TRXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 
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(E. Bot. 307. E .)—Leers, 14. $—H. Ox. viii. 12. 24— Mich. 33. 13. 
Var. 2. Spike compact, floral leaves awned. St. 
Mont. F. H. Scirpoides — Lob. Ic. 19. 1— Ger. Em. 21. 5— Park. 1266. 7 —- 
Ger. 19. 5— C. B. Th. 87— J. B. ii. 497. 1. 
Var. 3. Spike less compact; floral leaves acuminate. St. 
Leers 14. 3— FI. Dan. 308. 
Boot fibrous. Straw thickest at the spike, not so tall as the leaves. Spike * 
a floral leaf at the base of each branch. Scales rather longer than the 
capsules. Gooden. Straw thick, firm. Spike thick, rough on all sides. 
Leaves , the sheaths terminated by a pointed tongue, as in the grasses. 
Linn. Leaves bright green, set with minute teeth pointing upwards, 
in a thick tuft. Stems two feet high, triquetrous, the sides somewhat 
concave, the angles sharp, and near the spike set with minute teeth 
pointing upwards. Spike, or rather panicle, short and close. Spikefs 
short, numerous, the upper without floral-leaves, or with a scale broader 
than the rest at the base. Floral-leaves sometimes wanting, that at the 
base of the lowermost spiket stiff, triangular, awl-shaped, half embracing 
the stem at the base, membranous at the edge, the upper part green, set 
with minute sharp teeth, the whole turning brown as the spike ripens; 
those at the base of several of the lower spikets similar but smaller. 
Scales of the same colour, egg-shaped, broad at the base, tapering into 
an awn. Barren flowers in the upper part, and fertile flowers in the 
lower part of each spiket. Summits two; deeply divided. Capsules 
obscurely triangular, cloven at the end. Woodw. 
Great Seg. (Welsh: Hesgen dywysenog ffwyaf. E.) Marshes and banks 
of rivers, common. P. May—June. 
18 . C. panicula'ta. Spike (or branched panicle) more than doubly 
compound, acute: branches alternate, rather distant: capsules; 
expanding: straw triangular. 
(E. Bot. 1064— FI. Dan. 1116. E.)— Scheuch. Pr. 8. 2— Leers 14. 4— H. Or* 
viii. 12. 23— Mich. 33. 7. 
Boot fibrous, many male florets in the upper spikets, about four in the 
lower ones. Gooden. Stems numerous, one to four feet high, naked above* 
triquetrous, minutely serrated at the edge. Boot-leaves in a thick tuft, 
sometimes taller than the stems, terminating in a stiff thorn-like point; 
minutely serrated and cutting at the edge. Bunch two or three inches 
long, branched below, usually terminating above in a simple spike; 
branches one half to one inch long, with numerous small roundish spikets, 
closely crowded. Floral-leaves awl-shaped, short, usually one at the 
base of the lowermost branch, and sometimes to one or two of those 
above. Scales egg-shaped, blunt at the end, deep brofvn, closely em¬ 
bracing the capsules. Summits two. Capsules longer than the scales, 
obtusely triangular, tapering to a sharp cloven point. Woodw. 
Great Panicled Seg. (Welsh: Hesgen rafunog ffwyaf. E.) Bogs and 
watery places. ’ ' P. June. 
Var. 2. Bunch simple: branches distant. 
Spikets , the lower distant, the upper crowded. The colour of the scales, 
capsules, foliage, and stem, prove it to belong to C. paniculata. Woodw. 
Cultivated in a rich wet soil, the bunch became as much branched as in 
the preceding. Gooden. 
