MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. Carex. 269 



very sharp. E. B. 307- Schk. Car. I7. C. 10. Host, 

 t. 56. Gramen palustre cyperoides. G. E. 21. 



PF'atery j)laces, marc/ins of ponds, and rivers. 



Per. JtDie. 



Stems many, erect, naked, about two feet, stout. Ls. sheathing 

 the lower j)art, long, deep green, very rough on the edges, and 

 nerve. Spikelets several, alternate, rather remote, with a 

 linear bractea to each. Stig. 2. Stem above the lowest spike- 

 let much diminished in thiclcness. 

 This species marked by the stoutness of its straw, the closeness 



and stiff nature of the spike, and the supra-decomposition : nearly 



allied to Car. muricata. 



C. panicidata, Panicled G. Spike more than doubly 

 compound, loosely panicled, interrupted, acute. Fruit 

 spreading, with an abrupt, saw-toothed beak. Stem 

 sharply triana^ular, with flat interstices. E. B. 1064. 

 Schk. Car. D. 20. Host, t. 58. 



Wet pastures, spongy hogs. Peat bogs on Bullingdon Green. 

 Under Headington Wick copse. Sh. 



Per. June. 



Root fibrous, of very large, firm tufts. Stems two or three 

 feet, erect. Ls. upright, broadish, rough on the edges, and 

 keel. Bract, egg-shaped, terminating in a bristle. Stig. two. 

 Spike more or less branched. 

 The lax, branchy spike discriminates this species. The whole 



spike, at its first opening, three sided, oblong, and acute. This 



Car. Vv-ell suited for consolidating boggy, loose ground, by its 



immense, large-raised tufts. 



* * * * Stamen-bearing, and pistil-bearing florets in separate spikes ; 



the Stamen-bearing one solitary, very rarely or occasionally more than 



one. Bracteas leafy, often sheathing. (* Pistil-bearing spike, long, 



and linear. Stamen-bearing spike, terminal.^ 



C. pendula. Great pendulous G. Sheaths nearly as 

 long as the flower-stalks. Fertile spikes cylindrical, 

 very long, drooping. Fruit densely crowded, egg- 

 shaped, beaked. E. B. 2315. C. 3. ^Q, Schk. 

 Car. 100. Q. 60. Host, t. 100. 



Most woods, hedges. Tar Wood. Sb. Ditches on both sides of 

 the Faringdon road, going up the hill, just beyond Botley. Bx. 



Per, June. 



Root fibrous. Stem three to five or six feet, erect, leafy, triangular. 

 Ls. long, broad, harsh. Spikes on shortish stalks, cylindrical, 

 very long, from five to seven . 



Discrim. Its great size, very long, cylindrical, drooping, ele- 

 gant spikes ; very small capsules for its size. 



C. stri(/6sa. Loose pendulons G. Sheaths nearly equal 



