364 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
inclusus stipitatus oblongus, 3-queter v. plano-compressus, — Herby 
perennes cæspilosæ; foliis basilaribus confertis, angustis v. filifor- 
mibus ; vaginis rigidis v. laxe membranaceis ; spiculis terminalibus, 
aut solitariis subglobosis, aut paucis sessilibus subcapitatis, sphæ- 
ricis v. depressis; bracteis sub inflorescentia paucis inæqualibus 
patentibus; floralibus angustis nunc sub bracteolis occultis: inferio- 
ribus sæpe paucis vacuis; bracteolis lateralibus floris cujusque com- 
plicatis et in utriculum (?) supra longitudinaliter apertum florem 
fructumque dein includentem connatis. (Africa trop. et austr., Ame- 
rica austr. trop. or. et temp!) 
IT. CARICEÆ. 
21. Carex L. — Flores monœci v. rarius diœci nudi. Stamina in 
receptaculo minuto 2, 3; filamentis liberis : antheris basifixis lineari- 
elongatis, ad margines 2-rimosis. Germen sessile v. varie stipitatum, 
Î-loculare; styli raro ad basin incrassati ramis 2, 3, papillosis subulalis 
exsertis, quorum posticus 1, nunc minor v. 0. Ovulum 1, ad ger” 
minis loculi basin posticum suberectum ; micropyle extrorsum antica. 
Fructus siceus indehiscens præfolio-utriculo inclusus, aut 3-queler; 
angulo postico 1; aut plus minus compressus, antice planus v. VX 
convexus. Semen 1, suberectum, dite albuminosum; embryons 
basilaris minuti radicula infera conica; gemmula laterali parvula. 
— Herbæ sæpius Perennes; caule subterraneo repente sympo 
diali; foliis gramineis v. rarius lanceolato-dilatatis, aut basilaribus, 
aut SECus ramos aerios dissitis ; vagina integra, 3-quetra. Inflores- 
centiæ variæ, capituliformes, spiciformes v. paniculatæ, subsimplices 
v. plus minus Composito-ramosæ; bracteis sub inflorescentia parvis 
v. nunC foliaceis ; ramulorum basi intus præfolium sæpe 2-lobum, 
nunc sacciforme, intus gerente ; spiculis monœæcis v. raro diœcis, au 
androgynis, aut 1-sexualibus ; masculis sæpius superioribus, nunc 
inferioribus. Flores fœminei et fructus præfolio-utriculo postico, 
?-carinato, apice æqui- v. inæqui-2-dentato, antice plus minus alle 
clauso v. rarius operto, inclusi ; addita et rhachilla nune vix conspiél® 
ne 
1, Ga SPC: ad 6. Nues, in Mar. Fi. bras. Il, Linn, Soc, XXVII, 74, t 2% — OU 
» 62, t. 4, II (Platylepis), — Wezw., in Trans. Trans. Linn. Soc., XXIX, t. 110. 
