Moncecia* 
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ed ; bracteas scaly ; stem triangular ; leaves plain. 
Abundant in sandy places near the shore. 
Car. Sylvaiica, Pendulous Wood- Carex ; with sheaths 
one-half shorter than the peduncle ; spikes thread-shap- 
ed, loose, nodding ; fruit ovate, triangular, beaked. 
Frequent in woods ; rises to the height of two or three 
feet, and is furnished, with an upright, leafy, smooth, 
triangular stem. 
Car. Flava, Yellow Carex ; with shortened sheaths 
nearly equal to the peduncle ; spikes producing pistils, 
roundish ; fruit beaked, deflected, stem smooth ; fre- 
quent in marshy places. 
Car. FrcecoXt Vernal Carex ; with shortened sheaths 
nearly equal to the peduncle; spikes ovate, approach- 
ing ; glumes slightly dagger-shaped ; fruit roundish, 
woolly. Common on heaths and dry pastures. 
Car. Pilidifera, Round-headed Carex ; without 
sheaths ; spikes with pistils, sessile, crowded, roundish; 
glumes slightly dagger-shaped ; fruit roundish, hairy. 
Frequent in pastures and heaths. 
Typha. Gen. char. — (I) Catkin cylindrical ; an- 
thers about three on a common filament. (2) Catkin 
cylindrical ; seed one, with a downy footstalk. 
Typha Latifolia, Great Cat’s-tail, or Reed-mace ; 
with the leaves nearly sword-shaped, and spikes pro- 
ducing anthers and pistils, approaching each other. Not 
uncommon in lakes and ditches. 
Typha Angastifolia, Lesser Cat’s-tail, or Reed-mace ; 
with leaves semi-cylindrical, plain, equal to the stem ; 
the anther and pistil-bearing spike distant. In ditches 
and lakes, but less frequent. In the middle of Wool- 
wich common. 
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