Monocotyledones. 



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Fig. 342. 



Cyperus injiexus. I, the 

 entire plant; 2, a single 

 spike; 3, the pistil. — 

 After Britton and 

 Brown. 



Fig- 343- 



Bledcharis dlbida. i, the entire 

 plant ; 2, the pistil. — After BRIT- 

 TON and Brown. 



Fig. 344. 



Scirpus lacitsfris, I, inflores- 

 cence ; 2, basal portion of the 

 plant; 3, a single spike; 4, an 

 achene; 5, scale of a spike; 

 6, bifurcate style. — After BRIT- 

 TON and Brown. 



Fig. 345. 



Carex Meadii. q, upper portion of a plant 

 showing a staminate spike above and a 

 pistillate spike below; r, a staminate 

 flower ; s, a pistillate flower. 



