CAREX VENTRICOSA Turcip CaAREX. 
CAREX, 
Linn. Gem Pl Monorcia TRIANDRIA: 
Mafc. Amentum imbricatum. Ca/, monophyllus. Cor. o. 
Fem. Amentum imbricatum. Ga/,monophyllus. Cor.o. Ne&arium inflaturi 
tridentatum. 
Stigmata tria. Sem. triquetrum intra neCtarium. 
Raii Sym. Gen. 98. HER84 GRAMINIFOLLE NON CULMIFERA FLORE IMPERFECTO SEU 
STAMINEO, 
CAREX ventricofa, fpicis pedunculatis ere&is, mafcula folitaria, femineis remotis paucifloris, capfulis 
turgidis roftratis. 
CYPEROIDES nemorofum, caule exquifité triangulari, fpicis parvis flrigofis, inter fe diftantibus, ‘ 
{quamis latis, derepente in arifiam longiufculam attenuatis, capfulis rarius difpofitis 
turbinatis gibbis trilateris cum roftrulo adunco. Michel, Nov. Gen p. 61. tab. 32. 
SB. 5- 

RADIX perennis, fibrofa. 
CULMUS pedalis ad fefquipedalem, ereétus, foliofus, 
triqueter. 
FOLIA patulo-ereCta, lineas duas lata, carinata, lzevia, 
margine afpera, bafi vaginantia, fub floref- 
centia culmo longiora. 
Fros Mascurvus. 
SPICA terminalis, folitaria, fubuncialis, ereéta, multi- 
flora, ebracteata, fubfufca. 
CALYX; Soguama fubovata, acuminata, dorfo viridi, 
lateribus ex albo et. fufco variegatis, fig. 1. 
STAMINA: FiLAMENTA tria, capillaria, calyce lon- 
giora, ANTHER longe, lineares, jig. 2, 
Fros FEMINEUS. 
SPICAE plerumque tres, remotiufcule, fpica mafcula 
dimidio breviores, oblongo-ovate, fubquadri- 
flore, pedunculate, bratteate. PrEDUNCULI 
compreffi, fuperne incraflati. Bractz fo- 
lus fimiles, culmum fuperantes. 
CALYX: Souvama lanceolata, acuta, dorfo viridi, 
lateribus albis nitentibus, jig. 3. 
NECTARIUM oblongum,extus convexum, intus conca» 
vum, roftratum, piftillum arcte cmgens, jg. 4. 
PISTILLUM : Germen obovatum intra neGtarium; 
jig. 5. STYLUS germine duplo longior, jig. 6. 
' STIGMATA tria, patentia villofa, fg. 7. 
PERICARPIUM: Ca»sura triquetro-gibba, turgida, 
{triata, utrinque acuta, roftro apice membra- 
. naceo, fig. 8. 
SEMINA. folitaria, magna, hinc convexa, inde planiuf- 
cula, fig. 9. intra neCtarium. 
ROOT perennial and fibrous. 
STALK from a foot to a foot and a half high, upright, 
leafy, and three-cornered. 
LEAVES upright, fomewhat fpreading, two lines wide, 
keeled, fmooth, rough on the edge, fheathing 
at the bafe, higher than the flalk, when the 
plant flowers. 
Marg FiowkrR. 
SPIKE terminal, folitary, about an inch long, upright, 
many-flowered, without a bractea, MAR 
CALYX: Scare fomewhat ovate, acuminated, green 
at the back, the fides variegated with white 
and brown, jig. 1. . 
STAMINA: three FiLAMzNTS, capillary, longer than 
the calyx. Awruzn x long, linear, jg. 2. 
FEMALE FLOWER, 
SPIKES moftly three, remote, half the length of the 
male one, oblongo-ovate, moftly four-flowered, 
ftanding on flower-ftalks, and furnifhed with 
bractee. . FLowrR-STALKS comprefled, 
thickened above. Bracre refembling the 
leaves, higher than the ftalk. : 
CALYX: Scarz lanceolate, acute, green at the back, 
the fides white, fhining, fg. 9. 
NECTARY : oblong, the outfide convex, the infide con- 
cave, clofely furrounding the piftillum, Jig. 4. 
PISTILLUM: Germen obovate, within the nectary, 
Jig. 5. STYLE double the length of the ger- 
men, jg.6. STIGMATA three, fpreading, 
villous, fig. 7. 
PERICARPIUM : a CapsuLE three-cornered, gibbous, 
ftriated, turgid, pointed at both ends, witha 
beak membranaceous at the point, fg. 8. 
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SEEDS fingle, large, convex on one fide, flattifh on 
the other, //g. 9. within the neétary. 
My much-valued friend, the Rev. Dr. Gooprnouecu of Ealing, has the merit of difcovering the Carex here 
figured; we were herbarizing together, in company with the Rev. Dr. WurrriErLD, in a {mall wood at the back 
of Charlton Church, when a fingle plant of it firft caught his eye, and on further fearch we found it in one part 
of the wood in abundance; Mr. Dicksow informs me that he has obferved the fame fpecies growing wild near 
Godalming, Surrey ; and we are informed that it has alfo been found by Mr. Sorz, of Bath. ) 
 Thelate Rev. Mr. LiaurrooT, who had feen it growing with me, was pleafed to call it depawperata, from 
the paucity of its flowers, a name in which we fometime acquiefced ; but, on maturer confideration, we think 
the name we have now given it more expreflive of its principal character. 
It affects the fame fituation as the /j/vatica, to which, in its foliage, it bears fome little refemblance, but when 
it comes to fhew its feed-veffels it cannot éafily be miftaken for any other Britifh Carex. 
It flowers about the latter end of May, but is moft confpicuous towards the middle of June, when its feed- 
veflels are advanced. 
