TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Carex. 
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21. C. clandest'ina. Sheaths membranous,, not leaf-like; fertile 
spikes distant, scarcely higher than the sheath. 
(E. Bot. 2124. E.)— Scheuch. 10. 1— Mich. 32. 8. 
Root fibrous. Leaves slender, more than thrice the length of the straw, 
channelled, rough on the keel and the edge towards the points. Straw 
subcylindrical, flatted on one side, smooth. Spikes , one barren!, three 
fertile, all distant. B. spike terminal, acute, oblong, half an inch long. 
F. spike oblong, few flowered, on fruit-stalks. Sheaths to each spike 
often involving part of the spike as well as the fruit-stalk. Capsules en¬ 
tire at the end. Summits three, long. Gooden. 
Dwarf-Silvery Carex. St. Vincent's rocks, Bristol, just below the Hot- 
wells. Mr. Sole. P. April. 
(4). Spikes , one barren , the others fertile . Floral-leaves leaf-like , gene¬ 
rally sheathing the fruit-stalks . 
22. C. pen'dula. Sheaths long, inclosing all the fruit-stalks; spikes 
cylindrical, very long, pendent : capsules much crowded, egg- 
shaped, acute. 
Curt. 180 —{E. Bot. 2315. E.)— Barr. 45—//. Ox. viii. 12. 4. 
Root fibrous. Plant from two to six feet high. B. spike terminal, two to 
four inches long. F. spikes on fruit-stalks, four to six inches long, pen¬ 
dent. Summits three. Gooden. The noble stature of the plant, and the 
very long and pendulous spikes, render further description unnecessary. 
Great Pendulous Seg. Moist woods and hedges, rare. Between Hamp¬ 
stead and Highgate, and between Marybone and Kilburn. Near Wood- 
bridge, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. Witchery Hole, near Ham Castle, 
Worcestershire. Wood between Build was Inn and the Birches, Shrop¬ 
shire. Stokes. By the Tees, near Croft. Mr. Robson. Banks of the Esk, 
above Melville Castle. Dr. Graham in Grev. Editi. (Oversley Wood, 
and Spernal Park, Warwickshire. Purton. In woods near Annesley, and 
Beauvale Abbey, Notts. By the side of the lane between Stockwood 
and Keynsham, Somersetshire. E.) P. May—June. 
23. C. strigo'sa. Sheaths long, inclosing all the fruit-stalk: spike 
thread-shaped, flaccid, turning downward: capsules oblong, 
somewhat triangular, acute. 
Linn. Tr. ii. 20. 4— (E. Bot. 994. E.) 
Root fibrous. Straw two feet high, or more, taller than the leaves, three- 
cornered, angles acute, smooth. Leaves broad, rough at the edge and 
on the keel. Barren spike two inches long, cylindrical, slender, straight, 
terminating. Fertile spikes about seven, very slender, distant, on fruit- 
stalks ; at first upright, then hanging down; the upper ones often 
having a few male florets at the end. All the spikes sheathed at the 
base, sheath longer than the fruit-stalks. Capsules entire at the rim, 
when full grown near twice as long as the scales. Summits three. Gooden. 
Flowers thin, irregularly scattered. Scales membranous, pale brown, 
with a green keel. Capsules three-cornered, brownish green, ribbed, 
tapering regularly to a point at each end, but not taper-pointed as in 
C. sylvatica. Wood. Differs from C. sylvatica in its fruit-stalks being 
hardly longer than the sheaths, and its capsules being triangular and 
acute, but not with a long taper point. Gooden. 
