9. CYPERACEiE. 32. Carex. 45 
PL end. ph. 
elongata. Spikes longer than usual. 
Gramen cyperoides minus ranunculi capitulo longiore, Raii Syn. 425 
spic. 16. 
y. androgyna . Spikes androgynous, female flowers few, 
at the base. 
2 . Carex Davalliana. DavalVs Carex . 
Spikes sublinear, dioicous ; fruit attenuated, recurved, 
ribbed, upper edge rough ; apex not notched ; culm acute- 
angled, serrulate ; leaves very short ; root tufted. 
Carex Davalliana, Goodenough L. T. 5, 266. 
Carex dioica, Willd. Cat. B. 16. 
Carex scabra, Hoppe. 
Carex dioica Davalliana, Wahl. A. H, 1803, 138. 
Bogs; perennial; June, July. 
Root fibrous ; culm 3-sided, 8 in. high, rough ; leaves 
shorter than the culm ; spikes linear, very slender, acute, 
erect ; female spikes few, short ; glumes brown. 
3. Carex pulicaris. Flea carex . 
Spikes above male ; fruit oblong, roundish, smooth, re- 
flexed, divaricated, sharp at both ends; glumes oblong, 
persistent, longer than the fruit; root fibrous. 
Gramen cyperoides minimum, seminibus deorsum reflexis puliciformi- 
bus, Raii Syn. 424, spic. 13. 
Carex pulicaris, Lin. S. P. 1380. 
Carex psylliphora, Lin. Suppl. 413. 
Fleagrass. 
Muddy bogs ; perennial ; June. 
Culm a foot high, smooth, slender; leaves setaceous, 
smooth ; spikes linear, erect ; glumes brownish grey ; fruit 
brown, very shining, not notched at the tip. 
b. Carices with a compound , androgynous spike. 
4. Carex simplicius cula. Plain carex . 
Spike crowded, clubshape ; fruit oblong, depressed, beak 
short, mouth not notched ; leaves very slender, convolute, 
Carex simpliciuscula, Wahlenberg , Act. Holm. 1803, 141. 
Westmoreland mountains; sent to him by Mr. Turner. 
5. Carex incurva . Bent carex . 
Spikes roundish, ovate, capitate; fruit ovate, semiglo- 
bose, beaked, mouth very slightly notched ; glumes ovate, 
acute, rather mucronate; culm roundish, smooth, slightly 
bent ; leaves setaceous, grooved ; root creeping. 
