562 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



DiR-ant Carex. Ar.glis. 



In maifnes and wet pailures not unfrcquent. %* 

 VI. VII. 



The ftalk is a cubit high : the male fpike is 

 commonly Tingle, an inch long ; the fcales ob- 

 tufe and fufcous, with a yeliowifh green nerve : 

 the female fpikes are fomccimes two, moft com- 

 monly three, rarely four, ere(5t, axillary, ge- 

 nerally fhorter than the male, the iippcrmoll 

 feiTile, the others oji fnort peduncles : the floral 

 leaves are Ihorrer than the flalk, and fheath it at 

 their bafe : but the principal charafter of this 

 fpccies is the diftance of the female fpikes from 

 each other, the lowcrmolt being frequently 

 fix inches below the next above it, and that 

 ofcen an inch and a half from its fuperior. The 

 capfules are fufcous, fmjooth, and angular, hav- 

 ing a ftrong, acute roftrum, terminated with a 

 nightly bifid point; the angles green. The 

 Icales are dark, fufcous, the nerve green, and 

 extended to a point. 



Jylvaiicai^ C. fpicis pendulis, mafcula creda, femineis filifor- 

 mibus pedunculo brevioribus, capfulis acutis 

 diftantibus. liudj. Fl. Ang. p. 353, C. veficarU* 

 var. |3. Lin. Sp. pL 1389. {Lokl. ic. p. 60. Mo- 

 ris, h'fi. (w. f. 8. /. 12. /. 9. Oed. Dan, t. 404. 

 fed f pic a nimis crajfa.) 

 Wood Carex. Anglis. 

 In the highland woods not unfrcquent. Of. VI. 



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