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96. CYPEKACE^. 
of the style. Spikeleis with bracts, alternate, forming a close 
distichous cotnjiound terminal spike. 
tt Bristles ultimately much exceeding the glumes. 
8. ERioPHonra. Glumes nearly equal, lowest sometimes 
empty. Bristles ultimately silky. Nut trigonous. 
Tt.JII. ELYNEjE. F1. unisexual. Perianth 0 or formed of 
1 or 2 scales. 
9. KoBHESiA. Spikes close together. Lower fl. fem., peri- 
anth of 1 scale inclosing the gemien and covered by the 
glume. Upper fl. male, without any perianth. 
Tr. T\. CARICEJE. Fl. unisexual. Nut completely inclosed 
in the um-shaped perianth. 
10. Carex. Fl. in imbricate spikes, each covered by a 
glimie. Female fl. with a single umshaped pei-sistent peri- 
anth, 1 style and 2 — 3 stigmas. Male n. of 3 stam., vnih- 
out a perianth. 
Tribe I. Cyperece. 
1. Ctpe'rtts LAnn. Galingale. 
1. C. lon'ffus (L.) ; spikelets linear-lanceolate in twice-coni- 
poimd umbels, peduncles of partial umbels erect imequal, 
stigmas 3, creeping. — E. B. 1309. St. 52. 10. — St. triangular. 
2 — 3 feet high. Umbel yeiy large, lax, unequal, its base with 2 
or 3 long leaves. Glumes brownish red, with green keels and 
pale margins. — South of England, rare. P. VIII. IX. E. 
2. C.fus 'ciis (L.) ; spikelets linear-lanceolate in small roundish 
heads at the extremities of the branches, gl. spreading, stigmas 3, 
root fibrous.— i:. E. S. 2626. St. 52. 5.— A small nearly pro- 
strate plant. Stems many, 2 — 5 in. long. Heads with 3 un- 
equal 1. at the base. Glumes fuscous with gi-een keels. — Little 
Chelsea, Middlesex. Shalford Common, SuiTey. Jersev. A. 
vin. IX. ' E. 
2. Schce'itus Linn. Bog-rush. 
1. S. nig'ricans (L.) ; st. roimd naked, spikelets 5 — 10 col- 
lected into a tenninal roundish head overtopped by the lower 
bract, gl. rough at the keel.— -E. B. 1121. St. 40. 9.— Root 
of strong black fibres. St. 8 — 12 in. high, clothed at the base 
with blackish-brown smooth shining scales some of which ter- 
minate in setaceous erect leaves which are shorter than the stem. 
Bristles variable in number, short, rough with upward spines. 
