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fers from the C. arenaria, principally in place of 

 growth, and in not having a creeping root ; and 

 from C. leporina in having more numerous fpi- 

 cuU, the lov^^ermofl: of which is fubtended by a 

 Bra^ea, which is often as long as the whole 

 fpike. The male fpicitla at the top are acutely 

 oval, crowded together, their points often reced- 

 ing from the ftalk, and the whole fpike is of a 

 brown colour. 



ieporina 7. C. fpica compofita, fpiculis ovatis feflllibus approx- 



imatis alternis androgynis nudis. Lin. Sp. pi. 



. ■ 'SSi. {Seguier. Ver. i.p. 124. /. i./. 2. Scheuchz. 



, " Agrofi. 456. /. 10./. 15. bona. Moris, hijl. f, 8, 



. ■ t. 12./. 29. opt.) 



Brown naked Carex. Jnglis. 



In bogs and marfhy places not uncommon, if. VII. 



The flalk is triangular, from a foot to a cubit 



, ,.' . high : the fpike is compofed of five or fix brown 



oval JpicuU, without bra^e^, placed near to 



;; each other on alternate fides of the ftalk : moit 



of the flowers in the fpkuU are female : the 



- , ., i fcales are brown, with a green nerve. Inllead 

 (■ : .• of a hraEiea there is fometimes a broad-bearded 



- V. . ,. fcale fubtendlng the lowJt^fpicula. 



vulbinaZ. CAREX fpica fupradecompofita inferne laxiorej 



fpiculis androgynis ovatis feflllibus glomeratis, 



fuperne mafculis. Sp. pi. 1382 (Michel, gen. 6g„ 



*' 33- /• 13? H« Barrel, ic. 114. /. 1.1. Moris, 



N n 2 hi/i. 



