Diliae 
Carex 
(from Hermann, 1941) 
Key to Sections 
1. Spike one. 
2. Spikes with pistillate flowers above, staminate 
ones below, many-flowered; perigynia strongly 
inflateds sess else cyevenese euspaieje!Sestses; 0,6) + oF neisieiepseiees fo GUamLOSaem (ps, /0is) 
2. Spikes with staminate flowers above, pistillate 
ones below; perigynia not inflated. Expected 
(Phyllostachyae, Polytrichoideae). Species in 
expected sections are listed on p. 68a. 
1. Spikes more than one. 
3. Stigmas two; achenes lenticular. 
4. Lateral spikes sessile, short; terminal spike 
usually with both pistillate and staminate flowers. 
5. Culms arising singly or few-together from 
long-creeping rootstocks. Expected (Divisae, 
Arenariae). 
5. Culms tufted, the rootstocks occasionally 
prolonged with short internodes but not 
long-creeping. 
6. Spikes with staminate flowers above, 
pistillate ones below. 
7. Perigynia tapering into the beak or, 
if abruptly contracted, the culms 
flaccid and flattening in drying. 
Expected (Vulpinae). 
7. Perigynia abruptly contracted into the 
beak; culms not flaccid nor flattening 
in drying. 
8. Spikes usually 10 or fewer, 
PT CSMAS Ir arenette iayeiei ste covevielshelollekeveverere) sreleverereie Bracteosae (p. 62) 
8. Spikes numerous, yellowish or 
brownish at maturity; leaf-sheaths 
often red-dotted ventrally. 
