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THE SEDGE FAMILY. 



43. Cyperus-like Carex. Carex Pseudocyperus, Linn. 

 (Fig. 1135.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 242.) 



Stems tall, stout, and triangular, with 

 long, broad leaves, as in the pendulous 

 C, but the spikelets are not above 2 

 inches long, more crowded at the top of 

 the stem, on longer stalks, and remark- 

 able for the very narrow, pointed, green 

 glumes, and the narrow, striated, spread- 

 ing fruits, ending in a long pointed, 

 slender beak. The spikelets droop 

 when in fruit, as in the pendulous C. 

 The terminal male one has often a few 

 female flowers at the top, or sometimes 

 in the whole upper half. Styles 3-cleft. 

 In marshes and wet ditches, in central 

 and southern Europe, extending east- 

 ward to the Caucasus, and northward 

 into southern Scandinavia, and in North 

 America. Spread over a great part of 

 England and Ireland, but not very com- 

 mon, and rare in Scotland, if really found there at all. Fl. early summer. 



44. Pendulous Carex. Carex pendula, Huds. (Fig. 1136.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2315.) . 



One of the largest of our Carexes. 

 Stems stout, triangular, leafy, 3 to 5 

 feet high. Leaves long, and often near 

 J inch broad. Spikelets 4 to 6 inches 

 long, more or less drooping, the termi- 

 nal one male ; females 3 or 4, at some 

 distance from the male, their stalks al- 

 most concealed in the sheaths of the 

 long, leafy bracts. Glumes ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, brown, with a green centre. 

 Styles 3-cleft. Fruits small, crowded, 

 ovoid, with a very short beak. 



In woods and shady places, in cen- 

 tral and southern Europe, extending 

 eastward to the Caucasus and north- 

 ward to the Channel, but scarcely into 

 northern Germany. In Britain, scat- 

 tered over England, Ireland, and south- 

 ern Scotland. Fl. early summer. 

 Fig. 1136. 



