(484.) 
ELY'NA * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Monoe'cia f, Tria'ndria +. 
Natural Order. Cypera'cea; §, Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p.278.; 
Tntrod. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 304. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p.392. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 541. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 318. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. (4th ed.) p. 427. — Cyperoide.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 26. — Sm. Gr. 
of Bot. p.68. — Cyperales ; sect. Caricina: ; type, Caricace.e ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 354 & 358. — Calamarle, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Spikes terminal, compound, monoecious. Spike- 
lets (fig. 1.) 2-flowered, upper one (fig. l,c.) sterile , lower one 
(fig. 1 , b.) fertile , both included in a broad sheathing bractea 
{fig. 1, a). Sterile Flower (fig. 2). Calyx a single, oblong, invo- 
lute, permanent scale, sometimes wanting. Corolla none. Fila- 
ments (see fig. 2.) 3, hair-like, upright, longer than the calyx or 
scale. Jlnlhers vertical, strap-shaped, upright, of 2 cells. Fertile 
Flower (fig. 3). Calyx as in the sterile flower. Corolla none. 
Germen (fig. 3, b.) superior, triangular. Style (fig. 3, c.) 1, cylin- 
drical. Stigmas (fig. 3, d.) 3, tapering, spreading, downy. Seed 
or Nut (figs. 4 & 5.) 1, somewhat triangular, pointed, hard, naked, 
except the permanent scale (fig. 3, a.) which shelters it. 
The 2-flowered spikelets, with their upper flower sterile, and their 
lower one fertile, each with a calyx of one involute scale (see fig. 
i, b and c.), without a corolla; and both included in a broad 
sheathing bractea (fig. 1, a.) ; and the single, somewhat 3-eornered, 
naked seed or nut ; will distinguish this from other genera in the 
same class and order. 
It differs from Carex (t. 440.) in the seed being naked ; and in 
the absence of a corolla in the fertile flowers. 
One species British. 
ELY'NA CARICI'NA. Carex-like Elyna. Compound-headed 
Elyna. 
Spec. Char. Spikelets aggregate, compound. 
Mert. and Kocli. FI. Germ. v. i. p. 459.— Hook. Brit. FI. p. 401.— Winch’s FI. 
of Northumb. and Durh. p. 61.— Irv. Lond. FI. p. 284.— Baines’ FI. of Yorkshire, 
p. 1 1 2. — Kobrdsia caricina, Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. pt. i. p. 206. — Sm. Engl. FI. 
v. iv. p. 129. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 139. — Lindl. Syn. p. 284. — Macr. Man. Brit. 
Bot. p. 249. — FI. Devon, pp. 153 & 119. — Cobresia caricina , Pers. Syn. PL 
v. ii. p. 534. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 69. — Carex hybrida, Schkuhr. Car. t. 
R. r. r. f. 161. According to Willdenow. — Carex mirabilis, Host. — Schccnus 
monoicus, Engl. Bot. t. 1410. 
Localities. — On mountains, in moist muddy spots; very rare. — Devonshire j 
Broad Olyst. Haldon, plentiful : Mr. Jacob. — Durham ; On the Widdy Bank 
tn Teesdale Forest ; also on Cronkley Fell : Aug, 25, 1799; Mr. Dickson, and 
N, J. Winch, Esq. ; to whom it was pointed out by the Rev. J. Harriman. 
Fig. 1. A Spikelet ; a, a bractea; b, fertile floret; c, sterile one. — Fig. 2. A 
separate Sterile Floret. — Fig. 3. A separate Fertile Floret ; a, the calyx or scale j 
y” 611 ’ C ‘ st J le ’ ‘tigma.-Figs. 4 & 5. Seed. — All, except Jig. 1, mag* 
* From elyo, Gr. to cover ; which the scale does the flower, 
t See fol. 83, note f. f See fol. 56, note +, } See fol. 436, «. 
