542 
MONOECIA TRIANDRIA* 
triquetrous, somewhat ovate, with the mouth entire, nerved, very villous, 
somewhat hoary. Stigmas three. Style triquetrous. 
This species of Carex, which I sent to Dr. Muhlenberg many years ago, 
I have never found but once; I then met with it in dry pastures, on Paris’ 
Island. Its corolla is more villous than that of any species with which I am 
acquainted. The spikes and fruit larger than those of C. Virescens. 
Flowers in May. 
28. Marginata. Mulil. 
C. spicis foemineis 
subgeminis, approxi- 
mates, subglobosis, sub- 
sessilibus; fructibus 
globosis, tomentosis, 
bidentatis, squama ob- 
longo-ovata majoribus; 
foliis radicalibus, cul- 
mo Iongioribus. 
Fertile spikes gene- 
rally two, approximate, 
subglobose, nearly ses- 
sile; fruit globose, to- 
mentose, two-toothed, 
larger than the oblong 
obovate scale; leaves 
radical, longer than the 
stem. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 26l. Pursh, 1. p. 40. Nutt. 2. p. 205. 
Plant scarcely a foot long, growing in tufts. Stem slender, triquetrous, 
scabrous along the margins. Leaves linear, almost subulate, nearly as long 
as the stem, slightly scabrous along the margins. Spikes crowded at the 
summit, sterile spike terminal, cylindrical, six to eight lines long, scales 
ovate, chestnut coloured with a white margin, the lower obtuse, the upper 
somewhat acute. F ertile spikes at the base of the sterile, two to three each, 
bearing three to six flowers, scales ovate, acute, sometimes mucronate, 
nearly as long as the fruit. 
Grows on dry hills and rocks. Pursh. 
Flowers April and May. 
29. Vestita. Willd. 
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C. spica mascula 
lanceolata, foemineis 
geminis, ovatis, ses- 
silibus, approximates, 
fructibus ovatis, ros- 
tratis, ore obliquis, pu- 
bescentibus, squamam 
Sterile spike lanceo- 
late, the fertile two, 
ovate, sessile, approxi- 
mate; fruit ovate, bea- 
ked, with an oblique 
summit, pubescent, as 
long as the ovate acute 
