362 CLASS XXI. ORDER III. 



Carex plantaginea. Broad leaved Sedge. 



Barren spike one; fertile spikes four, distant; frnit 

 elliptical, three cornered, pediceiled, smooth, shorter 

 than the ovate, pointed scale ; root-leaves lanceolate, 

 nerved. 



A low species with very broad, lanceolate, spreading leaves. — 

 Woods, May. — Perennial. 



Carex anceps. Sharp edged Sedge. 



Barren spike one; fertile spikes tirree, remote, the 

 lower ones pedunculated ; fruit ovate, nerved, mem- 

 branous at the mouth, longer than the oblong, mncro- 

 nate scale. 



Below the middle size. Angles of the culm extended and 

 almost winged. Leaves linear-lanceolate. — Low grounds. — 

 May, June. — Perennial. 



Carex flexuosa. Slender Sedge. 



Barren spike one; fertile spikes about four, remote, 

 filiform on drooping stalks; fruit distant, alternate, 

 oblong, beaked, bifid, twice as long as the ovate, mii- 

 cronate scale. 

 Syn. Carex debilis, Mx. 



Carex tenuis. Rudge. 



A very slender carex with flaccid spikes. — Found in wet mead- 

 ows, &c. — June. — Perennial. 



Carex Pseudo-cyperus. Large spliced Sedge. 



Barren spike one ; fertile spikes four, geminate, pe- 

 dunculated, pendulous, cylindrical; fruit ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, two pointed, reflexed, equal to the setaceous 

 scale. 



Very large with long, stout, cylindrical, pendulous spikes, ex- 

 ceeding in size those of any species here mentioned. — Ditches 

 and ponds. — June, July. — Perennial. 



