55? MONOECIA TRIANDRlA, 



may be readily diftinguiflied by its fmall, thin, 

 pendant fpikes, and fine capillary peduncles. 



palkfccns. CAREX fprcis pendalis, mafcula erecta, femineis 

 20« ovatis imbricatis, capfulis ccnfertis obtufis. -S^- 



pi. 1386. {?luh aim. t. 34./. 5. Micheh gen. /. 

 32./, 13. ho-na.) 



Pale Carex. Anglis. 



We obferved it in mariliy places not unfrequently, 

 %. VI. VIL 



The ftalk is a foot high, or more : the leaves are 

 Tiightly pubefcent: the male fpike is linear, and 

 of a yellowilh brown colour : the female fpikes 

 are generally three, pedunculated, Ihort, cylin- 

 drical and obtufe, one half or three quarters of 

 an inch long, at firil ered, afterwards pendant : 

 they are ail fubtended by floral leaves, which are 

 undulated at the bale-, but the leaf from which 

 the lov/ermoft fpike arifes is taller than the ftalk: 

 the fcales are yellowilh, or tawny on the edges, 

 v/ith a green nerve or Carina : the capfules arc of 

 a pale green, obtufe, and clofely fet. 



^anicea 21. q. fpicis pedunculatis ereclis remotis; femineis li- 

 nearibus, capfulis obtufmfculis inflatis. Sp, pL 

 1387. (Pluk. t.gi. f. 7. /pica fern, tinica. Mich, 

 gen. t. 32. /. II. opt. Oed. Dan. t. 261. capfulis 

 fauciorihus.) 

 Pink Carex. A»g!is. 



In marfhy places and bogs common: %, VI. VII. 



The 



