CYPEKACE.E. 1?>0 



manner. Steins 2 to 10 inches ]ii_i;li. Loaves not above jV inch broad, 

 very numerous at the ba!«e of the stem, and often 1 about the niidiUe. 

 2 or 3 of the spikes arc inchided in the sheath of 1 bract, and 1 female 

 s[)ike sjirintrs from a membranous bract above these; more rarely there 

 is an additional spike from a sheathing bract some distance below the 

 others. I\Iale spike J. to \ inch loniz'; female spikes | to }j inch long, 

 on very slender stalks, lono'er than the spike. Fruit, including its 

 stalk and beak, about ^ inch long. 



Capillary Sedge. 



French, Carex capUlairc German, Haarluiltiiiije Segge. , 



GROUP v.— MAXIM.E. 



Rootstock densely cajspitose, without stolons. Spikes remote. 

 Male spike 1, stalked, arching, sometimes with a second male or 

 androgynous spike at its base. Female spikes 4 to 7, very dense, 

 especially towards the apex, often with a few male floAvers at the 

 apex, arching-pendulous, on comparatively short included stalks, the 

 lowest one usually on a longer and slightly exserted stalk. Glumes 

 of the female flowers purplish-bro'«ai with a broad green stripe on the 

 back. Lowest bract foliaceous, rather long, reaching to the base of 

 the male spike, with a long closed sheath. Fruit green, ovoid, shortly 

 acuminate, subtrigonous, not depressed, moderately inflated, smooth, 

 slightly shining, faintly ribbed, with a rather short smooth notched 

 deflexed beak. Stigmas 3. Nut trigonous, loosely covered by the 

 perigynium. 



Stem leafy throughout. Leaves firm, rigid, very broadly linear. 



SPECIES XLVII.-CAREX PENDULA. Uuds. 



Plate MUCLX. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VIII. Tab. CCXLIII. 



Billot, Vl Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 19/3. 



C. maxima, Scop. Koch, Sj-n. Fl. Germ, et Helv. cil. ii. p. 880. Grm. & Godr. Fl. dc 



Fr. Vol. III. p. 405. 

 C. Agastachys, Ehrh. Reich. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 71. 



Rootstock densely cajspitose, without stolons. Stem erect or 

 ascending-erect, stout, stiiF, triquetrous, smooth. Leaves ascending- 

 erect, rather shorter than the stem, firm, very broadly linear, flat, 

 rough on the margins, green and shining above, glaucous beneath. 

 Male spike 1, very long, C3lindrical, slightly thickened towards and 

 sometimes female at the apex, rather shortly stalked, sometimes with 

 a small second male or androgynous spike at the base. Female s]>ikes 

 4 to 7, remote, the upper ones shortly stalked, the lower ones with a 



