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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 565' 



and about four in n.imber, otherwife fimilar in-' 

 all its parts. Alorifon's iigure relembks it, Ht/}, 

 ox. f. 8. /. 12./. 3. 



*^*** Spicisjexu dijlin^is, mafculis pluribus. 



acuta 27. CAREX fpicis mafculis pluribus, femineis fubfef- 

 filibus, capfulis obtufiufculis. Sp. pi. 1388 ? 

 Rail Syn-. 417. n. i. Haller hijf. n. 1404. {Moris, 

 hiji.f. S.t.ii.f. I. Michel. gen. p. ^"j. n. 10 ^ 

 II. ial>. 32,/. 6. -].) 

 Great fharp vernal Carex. j^rrjis. 

 By the fides of lakes, rivers and ditches, common. 



If. V. 

 The ftalk is triangular, very fliarp-edgcd, and va- 

 ries from a foot to a yard higSi : the leaves are 

 .,' ' glaucous, and half an inch wide •, the edges and 

 Carina very fliarp and cutting if rubbed down- 

 wards : the male fpikes vary in number from 

 three to five, the uppermofh is near two inches 

 long, the others are lliorter, and placed a little 

 below, about the bafe of it : the kales are nar- 

 row and lanceolate, of a dark brown or fufcous 

 colour: the female fpikes vary from three to 

 five, but are mofl commonly four : the upper- 

 is fcfiile, and the top of it has often male flowers ; 

 ■'-'■, the lovvermoft have ihort peduncles and are two or 



three inches long, all ere6l, of a greenifh fufcous 

 colour, nearly cylindrical, or flightly fwelling in 

 the middle : the floral leaves are as high as the 

 ftalk : the fcales are oval-lanceolate, with a long 



point 



