MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. s^^S 



and about four in number, otherwife fimilar in 

 all its. parts. Monforis figure relcmbks it, Hijh-. 



ox.f, 8. /. 12./: 3. 



***** Spkisjexu dijlin^ls, mafcidh plurihus. 



acuta 27c CAREX fpicis mafculis pluribus, feniincis fubfef- 

 filibus, capfulis obcufiufculis. Sp. pL J588 ? 

 Rail Syn: 417. ;.\ i. Haller hijf. n, 1404- {Moris. 

 hiJl.f.Z, t,i2.f. 1. Michel. gen. _^. 37. ». io CfT" 

 II. tab. 32,/. 6. -].) 



Great fharp vernal Carex. Anilis. 



By the fides of lakes, rivers and ditches, common, 

 i;.V. 



The ftalk is triangular, very iharp-edged, and va- 

 ries from, a foot to a yard high : the leaves are 

 glaucous, and half an inch wide •, the edges and 

 Carina very fharp and cutting if rubbed down- 

 wards : the male fpikes vary in number from 

 three to five, the uppermoft is near two inches 

 long, the others are fhorter, and placed a little 

 below, about the bafe of it : the icales are nar- 

 row and lanceolate, of a dark brown or fufcous 

 colour: the female fpikes vary from three to 

 five, but are mod commonly four : the upper- 

 is fcffile, and the top of it has often male flowers •, 

 the lowermoil have iliort peduncles and arc two or 

 three inches long, all eredt, of a greenifh fufcous 

 colour, nearly cylindrical, or (lightly fwelling in 

 the middle : the floral leaves are as high as the 

 Halk : the fcales are oval-lanceokte, with a long 



point 



