MONOECIA, TRIANDEIA. 
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fruit siibrotund-ovate, rostrate, bidentate, ci- 
liate-serrated on the margin, larger than the 
lanceolate-mucronate scale. — Willd. 
Icon. Schk. Car. t. Www. f. 173. 
Fescue-like Sedge. 
In dry woods, common. Perennial. May. 
12. C. spike androgynous, compound; spikelets straminea. 
about five, subrotimd, masculine below, almost 
close together; stigmas two; fruit subrotund- 
ovate, rostrate, bidentate, ciliate-serrated on the 
margin, larger than the lanceolate scale. — JVilld. 
Schk. Car. p. 49. n. 38. t. G. f. 34. et t. Xxx. 
f. 174. 
Straw-coloured Sedge. 
In woods, not uncommon. Perennial. June. 
f f f Spikes of distinct sexes. 
* Male spike often solitary, the others feminine or partly 
androgynous. 
IS. C. feminine spikes cylindrical, obtuse, about caespitosa. 
three, distant, below on short projecting pedun- 
cles ; fruit ovate-obtuse, perforated at the mouth, 
larger than the oblong-obtuse scale; leaves 
spreading.— Willd. 
C. polyandra, Schk. Car. 1. p. 59. t. Dd. f. 90. 
Turfy Sedge. 
This species grows in large tufts together, and is the most 
common one in this neighbourhood. In all meadows and low 
grounds. Perennial. May. 
14. C. masculine spikes two, feminine four, crinita. 
distant, pedunculated, pendulous, cylindrical; 
fruit subrotund-elliptical, ventricose, very 
shortly rostellate, entire at the mouth, short- 
er than the oblong, aristated scale. — Willd. and 
Lamark. 
Icon. Schk. Eee. f. 125. et t. Ttt. f. 164. 
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