556 THE SEDGE FAMILY. 



.-.y f Female spikelets short and compact, close under the males 31 



I Female spikelcts oblong or cylindrical, the lower ones distant 33 



„-, r Lowest bract shortly sheathing, with a short leafy point 26. Vernal C. 



\ Lowest bract shortly leafy, without any sheath 33 



gq / Fruits not above a hne long, very shortly downy 28. Pill-headed C. 



" I Fruits near 3 lines long, hairy 27. Mountain C. 



rBracts without any or \Tith very short sheaths 84 



So J, Bracts with long sheaths. Fruits hairy, beaked, 3 lines long. Spikelets very distant. 



L . 31. Sairy C. 



I'Spikelets rather distant, very compact. Fruits not a line long, and not beaked. 

 34^ 39. JDoim;/ C. 



LSpikelets very distant. Fruits near 3 lineslong, tapering into a beak . 30. Slender C. 



fOne terminal male spikelet (rarely with a smaller one close under it). Female 



I spikelets erect. Bracts leafy, with sheaths 36 



gc J One terminal male spikelet. Females more or less drooping. Bracts with or 



I rarely without sheaths 44 



I Two or three male spikelets. Bracts without sheaths, or rarely the lowest one 



L, sheathing 49 



..n f Fruits obtuse, without any or only a very minute beak ,37 



t Fruits taperinginto a beak 38 



^Female spikelets short, oblong, pale. Fruit very obtuse 32. PaleC. 



S7< Female spikelets eyhndrical. Glumes dark. Fruit often with a minute beak. 



C 37. Carnation C. 

 .,g f Female spikelets compact, nearly sessile 39 



\ Female spikelets loose, eyhndrical, stalked 42 



oq ( Leafy bracts very narrow, much longer than the stem .... 33. Long-hracted C, 



X Leafy bracts short, or very rarely exceeding the stem 40 



/"Female si^ikelets short, yellowish-green, mostly near the top of the stem. Fruits 

 ^\ vei-y spreading 34. Yelloto C. 



j Female spikelets oblong, brown, very distant. Fruits with an erect or slightly 



(. spreading beak 41 



,, r Fruit ribbed 35. Distant C. 



I Fruit smooth 36. Dotted C. 



,n /Female spikelets green. Fruits with along beak 43 



~ I Female spU;elets brown. Fruits with a very short beak . . . .37. Carnation C. ' 

 ,g f Peduncles of the lower spikelets very long 41. Wood C. 



I. Peduncles of the lower spikelets short 35. Distant C. 



Female spikelets short, or very brown (seldom above an inch) 45 



Female spikelets greenish, 1 to 6 inches long 46 



'Female spikelets light brown, loose. Lower bracts leafy, with long sheaths. Fruits 



beaked 38. Capillary G. 



Female spikelets pale green, oblong. Lower bracts leafy, with short sheaths. 



-cj Fruits not beaked 33. PaleC. 



' I Female spikelets dark brown. Bracts almost without sheaths. Fruits compressed, 

 not beaked 39. Mud C. 



I Female spikelets brown, cylindrical. Sheaths variable. Fruits ovoid, not beaked. 



L 40. Glaucous C 

 I g 5^ Female spikelets distant, not crowded. Stems weak and leafy 47 



t Female spikelets not very distant. Flowers crowded. Stems stout, 3 to 5 feet .48 



('Female spikelets about an inch, on slender stalks. Fruits rather long-beaked. 

 • 7 3 -il- WoodC. 



j Female spikelets about 2 inches, very slender. Stalks almost concealed in the 



V^ sheaths. Fruits short-pointed 42. Thin-spiked C. 



("Female spikelets about 3 inches, on slender stalks. Glumes and fruits spreading, 

 -g J with long points 43. Cypertts-like C. 



I Female spikelets 4 to 6 inches. Stalks almost concealed in the sheaths. Fruits 



L small, scarcely beaked 44. Pendulous C. 



jn f Fruits obtuse, Spikelets dark brown. Leaves glaucous .... 40. Glaucous C. 



i Fruits beaked or pointed. Spikelets brown-green. Stems tall, with long leaves . 50 



r Fruits much flattened, pointed 47. Marsh G. 



50 < Fruits inflated, abruptly contracted into a long beak ia. Bottle C. 



(.Friuts inflated, tapering into a short beak 46. Bladder C. 



1. Dioecious Carex. Carex dioica, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 543, and C. BavalUana, t. 2123.) 

 A slender dioecious plant, seldom above 6 or 8 inches high, with a creep- 

 ing rootstock ; the leaves very narrow, much shorter than the stem, the 

 radical ones loosely tufted. Spikelcts brown, soUtary on each stem ; those 



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