CYPERACE^Z. 



[CLASS 



Herbs. Sheaths of leaves not split. Flower in the axil of a 

 single scaly bract (glume). 



FIG. 178- Flower of Cotron Sedge. 



Type Common Cotton Sedge (Eriophorum poly- 

 stachyum}. 



A grass-like herb, with an erect stem, bearing several 

 sessile and pedunculate spikes, with long white and 

 cottony hypogynous bristles in fruit. 



In this Order the ovary is i -celled, but the divided 

 style or stigma indicates the syncarpous character of the 

 pistil. 



Seeds. Solitary, albuminous, in a i- celled achene. . 



