CAREX. 
249 
Squama alba carina viridi ovata mucrone his- 
pido. 
Pist. stigmata 3. 
Caps. ovali-triquetra et obovata nervosa, apice re* 
curva. 
Semen exacte triquetrum. 
Radix 
Habitat in sylvis, floret Maio. Pennsylvania. 
Schkuhr. Car. n. 168. 
40. CAREX FESTUCACEA. 
Culmo triquetro glabro foliato. 
Foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
Yagina 
Ligula 
Spica composita ; spiculis alternis sessilibus ovatis 
obtusis androgynis 8, superne femineis brac- 
teatis. 
Bractea lanceolata spicula breviore. 
Squama mascula 
Stam. 3. 
Squama feminea ovato-lanceolata carinata mucro- 
nata capsula brevior. 
Stigmata 2, in stylo elongato. 
Caps. alata striata apice bifida, hispida. 
Semen ovatum utrinque acutum. 
Radix 
Habitat in Pennsylvania. 
Schkuhr. Car.n . 173. 
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