MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 553 



•fementofait^ CAREX fpicis femineis flibpeduncuktis, capHjIis 



fubglobofis tementofis. Syfl. mt.6\y. (Scheuchx. 



gram. 425, /^. 10. /. n, qn^4 lynonyma eft C 



filiformis Lin.^cum fpeciminibus noftris figura & 



defcriptipne quadrat.) 



Downy Carex. AngUs. 



This grows plentifully at the fouth end of Air 



links. Dr. Hope, n.VlL 

 ^' This has the outward appearance of the C. pC' 

 *' Tiicea Lin. The ftalk is triangular, the leaves 

 •* narrow: the male fpikc is of a pale brown co- 

 « lour, oblong, and terminates the ftalk : the 

 ** female fpikes are two in number, alternate, 

 " oblong, ered, and fupported on fhort pe- 

 *' duncles : the bra^e^ are as high as the top of 

 " the ftalk : the capfules are almoft globular, 

 " or flightly oval, fcarcely acuminated, and re- 

 *' markably downy, being furrounded with verv 

 *' fhort foft hairs : the feeds are fmooth and 

 " nearly globular. Syfi. nat. in Mantifs. p. 123." 

 Chf. The male fpikes in our fpecimens are of a 

 dark fufcous colour : the females have no fenfi- 

 ble peduncles, but are feffile, at leaft at the 

 tim.e of florefcence, v/hen the capfules are not 

 globular, but rather oval-lanceolate, bifid at the 

 extremity, and very downy : they agree ex- 

 tremely well with the defcription and figure of 

 the Cyyercidcs Jylvaticum tenuifoliu-m fpicis par vis 

 i€7mibus fpadiceo viridibus, Scheufbz. gram. /». 425. 



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