MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. r,^^ 



pear to be flightly pubefccnc, from four toeitrht 



in each fpike. 

 The fiiortnefs of the compound fpike, the ilinpe 



and colour ot the male fpike, and the fmalhiefs 



of the round female ones, willferve to diftino-uij]] 

 / this fpecies from the Q.rnontana, to which it is 

 . nearly allied. 



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'picis fexu diJi'inElis \ fdmineh 'peduncuhii.is. 



airalct ly. CAREX fpicis androgynis tcrminalibus peduncu- 

 Jatis ; fiorentibus eredis, frucliferis penduiis, 

 • -•' * ;" -^ Sp.pl. 1386. {Scheucbz. gram. 481. /. 11. f. i, 2, 

 .'.;-••.- bona, Ocd. Dan. L i^'i.) 



Black Carex, j72gUs. 

 iij.'.. Upon the highland mountain? frequent, as upon 

 ■' •' Bentejkernyy Mal-ghyrdy, Mal-nan-tarmonach^ &:c. 



• ' '■" mountains in 5r^<3^^/^(?;7^, 1;. VII. VIII. 

 ■' '.' The flalks aie about afoot high, triangular: the 



; , leaves j-6th of an inch broad, and fharp to the 



- ''■ touch : the fpikes are dark, fufcous, almod 



' black, of a thick oval form, all of fimilar ap- 



■ ' pearance, half an inch long, and grow at the 

 top of the ftalk, on iliort prduncles near to each 

 other { the lov<ermoft fubtended by a fohaccous 

 hra3ea^ as high as the top of the compound 

 fpike: the fcales are almoft black, with a red- 

 dilh carina : the Jlatuina are two, with yellow 

 antber.f : the flyles three, of a dark purple co- 

 lour : the capfules green and ere(5l at the time of 

 liorelcence, but afterw'rds yeliov^', and pendu- 

 lous : 



