MONOECIA, TRIANDRIA. 153 

fruit subrotund-ovate, rostrate, bidentate, ci- 
liate-serrated on the margin, larger than the 
lanceolate-mucronate scale.—/Willd. 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. Www. f. 1753. 
Fescue-like Sedge. | 
In dry woods, common. Perennial. May. ) 
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12. C. spike androgynous, compound; spikelets straminea. 
about five, subrotund, masculine below, almost 
close together; stigmas two; fruit subrotund- | 
ovate, rostrate, bidentate, ciliate-serrated on the | 
margin, larger than the lanceolate scale.— Willd. 
Schk. Car. p. 49. n. 38. t. G. f. 34. et t. Xxx. 
f. 174. 
Straw-coloured Sedge. | 
In woods, not uncommon. Perennial. June. 
oe ———— 
++ t Spikes of distinct sexes. 
* Male spike often solitary, the others feminine or partly 
androgynous. 
is. C. feminine spikes cylindrical, obtuse, about cespitosa. 
three, distant, below on short projecting pedun- 
cles ; fruit ovate-obtuse, perforated at the mouth, 
larger than the oblong-obtuse scale; leaves 
spreading.— Willd. 
C. polyandra, Schk. Car. 1. p. 59. t. Dd. f. 90. 
— 
a 
Turfy Sedge. 
This species grows in large tufts together, and is the most 
common one in this.neighbourhood. In all meadows and low 
grounds. Perennial. May. 
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; 
i4. C. masculine spikes two, feminine four, crinits. 
distant, pedunculated, pendulous, cylindrical ; 
fruit subrotund-elliptical, ventricose, very 
shortly rostellate, entire at the mouth, short- 
er than the oblong, aristated scale.—/JVilld. and 
Lamark. 
Icon. Schk. Eee. f. 125. et t. Ttt. f. 164. 
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