MCNCECIA TRIANDRIA. 541 



(Ijire. In the loclis of Breadallinne, Mr. Sluart. 



' ' "' In Loch-Lomond, Dr. Far/ons. It has been ob- 



ierved alio m the lowJands by Dr. Burgejs, as in 

 the Cafile-Luh, near Lochmaben, in the mofs ad- 

 joining to the lands of Myrefide, in the parifii of 

 Holywood, near Dumfries^ &c. if. VIII. IX, 

 The llalk is about two feet long, the leaves foiir^ 

 narrow, and aimoll linear, being about i-4th 

 of an inch wide at the bafe, and i-8th in the 

 '_' middle, ending in a point. When held up be- 



.' • tween the eye and the light they appear reticu- 



Jated, but this property is not peculiar to this 



. ' fpecies. The female fphjerules are commonly 



three, the two lowermofl fupported on pedun- 

 cles, the uppermoft fefTile. The male ones are 

 generally three, and all fefiile : the leaves float 

 •upon tlie water like grafs •, but when the plant 

 flowers, the ftalk is railed above the water three 

 / or four inches, the leaves flill continuing to fioac. 



CAREX. Gen.jd. 1046. 



. ' '. MASC. Amentum imbricatum. CaJ. i-phylUis. 



Cor. o. 

 FEM. Amentum imbricatum. Cal. i-phyllu.s„ 

 Cor. o. Nc^larium inflatum, tridenta- 



tum. Stigm. 3. 

 Scm. triquetrum, intra nedariunio 



* Spica UTiica fimplici. 



imca I CAREX fpica fimplici dioica. Sp. pi. 1379. (Mi- 

 chsl gen, t, ^2. f. i, Moris, hijl. A. \i. t. 11. 



