Carex. | CYPERACEX. 807 
Stout or slender, 6-18in. Leaves flat, grassy. Spikelets 
4-6, brownish-green, compacted into a lobed spike 
3-lin. long. Utricles ellintic-ovoid, winged, narrowed 
into along beak .. cc ae ate .. 17. C. leporina. 
Section III. Spikelets distinct, wswally stalked, wnisexual; the male spikelets 
constantly uppermost, rarely mixed with female flowers ; the lower spike- 
lets all female or with a few male flowers at the base or apex. 
* Styles 2. Nut lenticular or biconvex, not trigonous. 
+ Female spikelets with the male flowers (when present) at the top of 
the spikelet, very rarely below. Utricles much compressed, conspicuously 
nerved; beak very short, with an entire or very minutely 2-toothed 
mouth. 
Culms 3-14in. Spikelets 3-5, }-?in. long, sessile or the 
lowest very shortly stalked. Glumes obtuse. Utricles 
minutely granular-papillose .. AF ne .. 18. C. Gaudichaudi- 
ana. 
Culms 1-2 ft. Spikelets 4-8, 1-3 in. long, the lower ones 
stalked. Glumes mucronate or even aristate.. .. 19. C. subdola. 
Culms tall, stout or slender, 1-4 ft. Basal leaf-sheaths 
transversely fibrillose. Spikelets 8-24, 1-4in. long, 
geminate or ternate or quinate, long-stalked and pen- 
dulous. Glumesaristate .. 4c oe .. 20. C. ternaria. 
Culms slender, 6-18in. Basal leaf-sheaths not trans- 
versely fibrillose. Spikelets 4-6, 4-14 in. long, solitary 
or the upper geminate. Glumes scarcely mucronate. 
Utricle not granular-papillose 55 <3 .. 21. C. Sinclairir. 
++ Female spikelets with the male flowers (when present) at the base of 
the spikelet, very rarely at the top. Utricle plano-convex or unequally 
biconvex, beak obviously 2-toothed. 
a. Terminal spikelet always mixed with female flowers. 
Culms laxly tufted, 9-18in. Leaves broad, 4-tin. Spike- 
lets 4-8, stout. Ubtricles elliptic, sharply serrate above 22. C. Raoulii. 
b. Terminal spikelet very rarely mixed with female flowers. 
Culms slender, 1-2 ft. Spikelets 4-7,4-lin.long. Glumes 
orbicular-ovate, obtuse. Utricles densely packed, spread- 
ing when ripe, unequally biconvex ; margins smooth .. 23. C. dipsacea. 
Culms filiform, 6-18 in., often elongating and prostrate in 
fruit. Spikelets 3-5, 4-1 in. long, approximate. Utricles 
plano-convex or nearly so, obscurely nerved; margins 
serrate above Se Rs de ic .. 24. C. testacea. 
Culms rather stout, 4-8 in., much overtopped by the leaves. 
Spikelets 3-6, closely approximate, 4-1 in.long. Utricles 
elliptic - ovoid, strongly nerved, unequally biconvex ; 
margins usually smooth Ye Ae oF at 
Culms laxly tufted, 6-18in. Leaves short. Spikelets 
2-4, male very stout, clavate. Utricles elliptic-ovoid, 
unequally biconvex, strongly nerved, purplish-black .. 26. C. devia. 
Culms very slender, 6-18in., often elongating in fruit. 
Leaves long, flat, keeled. Spikelets 4-8, 4-2in. long, 
narrow; male slender. Utricles narrow-elliptic, turgid, 
obscurely nerved; margins smooth .. aes -. 27. C. lucida. 
25. C. Wakatipu. 
