• MONOECIA. TRTANDRIA. Carex. £93 
C, Summits 2 : spikes thread-shaped ; fim, 
spikes nodding^ whilst in Jlower^ upng^ht 
udien ripe: capsules rather acuity entire at 
the end, 
SLEVDl R-SPIKED CAREX. Ed^es of rivers, 
j)onds and di’ches ; and aUo in meadows. Banks of 
the river (heet. P. May. 
C. spiels cyllndrlcis obtuslusculis erectis, glu- paludo* 
mis tacmitieai iim aristatis ; mascularum ob- sa, 
tusis, fructibus ellipticis emarginatis. 
C. Spikes oblong, hlunfish : scales of the males 
blunt, of the female spear, shaped \ capsules 
fgg-spear shaped, slightly toothed at the end, 
LESSER COMMON CAREX. Marshes and banks of 
wef difehes, of:en found with C. riparia. VV i m . Banks 
of (he Greet. P. May. 
C. splcis erectis : masculls triquefris: faemi- riparia, 
neis cylindncis, triumis omnibus acumina- 
tis, fructibus rostraiis bif'urcis. 
C- Spikes oblong, acute . scales of the male 
spear-shaped of the female tapering to an 
awn-like point: capsules egg.spear-shaped, 
cloven into 'I teeth at the end. 
GR I A »’ COMMON r\REX. Fd£:es of rivers, ponds 
and ditci es. Banks of the river Greet. 
P. April, May. 
C. spiels faemineis cylindricls elt)ngat!S sub- ampulla- 
sesMliibus, vigirus nultis, iiuctibus inflatis cia, 
rosrro lineari bafurco. 
C. Spikes ihre.iJ shaped, the '"males thinnest, 
Jemales lylindrical, upright', capsules in- 
JluLtU, gloOular, awn-beaked,- diverging, 
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