334 MONOECIA — TRIANDRIA. ICarex. 



17. C.nntricdta, L, {greater prichh/ Carex); spike ol>loiig of 

 4 — 6 compact or approximate spikelets witii bro\viiish ovate 

 pointed scales, fruit ovato-acuminate spreading with acute rougU 

 margins. E. Bot. t. 1097. — C. spicata., Huds. 



Marsh}' and especially j^ruvclly pastures. Fl. May, June. 1^. — 1 — -2 

 feet higii, slender. Bracteas small, lanceolate, subsetaceous. Fruit 

 yellow-brown, broad, rather large. 



18. C. divulsa, Gooden. {grey Carex) ; spike elongated lax 

 consisting of 5 — 6 spikelets which are subremote below with 

 pale membranous acute scales, fruit ovate acute suberect rough 

 at the point with blunt margins. {Boott.) E. Bot. t. G29, (young). 

 — C. muricata, jB. Wa/il. 



Moist shady pastures, not rare. Fl. May, June. If . — This species 

 assuredly much resembles the preceding : the fiuit I cannot, in any re- 

 spect, find different. The colour is paler, the spikes more elongated and 

 slender, with more distant spikelets. 



ttti" Spikelets compound. 



19. Cvulpi?ia, L. {great Carex); spikelets compound collect- 

 ed into a cylindrical crowded spike, fruit ovato-acuminate plano- 

 convex acute angular divergent, stem very acutely triangular, 

 leaves broad. B. Bot. t. 307. — C. nemorosa, W. Schkh. 



Wet shady places, especially near water. Fl. June. 11. — Two feet 

 or more high ; stem stout, rough, as well as the broad leaves at tlieir 

 margin. Bracteas small, setaceous. Spike large, greenisli. Fruit pale, 

 rough at the margin of the lengthened beak, and bifid at the point. 



20. C. teretiuscula, Gooden. (lesser panicled Carex) ; spike 

 compound oblong consisting of ovate compact spikelets with 

 acute membranous scales, fruit subplano-convex with 3 — 4 cen- 

 tral nerves on the convex surface stipitate ovate ending in an 

 acuminate winged serrulate bidentate beak. {Boott.) E. Bot. 

 t. 1065. 



Boggy, watery meadows, in various places. FL May, June. If. — This 

 I had, in the FL Scot., considered a var. of the following. It is much 

 smaller, growing in sej)arate tufts, with far narrower leaves, of a glau- 

 cous hue, blunter stems, 18 — 30 inches high, their angles roughish. 

 Bracteas membranous ovate, the lowest sometimes foliaceous. Spike 

 1 to 1|^ inch long. 



21. C paniculdta, L. {great panicled Carex); spike panicled 

 consisting of ovate spikelets arranged on elongated diverging 

 branches of a common axis, fruit deltoid or subreniform plano- 

 convex many-nerved margined above and ending in an acumi- 

 nate winged serrated bidentate beak. {Boott.) E. Bot. t. 1064. 



Swampy and spongy bogs. Fl. June. If. — Roots densely tufted. 

 Much larger than the last, and rougher, often 5 f. high. Stem striated 

 with 3 acute rough angles. Leaves broad. Spike 2 — 4 inches long. 

 Bracteas ovate, acute or cuspidate, rarely foliaceous. Base of the fruit 

 broad, truncated, with a central notch and thus less distinctly stipitate 

 than the preceding, many-nerved on both surfaces. In this and the 



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