MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. Carex. 267 



Hill, near the foot-path. (Bagley Wood.) Ex. 



Per. Jwie. 



Culm (straw stem), a foot, to sixteen inches. Ls. sheathing the 

 lower part of the stem, rising about equal to it. General Spike 

 terminal, erect, largest spikelet terminal. Bracteas solitary, 

 spear-shaped, similar to the scales, but broader, and longer at 

 the base of each spikelet, the lowermost longer than the rest, 

 and ending in a leafy, bristly point. In each spikelet a few of 

 the lower flowers male, the rest female. Scales egg-spear- 

 shaped, acute. 



Distinguished in all its stages by the number of the spikelets, 

 the acuteness of the scales, and the situation of the male and 

 female flowers. G. 



C. remota. Remote C Spikelets several, solitary, 

 simple, remote, nearly stalkless. Bracteas very long, 

 overtopping the stem. Fruit eg'sr-shaped, with a slightly 

 cloven beak. E. B. 832. ^Schk. 46. Car. E. 23. 

 Host, t. 52. 



Moist, shady places, and by ditches. Marston Lane. Tar Wood. 

 Sb. 



Per. June. 



Plant slender, weak, pale, whitish green. Stem about one foot, 

 triangular upwards, roundish below, leafy. Ls. long, narrow. 

 Spikes, e:^ce^t the uppermost, placed in the axil of the leaves, 

 alternate, six, eight, or more, of male and female flowers, three 

 or four of the lowermost very distant, each accompanied by a 

 very long, upright, leafy bractea, taller than the top of the stem; 

 the upper spikelets nearer to each other, with very short brac- 

 teas. Glumes egg-shaped, membranous. Sticj. two. 

 An elegant species. 



C. intermedia. Soft Brown G, Spikelets numerous, 

 crowded into an oblong, close spike ; the lowermost 

 and terminal ones fertile ; intermediate ones barren. 

 Stem upright, triangular. E. B. 2042. Schk. Car. 

 16. B. 7. Host, t. 50. C. disticha. Sb. 26. 



Marshy, watery meadows. 



Per. May. 



Root creeping. Stems, twelve or eighteen inches, or more, leafy 

 at the bottom only. Ls. few, nearly upright. Spike oblong, 

 bluntish, rusty brown, composed of numerous, crowded, ascend- 

 ing, egg-shaped spikelets, of which two or three of the lower- 

 most, and one or two of the uppermost, are almost entirely with 

 stigmas, the rest, nearly, as completely with stamens. Bract. 

 egg-spear-shaped, membranous, brown, the lowest ending in a 

 leafy point. Sti//. two, sometimes three. Lower spikelets some- 



