MONOECL\ TRIANDRIA. Carex. 271 



Stem one foot, or more, with three, sharp, rough angles. Spike- 

 lets one and a half, to two inches, green, on rough stalks. An 

 elegant species. 



C. palUscens. Pale C. Sheaths very short. Pistil- 

 bearing spikes cyhndrical, stalked ; at length drooping. 

 Fruit inversely egg-shaped, triangular, inflated, smooth, 

 very blunt, with a minute abrupt beak. E. B. 218.5. 

 H. L. 178. Schk. Car. 108. K, k. 99. 



Meadows, pastures, moist, shady places. * Copse under Shotover 

 Hill. Sb, Wytham Wood. Y. Headington Copse. Heading- 

 ton Wick Copse. Bx. 



Per. June. 



Stem, erect, twelve, or eighteen inches. Ls. rather short, flat, 

 pale. Bract, leafy, upright, longer than the stem, very slightly 

 sheathing at the base. Spike, stamen-bearing one, single, erect, 

 close, pale brown. Pistil-bearing ones, two or three, short, 

 somewhat egg-shaped, blunt. Fruit nearly equal in length to 

 the glumes, closely set, swollen, smooth, light green. 



Discrim. Its palish green colour when in fruit. All the spikes 

 near the top of the stem. Pistil-bearing spikes in their mature 

 state nearly cylindrical. 



Q.Jlava. Yellow (7. Sheaths short, nearly equal to the 

 flower-stalks. Pistil-bearing spikes roundish, egg- 

 shaped. Fruit triangular, smooth, with a cloven 

 beak curved downward. Stem nearly smooth. E. B. 

 1294. Schk. Car. 72. H. SQ. Host, t. QS. Gramen 

 palustre echinatum. G. E. I7. 



Boggy meadows. — 



Per. June. 



Stem erect, about a foot generally, triangular, leafy at the base. 

 Ls. bright green, erect, broadish, marked w^ith two rough lines 

 on their upper side. Bract, leafy, remarkably spreading, with 

 very short sheaths. Stamen -bearing Spike spear-shaped, erect, 

 mostly solitary. 



Discrim. Its long, straddling, leafy bract, and prickly, round, 

 pistil-bearing heads. Varies greatly in height, and luxuriance. 



(Carex Oede7% and Cfulva. See Appendix.) 



C. distans. Distant Smooth G. Sheaths tubular, 

 lengthened out, nearly equal to the flower-stalks. 

 Pistil-bearing spikes elliptic-oblong, widely distant. 

 Scales pointed. Stem smooth. E. B. 1234. Schk. 

 Car. 102. T. 68. Host, 1. t. 77- 



Muddy marshes. 

 Per. June. 



