300 cyPERACKE (Clarke). [ Carex. 
Subgenus II, Ev-Carex. Style 3-fid. 
Sect. 1. Spikes female at the ee male at the top, 
very rarely any wholly male. _ [Seve eral of these 
~ Medium-sized plants, with ae (or no) nodes 
between the oe leaves and ha inflores- 
cence ; spikes about 6-20 on a ste 
Utricles erciaiainy nut oblong o: ita 
Utricle oblong-ellipsoid; nut alles (5) bisexualis. 
gore abou lanceolate ; nut nearly 
in ne ... (6) Zeyheri. 
Utricles ovoid or “ellipsoid ; nut ovoid, 
riquetro 
Utricle na beaked : 
Terminal _ clustered .. (7) dregeana. 
florescence very narrow, strag- 
i ; e (8) noses 
1 
cle very short-be 
ric aked (9) 8 
Utricle with long line eak.. » (10) aouheokixns: 
Stout plants with many ita ek 50-150 
on a stem 
hai 
Pastil p anicles pyramidal, open 11) spicato- a gles 
Partial naniclos of dense oblong spikes 138 condens 
Utricle glabrous eae usually a 
rha ig Views . (183) Buchanani, 
Sect. 2. — 3-8 (in C. " petitiana sometimes 
8-12 Semin terminal pach male, lower 
female often male at the tip. n C. cognata 
er d othe rs) “occasionally, i in C. ‘pelitiana nearly 
Female spikes 4-7 in, ‘long, slender, flexnose, 
pendulous (14) petitiana. 
Female spikes less (usually much less) than 
3 in. long: 
Utricle narrowed conically upward, hardly 
eake 
“Rather slender ; Fe orge male ~_ : (15) burchelliana. 
2-3 ft. high; termin 
a nik es 2 * (16) acutiformis. 
Utricle more or less suddenly contracted 
into 
— ssl near together, one lowest 
tant, but then with 
ease — shortly exserted : 
Female spikes 
ovoid or short- 
cylind es 
Beak of utricle short roe rience i 
Beak of utricle long . (18) fi 
— = 1% in. long, nar- 
owly cylindric . (19) cognita. 
Spikes ta least the a female) dis. 
tant, lowest often long peduncled : 
Utriele e, Duss when nat young, 
. (20) exthiopica. 
viel at ‘least till nearly ripe, 
""Fenle _ thick, erect, 
scarcely ma ie (21) clavata. 
passin yor ikes noddin 
duncles much a ... (22) drakensbergensis. 
