Order III. 
MONGECIA TRIANDRIA. 
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13094 Spikes numerous obi. remotish naked. Fruit acuminate bifid recurved many-nerved longer than glumes 
13095 Spikel. ster. at base about 5 ratlier dist. ellipt. Bracteas very minute, Caps, broadly ov. acum. con v. on one 
side and nearly plane on the other subobtusang. with 2 teeth at the extremity 
13096 Spike androg. comp. Spikelets about 4 male below and close together, Fruit ovate acumin. edged 2-tooth. 
13097 Spike androg. comp. Spikel. about i male below and close together, Stigmas 2, Fruit elliptical blunt nerved 
13098 Spike androg. comp. Spikel. about 5 roundish male below somew. approximated, Stigm. 2, Fr. round, ovate 
beaked 2-toothed ciliated at edge 
* 4. Spikelets panicled. 
13099 Spikes androg. narrow, panicl. male above obi. blunt, Stig. 2, Fr. ov. acum. with 2 points, Scales ov. mucron. 
13100 Spike supraiiecompound contracted acutish, Spikelets clustered. Fruit spreading gibbous. Culm roundish 
13101 Spikes androg. narr. panic, male above. Low. branch, remote, Stig. 2 round, ov. beak. 2-tooth. cil. ser. at base 
13102 Spikel. ster. at extrem. thrice comp. and collect, into a panic, spike, Fr. broad, ov. acum. gib. on both sides 
13103 Spike decomp. longish, Scales acute, Fruit ovate plano-convex nerved on each side 
« 5. Spikelets racemose.. 
13104 Spikes androg. in threes stalked terminal male below erect. Stigmas 2, Fr. obov. blunt. Scales ov. obtuse 
13105 Fertile spikes pedunculated ovate pendulous : the terminal one with sterile flowers at the base, Fruit 
roundish ovate depressed with a short beak bifid at the point 
kj 3, Terminal spikes male : the others androgynous. 
13106 Male spike solitary stalked : androg. male above about 5 ellipt. remote sessile with a leafy bract, Stigm. 3, 
Fruit roundish 3-cornered downy 
§ 4. Terininal spike androgynous : the others female. 
13107 Spike androg. pedunc. obov. male below : female about 3 remote somewhat stalked, Stigm. 3. Fr. ellipt. 
3-cornered blunt slightly 2-toothed 
13108 Spike androg. pedunc. obi. male below : female 2 sessile close obi. Stigm. 2, Fr. oblong narrowed with 
an undivided mouth as long as ovate scale 
\ 5. Spikes of distinct sexes. 
* 1. Male solitary : female sessile and subsessile. 
f 1. Scape sheathed, with membranous bractes. 
13109 Male spike solit. stalk. : fem. twin stalk, about 5-fl. Stigm. 3, Fr. obov.-glob. furrow, beak, obliq. truncate 
13110 Bractes membran. nearly leafless sheath. Fem. spikes remote few-fl. included in sheath, Lvs. channelled 
13111 Bractes membranous nearly leafless sheathing, Spikes linear lax erect : male shorter. Leaves flat 
13112 Male spike sol. stalk. : fem. 4 dist. stalk. Stig. 3. Fr. ellipt. 3-corner. stalk.smth. short, than obov. cusp, scale 
13113 Leaves oblong lanceolate with a white scarious margin. Heads oblong. Scape not longer than leaves 
t 2. Culm leafy. 
13114 Fertile spikes sess. roundish approxim. Scales mucron. Fr. obov.-glob. acute pubesc. Culms weak scabrous 
13115 Female spikes 2-3 ellipt. sess. supported by a foliaceous bract. Fruit somewhat downy with a long beak 
1 3116 Male spike solit. : fem. about 2 close ellipt. sess. Stig. 3, Fr. obi. with a short beak downy as long as ov. scale 
13117 Male spike solit. : fem. about 2 close obi. sess. Stig. 3. Fr. roundish-obov. downy larg. than obi. blunt scale 
13118 Sheaths short scarcely any equal to the flower- stalks. Fertile spikes oblong approximate. Scales elliptico- 
oblong, Fruit obovate subtriquetrous acute pubescent 
13119 Sheaths very short. Female spikes subsessile cylindrical blunt. Glumes elliptical acute, Fruit downy 
13120 Fertile spikes subsess. obi. Fr. ov. scarcely beaked striated bifid at point, Lvs. very narrow. Culm glabrous 
13121 Bracteas long foliaceous, Fert. spikes roundish oval, Fr. obov. with a long recurved beak bifid at the point 
13122 Sheaths and peduncles very short. Female spikes roundish. Fruit spreading on each side globose. Beak 
straight, Culm smooth 
13123 Bracteas foliaceous. Spikes oblongo-ov. distant rotundo-ov. inflated rostrate bifid at point. Culm scabrous 
* 2. Male spike solitary : upper female sessile and subsessile ; lower stalked. 
13124 Fertile spikes oblong erect, Scales mucronate. Fruit ovate somewhat inflated subtriquetrous depressed 
with rather a short beak bifid at the point 
13125 Sheaths long shorter than peduncle, Spikes cylindrical remote somewhat compound, Fruit 2-nerved 
13126 Male spike solit. : female twin ; lower stalked obi. Stigmas 2, Fruit ellipt. blunt as long as blunt scale 
13127 Fertile spikes ov. : the lower one pedunculated. Scales obi. Fruit subglob. apiculate with a short bifid beak 
13128 Male spike solitary : female 3 distant ; two lower stalked. Stigmas 3, Fr. oblong compressed 3-cornered 
hispid at edge. Mouth membranous 2-lobed 
13129 Fertile spikes 1-3 somewhat drooping, Fruit scarcely longer than the scale lax especially the lower ones 
ovate with a short beak bifid at the point 
13130 Male spike sol. obov. : female about 3 close ; 2 lower on long stalks, Stigmas 3, Fruit compress, obov. downy 
beaked 2-toothed at end 
13131 Male spike sol. : female about 3 distant ; two lower remote, Stig. 3, Fr. ov.beaked with a membran. mouth 
13132 Male spike sol. : fem. 3 rem. : two lower stalked. Stigmas 3, Fr. glob, ovate nerved ventric. shortly beaked 
13133 P'ert. spikes subcylind. with dist. fls. Bract, foliaceous, Fr. subglob. somew. inflated obt. glab entire at point 
13134 Male spike sol. : female about 4 remote ; lower on a long stalk, the stalks of the others enclosed, Stigm. 3, 
Fr. globose shining with a short beak 2-toothed at end 
and Miscellajieous Particulars. 
species are used for tying the vines of hops to the poles; in Italy they are put between tne staves of wine 
casks to make them tight, wove over Florence flasks, or in chair bottoms. The Laplander combs and dres.ses 
some species of sedge, as we do flax, and in winter stuffs his shoes and gloves with it, as a defence against the 
