CYPERACE^. 



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31. Hairy Carex. Carex hirta, Linn. (Fig. 1123.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 685.) 



Rootstock creeping. Stems weak, 

 leafy, 1 to 2 feet high, and, as well as 

 the leaves, more or less hairy. Lower 

 bracts long and leafy, with long sheaths. 

 Terminal male spikes 1 or 2. Females 

 very distant, cylindrical, rather loose, 

 an inch long or more, much like those 

 of the tvood C, and the fruits, as in that 

 species, taper into a long beak, but they 

 are always covered with short, spreading 

 hairs. 



In woods and wet pastures, common 

 in Europe and Russian Asia, except the 

 extreme north. Frequent also in Bri- 

 tain, excepting the north of Scotand. Fl. 

 spring and early summer. 



Fiff. 1123. 



32. Pale Carex. Carex palleseens, Linn. (Fig. 1124.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2185, not good.) 



The general aspect and pale yellowish- 

 green fruiting spikelets are like those of 

 the yelloiv C, but the fruits are obtuse, 

 without any prominent beak. Stems 

 tufted, leafy at the base, seldom above 

 a foot high. Terminal spikelet male, 

 light-brown, about 6 lines long. Female 

 spikelets 2 or rarely 3, shortly stalked, 

 erect or slightly drooping, oblong, 

 shorter than the male one, and all at 

 short distances below it. Bracts leafy, 

 with a short, sheathing base, or the low- 

 est scarcely sheathing. Styles 3-cleft. 

 Fruits glabrous, obtuse. 



In marshy places, extending over Eu- 

 rope and Hussian Asia, from the Me- 

 diterranean to the Arctic regions, and 

 often very common, and in North Ame- 



