55^ MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



may be readily diftinguillied by its rmall, thicj 

 pendant fpikes, and fine capillary peduncles. 



pallffcerts. CAREX fpicis pendulls, mafcula erecla, femineis 

 ^^* ovatis imbricatis, capfulis confertis obtufis. Sp^ 



pi. 1386. (Fluk. aim. t. 34./. 5. Michel, gen. /. 

 32. /, 13. bona.) 



Pale Carcx. Anglis. 



"We cbferved it in marfny places not unfrequently. 

 It. VI. VII. 



1 he fcalk is a foot high, or more : the leaves arc 

 ilightly pubefcent; the male fpike is linear, and 

 of a yellowifli brown colour : the female fpikes 

 are generally three, pedunculated, fliort, cylin- 

 drical and obtufe, one half or three quarters of 

 an inch long, at firft ereft, afterwards pendant : 

 they are all fubiended by floral leaves, which are 

 undulated at the bale ; but the leaf from which 

 the lowermoft fpike arifes is taller than the ftalk: 

 the fcales arc yellowifli, or tawny on the edges, 

 •with a green nerve or Carina : tlie capfules are of 

 a pale green, obtufe, and clofcly iet. 



piinicca 21. (3. fpicis pedunculitis eredis remotis ; femineis li- 



nearibus, capfulis obtufiufculis inflatis. Sp, pi. 



- . - 13S7. (Pluk. /. 91. /. 7. /pica fern, unica. Mich. 



■ gen. t. 32. /. II. opt. Oed. Dan. t. 261. capfulis 



- ' paiiciorihus.) . . , 



Pink Carex. Anglis. 



In marfliy places and bogs common: "^ . VI. VII. 



The 



