200 MONOECIA; TKIANDRIA. Carex.' 
C. spike more than doubly compound^ compact, 
though branched, blunt : spikets male at the 
top: capsules diverging: straws with very 
acute angles. 
GREAT-SPIKED CAREX. Marshes and hanks of 
rivers; common. Oxton Rottouis. P, May, 
panicu- C. spica supradecomposita panicnlato-ramo- 
lata. sa acuta interrupta, fructibus patcniibus 
acuminatis, culmo acute triquetro. 
C. Spike (or branched panicle) more than douh^ 
ly compound, acute : branches alternate, ra¬ 
ther distant: capsules expanding ; straw 3- 
corned, 
GREAT PANICLED CAREX. Bogs and watery 
places. Banks of the river Greet. P. June. 
sylvati- C. vaglnls pedunculo duplo brevioribus, spi- 
ca. cis filiformibus laxiusculis nutantlbus, fruc- 
tibus ovatis triquetris rostratis. 
C, Sheaths short : spikes thread-shaped, lim* 
" her, pendent \ capsules egg-shaped, ending 
in an awn-like beak. 
PENDULOUS WOOD CAREX. Woods; common. 
Oxton Wood. P. May, .June. 
palles- C. vaginis brevissiniis, spiels cylindiicis pe- 
cens, dunculatis : fructlferis penduiis, fructibus 
ellipticis inflatis obtusis. 
- C. Sheaths extremely short, fem. spikes rather 
cylindrical, pendent when in fruit: capsules 
oblong, blunt. 
ALE CAREX. Moist meadows and pastures; com¬ 
mon. P. Mu), June. 
