- MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. Carex. 275 



beak. E. B. 8O7. Schk. Car. 121. O, 0. 103. Host, 

 1. t. 92. C. acuta. C. 4. 61. Sb. 32. 



Boggy meadows^ about the margins of ditches, and rivers. 



Per. April. 



Root very creeping. Ls. about half an inch broad, erect. Stem 

 one to two feet. Spikes generally three pistil-bearing, and 

 three stamen-bearing; the latter terminal, near together, with 

 scales oblong, blunt. Bract, sheathless, a leafy one accompany- 

 ing each pistil-bearing spike; one or two of the lower ones 

 longer than the stem. 



Discrim. From Car. acuta, by its less slender, and more erect 

 form, and its three stigs. From Car. riparia, by its more, or less 

 blunt, and not pointed glumes, in stamen-bearing spike ; very 

 acute in Car. riparia; its caps, very slightly divided at the sum- 

 mit, but not beaked or forked. Fruit smaller, less inflated, than 

 in Car. riparia. 



C riparia. Great Common G. Stigmas three. Stamen- 

 bearing spikes erect, with taper-pointed scales. Fruit 

 egg-shaped, swollen, with a deeply-cloven beak. C. 4. 

 60. E. B. 579. Schk. Car. 122. Q. q. o. C. crassa. 

 Host, 1. t. 93. 



Watery places, very common. 



Per. April. 



Root widely creeping. Stem two or three feet, leafy, angles three, 

 very sharp at the edges of the leaves. Ls. broad, erect,, those 

 of the stem with a sheathing, veined-like net-work at the base. 

 Spikes mostly three stamen-bearing, and three pistil-bearing. 

 Scales of pistil-bearing spikes spear-shaped, tipped with a small, 

 rough awn. Stamen-bearing spikes crowded, three- angular, 

 generally acute at the end. Bract, sheathless, a leafy one to 

 each pistil-bearing spike, one or two of the lower ones often 

 overtopping the stem : upper bract, somewhat stalkless. 



Discrim. Its black, triangular, acute, stamen-bearing spikes, and 

 pointed, forked capsules. Stamen-bearing spikes, before flower- 

 ing, brownish black ; in flower, reddish brown ; out of flower, 

 light-brown. Larger than Car. paludosa, broader leaves, thicker 

 spikes. 



(C. Iceviglita. See Appendix.^ 



C. vesicdria. Short-spiked Bladder G. Pistil-bearing 

 spikes cylindrical, short, abrupt, on short stalks. Scales 

 all spear-shaped, acute. Sheaths none. Fruit egg- 

 shaped, inflated, with a lengthened out, cloven beak. 

 E.B.779. Schk. Car. 124. S,s. 106. Host, 1. t. 98. 



Marshes, ivet meadoivs. About Oxford, but rather rare. Bobart. 

 Cowley Field, on the banks of the Clierwell. Sb. Ditch round 

 Christ-church Meadow. Bog under Bullingdon Green. Long 

 Meadow. B.r. 



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