*92 MONOECIA. TRIANDRIA. Carex, 
C. Lower sheath inclosing about half thefruit- 
stalky upper ones nearly the whole: spikes 
slendery uprighty far asunder : capsules in- 
fatedy bluntishy rather distant, 
PINK-LEAVED CAREX. Moist nieadov^s and pas¬ 
tures; fiequeat. P, May,June. 
recur- C. vagiiiis abbreviatis, spicis faemineis cylin- 
va, dricis pendulis, fructibiis ellipiico-triquetris 
scabriusculis, radice repente. 
C. Sheaths short : fern, spikes nearly cylin- 
dticaly pendent: capsules roundish egg-sha¬ 
ped : roots creeping, 
GLAUCOUS IIEATfl CAREX. Moist meadows, 
pastures, heaths, and woods ; very common. 
. ^ P. May, June. 
caspi- C. digyna, vaginls nullis, spicis sessilibus 
iosa, cylindricis obtusis, bracteis auriculatis, 
Iructibus persistentibus. 
C. Summits 2 : sheaths none : spikes nearly 
sitting and cylindricaly blunt: leaves upright^ 
soft, 
TUFTED-BOG CAREX. Marshes and wet woods; 
very common. ' P. May. 
* * * Spicis sexu distinctis : masculis plu- 
ribus. 
4 Spikes male and female: male pikes 2 or 
more, 
acuta. C. digyna, spicis filiformibus : florentibus 
cernuis : fructiferis erectis, iructibus ellip- 
ticis obiusis apice indivisis. 
