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A well-marked species, with large fruit-heads. In copses 
of the Neck; abundant. Perennial. 
* * Spikes many, summits masculine. 
4. C. spikelets about four, somewhat remote ; retroflexa. 
fruit ovate, bi-dentate; margin glabrous, re- 
flexed-spreading ; scales oblong-lanceolate, — . 
Schkurr. 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. Kkk. f. 140. 
On woody hills of dry soil, every where common. Perennial. 
June. 
5. C. spikelets under five, oblong, aggregated ; stipata. 
fruit spreading, ovate-acuminate, bi-cuspidate, 
convex, flat, nerved j culm triquetrous, very as- 
perate. — TFilkL 
Icon. Schk, Car. t. Hhh. f. 132. 
Close-spiked Sedge. 
In low grounds, common. Perennial. April. 
6. C, spikes narrow, paniculated, oblong, obtuse ; multiflora, 
fruit ovate, bi-cuspidate; scales ovate, mucro- 
nate; bractes leafy, filiform.-— ITiWd. 
Icon, Schk. Car. 1. Lll. f. 144. 
Many-flowered Sedge. 
Very common on the borders of ditches, and in meadows. 
Perennial. May. 
7. C. spikes paniculated ; fruit "ovate, margined panicuiata. 
above, bidentate ; margin ciliate-serrate } culm 
triquetrous, — Willd. 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. D. f. 20. et var. t. Ttt. f. 
163. 
