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WILD FLOWEKS. 



SEDGE, OR SEG. 

 Cdrex. 



Welsh, Hesgen. German, Biethgras. Italian, Carice. 

 Spanish, Lirio Espadanal. lllyric, Bogosc. 



LINN^AN. NATURAL. 



Triandria. Cyperacece. 



Monogynia. Carex. 



THE sea-seg (Cdrex arendria), though not quite 

 boasting such extraordinary power as the arundo 



SBA-SEG. Cdrex arendria. 



arendria, or sea-reed, is not much inferior to it in 

 binding together the loose and restless sands ; and, 

 like it, only occurs on the driest and least adhesive 

 dunes. It is far less common on our coasts than 

 is desirable, and might with great advantage be 



