PL end. ph. 
0 . CYPERACE^E. 33. Trasus. 65 
h. Bractece leaflike , sheathing ; 
spikes drooping when ripe , sessile , lower foot stalked^ exserted , 
male 1 ; fruit smooth . 
23. Trasus pendulus . Drooping sedge. 
Female spikes 3 or 5, cylindrical, very long; sheaths long; 
glumes ovate, as long as the fruit, awns very short ; fruit 
elliptical, crowded ; beak short, 2-toothed ; leaves broad, 
stiff! 
Gramen cyperoides spiCu pendulS. longiora, Park. 1267 ; Raii Syn. 420, 
polyst. 13. 
Oarex maxima, Scop. Cam. 2, 229. 
Carex agastachys, Lin. Suppl. 414. 
Carex pendula, Hnds. FI. Ang. 411. 
Damp woods and hedges ; perennial ; May and June. 
Culm 6 feet high, firm, 3-sided ; leaves broad, dark green, 
stiff, hard, glaucous beneath ; Iractece drooping, lower very 
long, sheaths as long as the footstalks; spikes 5 to 7, droop- 
ing, cylindrical, very compact, uppermost male, others fe- 
male; glumes lanceolate, acuminated, brown, rib green; 
fruit smooth. 
(2. androgynus. Male spike with female flowrets at the 
upper part. 
24. Trasus strigosus. Harsh sedge . 
Female spikes 3 or 4, threadlike, lax, distant; sheaths 
long; glume ovate, lanceolate ; fruit longer than the glume, 
oblong, lanceolate, ribbed, apex obliquely cut off ; leaves 
slender. 
Gramen cyperoides polystachium mnjusculum latifolium, spicis multis 
longis strigosis, Raii Syn. 419, polyst. 11. 
Carex leptostachys, Lin. Suppl. 414. 
Carex strigosa, Huds. FI. AnglAW. 
Wood and hedges; perennial; April and May. 
Culm upright, 2 feet high, smooth, slender ; leaves broad, 
light green, thin ; Iractece long, sheaths nearly the length 
of the footstalk ; ligula membranous, brown, amplexicaul; 
spikes 6 or 8, drooping, loose, uppermost male, others fe- 
male ; fruit green. 
i. Bractece leaflike , sheathing ; spikes drooping , 
footstalked , all exserted ; fruit smooth. 
25. Trasus sylvaticus. Wood sedge . 
Female spikes 4, distant, long, threadlike ; Iractece sheath- 
ing, half as long as the footstalks ; glume ovate, mem- 
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