548 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



hiji. 3. p, 244./ 8. /. 12./, 24. bona, Oed. Dan* 

 t. 308 J 

 Great rough Carex. Angl'is, 

 In wet fhady places, and by warter fides. % . VIL 

 The ilalk is a cubit high, triangular, ered:, firm, 

 and fharp-edged : the fpike is thicK and rigid, 

 compounded of fix or eight fliort, feffile, confluent 

 fpicuU^ of a yellowifh green colour ; the inferior 

 ones often fubtended by narrow filiform hra5lea. 

 The capfules, when ripe, are patent, rigid, tri- 

 angular, bifid at the point, and longer than the 

 fcales. 



yuata 9. C. fpiculis fubrotundis approximatis androgynis 

 capfulis ovatis acutis. Hudf. Fl. Jng. p. 349. 

 (Ger.em. 21. f. 6. Michel. gen. t.Q,i.f.(^, Moris, 

 biji. 3. p, 244./ 8. /. 12./. 27. opt.) 



Small-fpiked Carex. Anglis. 



In moid grounds, and fometimes in dry foils, as in 

 Glenlochy^ in Breadalbone^ &c. Mr. Stuart. %, 

 VI. 



This is about ten inches high, fmaller in all its 

 parts, and fofter than the preceding : the fpicu- 

 l<e are generally fubtended by long-bearded braC' 

 tea^ and the fcales are commonly brownifh, with 

 a green nerve in the middle. Linnaus and Sco* 

 poll feem to include it as a variety under C. vul' 

 pina, but it has the habit of a diftind fpecies. 



CAREX 



