Carex Pendula. Pendulous C AR EX. 
Carex hin. Gen. PI. Monoecia Triandria. 
Masc. i phyllus. Cor. o. Fem. Amentum imbricatum. Cal. i phyllus. Cor. 
o. Nefarium inflatum, 3 dentatum. Germen triquetrum, intra nedtarium. 
Rail. Sjrn. Gcn. 28 Herb.® graminifolije non culmiferx imperfecto seu stamineo. 
Carex Ipicis femininis pendulis longlflimls, capfulis mucronatis ovatis. Haller, hifl. 1396. 
Carex pendula, fpicis fubfeflilibus pendulis, mafcula ereda, femineis cylindricis longiflimis, capfulis 
fubrotundis acuminatis. Hadfon. FI. Angi. ed. 2 p. 41 1. 
Gramen fpica pendula longiore et anguftiore 5 . pin. 6 . Pr. 13. J. B. n. 497. 
Gramen cyperoides fpka pendula longiore. ParAins. 1267. Rail. Syn. p. 420. Many-lpiked Cypenis- 
grafs with long pendulous heads. 
RADIX perennis, non vero repens. 
CULMUS tripedalis, ad orgyalem in folo Ijetiori etiam 
accedit, triqueter, levis, fuperne ftriatus, fo- 
liofus. 
FOLIA femunciam lata, viridia abfque ulla glaucedine, 
oris nervisque fubafperis, minute lerrulatis, 
mimis vero quam in multis aliis hujufce ge- 
neris. 
SPIC^ : omnes pendula:, fuprema e floribus mafculis 
omnino compoflta, crafla, bafl tenuior, fecun- 
da et tertia feminese apice incraflatae, ubi an- 
drogyna:, inferiores femineae, lineares, lon- 
giffima:. 
Flores mafculi. 
SQUAM.i^l ovato-lanceolat*, acuminatae, e fufco pur- 
purafcentes, concavas, trinerves. i. 
STAMINA : Filamenta tria, capillaria, demiflb pol- 
line longitudine fquamarum; Anthers 
lineares, quadrifulcatae, flav$. 2.3.4. 
Flores feminei. 
SQUAM.^ ut in mafculo. Jig. 3. 
NECTARIUM inflatum, ovato oblongum, glabrum, 
collo contradlo. J^. 6. ’ 
PISTILLUM: Germen triquetrum. Intra Nedlarium ; 
Stylus breviflimus; Stigmata tria, filifor- 
mia, pubefcentia, jig, 7. 8. 
SEMEN unicum, ovato acutum, triquetrum. 
ROOT perennial, but not creeping. 
STALK three feet high, in a rich foil growing even 
to the height of fix feet, three cornered 
fmooth, at top ftriated, leafy. ’ 
LEAVES half an inch broad, green without any glau- 
cous appearance, fomewhat rough from beiner 
finely fawed, but much lefs fo than man? 
others of this genus. ^ 
SPIKES ; all of them pendulous, the uppermoft com 
pofed entirely of male flowers, thick, but 
llender at its bafe, the fecond and third fe- 
male, thick at top, with a mixture of male 
and female flowers, the lower ones female 
linear, and very long. ’ 
Flowers of the male. 
SCALES narrow-oval, running out to a long point of 
abrownilh purple colour, hollow, with three 
ribs. r. 
STAMINA: three Filaments very fine on the 
Iheddmg of the pollen becoming a’s long as 
the fcales ; Anthers linear with four 
grooves, and of a yellow colour. ;&•. 2 . 
Flowers of the female. * 
SCALES as in the male. fig. e. 
NECTARY inflated, of an oval oblong lhape, fmooth 
the neck contrailed. fig-. 6. ^ 
PISTILLUM; Germen three cornered, within the 
Neftary; Style very Ihort; Stigmata 
SEED Angle, oval pointed, and three corMred. ' 
in whatever fitnation it Snd, it“ong' pfd£s,'^ftmdf fpikeri ?hefe 
very (lender, as the feeds ripen they become much thicker and cylindrical. ® ^ ^ are 
This elegant fcecies is found in great abundance in the moift hedges about and ravi. / a 
in May and ripening its feeds in June. ° amjteaa and tiighgate, flowering 
It is not applied fo far as our knowledge at prefent extends to any particular purpofes. 
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