 
Panis very narrow and spikelike, the Lair — 
branches short and erect. Style-branc 
Stem 3-angled. Utricle ciliate on the prep with a ; 
very short beak 9. C. paniculata. 
Stem ta Utrite not - ciliate, with a long : 
beak . 10. C. declinata. 
Stem terete or ne early so 11, C. tereticaulis. 
Panicle narrow but loose, the short branches spreading, n: 
Style-branches 3 . . 12. O. fissilis. 
Panicle loose. Spikelets not so numerous as in t 
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species an © sd 3 nid ur e ^ Ax 0 radit 
Spikelets 3 3 Ge 6 or rarely. more, the terminal one m: ale, 
puces ones female or shortly male at the top and 
Style-branches 2. 
Spikelets ‘all Minds orthe lowest scarcely SREB 
mostly obtuse. Spikelets under 
"Spic petita tricle ees con- j 
cted into a short truncate beak . M, C. contracta 
Spikelets aesa col cee Utricle not beaked or ; 
bea. . 15, C. vulgaris. 
Glu 3 . , 16. €. acuta. 
Spikelets hg oer se ig Sete brown . . 2 MW. QC. lobolepss. 
m T 
emale = the top, the lower ones chiefly "uo ies 
rane we 3. 
— oe male, ed = slender. Female o 
ciini "Uti with long spreading 
Sub eur BEES 
ikelet female at Female ‘i 
at me ore ol ee — a 19. €. Buchu 
Terminal x cylindrical. Female ones ob- 
long or cylindrical, distant, 
Stems 3 to 8 in. Leaves usually longer, tufted. 
Female spikelets mostly with a few males a t the 
Utricles corky, ovoid, with short beaks, 3 ne : 
C. pumila. 
Utricles not corky, ovoid, with short beaks, VERIS 
Utricles P qiiem 
not i 
d. gs cas ovoid, oce d 1 Lto 14 1 
22. C. Preissii. 
