CAREX. 
379 
ttt Beak of fr. glabrous, terete or compressed. Male spike 
1 (rarely more). Stigmas 3. 
61. C.sylvat'ica (^Huds.) ; fertile spikes about 4 distant slightly 
drooping linear ■«^th long half-exserted stalks, bracts leaflike 
sheathing, fr. elliptic trigonous obscurely veined nan-owed into 
a long cloven smooth beak, nut obovate-elliptic triangular, 1. 
narrower than in the preceding. — E. B. 995. Sclil;. LI. 101. S. 
b. 55. R. 242. — St. about 2 feet high, smooth, its top and the 
fr.-beak rarely a little rough. Sheaths scarcely half equalling 
the peduncles. Gl. ovate, acute, diaphanous with a green keel. 
—Damp woods. P. V. E. S. 1. 
62. C. Psetulo-cy' penis (L.) ; fertile spikes about 5 drooping 
cylindrical densely flowered stalked near together, bracts leaHike 
scarcely sheathing, gl. setaceous rough dilated at the base, fr. 
ovate-lanceolate ribbed narrowed iuto a deeply bifid beak, nut 
elliptic, St. triqueti'ous with rouarh angles. — E. jB. 242. Schk. 
Mm. 102. H. b. 56. R. 275.— St. 2—3 feet high. Male spike 
often with some feitile flowers. Fertile spike I5-2 in. lon^. — 
Damp places, rare. P. YI. L. I. 
tttt Beak of hairy fi-. terete or compressed with patent cusps. 
Male spikes 2 or more. 
63. C. JiHfor'mis (L.); male spikes 2, fertile 8 or 4 remote 
erect sessile oblong, bracts leaflike lowermost slightly sheathing, 
gl. oblong-ovate cuspidate and ciliate at the point, /r. downy 
oblong-ovate nan-owed into an obliquely truncate beak with 2 
lateral points, nut narroivly elliptic subtrigouous, 1. slender chan- 
neled.— R. 904. Schk. K. 45. Boott's Care.i; t. 132. R. 265. 
— St. 2 feet high. L. with filamentous sheaths below. Lowest 
spike rarely stalked. — Peat-bogs. P. V. E. S. L 
64. C. hir'ta (L.) ; male spikes 2 or fertile 2 or 3 remote 
erect ohlong-cyliiulrical stalked, bracts leaiflike the lower vntk 
long sheaths nearly equalling the pedimcles, gl. elliptic-lanceolate 
with long slender cDiate points, &. haii-y oblong-ovate narrowed 
into a deeply divided beak, nut obovate narrowed below trian- 
gular, l.Jiat hairy.— E. B. 685. Schk. Uu. 108. M. b. 58. R. 
257. — St. I5 — 2 feet high, leafy. L. and sheaths shaggy, rarely 
glabrous. Fr. tawny. Occasionally the spikes are compoimd at 
the base and very long-stalked, and the gl. long. — Wet places. 
P. IV. Hammersedge. E. S. I. 
ttttt Beak of fr. glabrous, terete, striate, with patent cusps, 
or 2-toothed. Male spikes many, rarely 1. Bracts not 
sheathing. 
X Male spike 1. Stigmas 2. Beak of fr. 2-toathed. 
66. C. pul'la (Good.) ; male spike 1 (rarely 2), fertile 1 — 3 
