t(tours
a r e x P e n d u l a . P e n d u l o u s C a r e x .
C a r e x Lin. Gen. PI, Monoecia T riandria.
M asc. i phyllus. Cor. o. Fem. Amentum imbricatum. Cal. i phyllus. Cor.
o. NeStarium inflatum, 3 dentatum. Germen triquetrum, intra ne&arium.
Ran. Syti. Get,. 28 Herb« graminifolije non culmifer« imferfecto seu stA'mineo.
Carex fpicis feminims pendulis longiflimis, capfulis mucronatis ovatis. Haller, hift. 1356.
C arex piadula, fpicis fubfeffilibus pendulis, mafcula erefla, femineis cylindricis longiffimis, capffilis
fubrotundis acuminatis. Hudfon. VI. Angl. ed. 1 p. 41 i.
Gi, amen ipica pendula longiore et anguftiore B. pin. 6. Pr. 13. J . B. 11. 49y.
G r a m e n c y p e r o id e s fp i c a p e n d u la lo n g io r e . Parlms. 1 2 6 7 . Rail. Sya. f . 4 2 | M a n y - f p ik e d C y p e r n s - '
g r a f s w i t h l o n g p e n d u lo u s h e a d s .
RADIX perennis, non vero repens.
CULMUS tripedalis, ad orgyalem in folo lætiori etiam
accedit, triqueter, levis, fuperne jftriatus, fo-
liofus.
FOLIA femunciam lata, viridia abfque ullâ glaucedine,
oris nervisque fubalperis, minute ferrulatis^'
minus vero quam in multis aliis hurufce ee-
neris.
SPICÆ : omnes pendulæ, fuprema e floribus mafculis
omnino compofita, crafla, bafi tenuior, fecun-
da et tertia femineæ apice incraflatæ, ubi an-
drogynæ, inferiores femineæ, lineares, lou-
giflimæ.
.. lu Flores mafculi.
SQÜAMÆ ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, e fufco pur-
t puràfcentes, concavæ, trinerves, fig. 1.
STAMINA : F il AM EN T A t r i a , c a p i l la r ia , d em i f fo p o l -
l in e lo n g i t u d in e 1 f q u am a r u m ; A n t h e r æ
l in e a r e s , q u a d r i fu l c a tæ , f la væ . fig. 2 . 3 . 4 .
0A Flores feminei.
ov^UAMÆ ut in mafculo. fier. c.
NECTARIUM inflatum, ovato oblongum, glabrum
collo contrafto. & . 6. ’
IST1LLUM : G e r m e n triquetrum, intra Neflarium :
S t y l u s breviffimus; S t i g m a t a tria, filifor-
SFMPiw Pubefcentia- J&- 7- 8-
anm&JN u n i c u m , o v a t o a c u tu m , t r iq u e t r u m .
| RO OT perennial, but not creeninsr
| STALK three feet high, in a rfchSfoiI growing even
B | thek heISht l g S feet, three cornered
J . fmooth, at top ftriated, leafy.
| LEAVES half an inch broad, green without any rfau
cous appearance, fomewhat rough from being
| finely &ved, but much l e f s .& than man?
r others of this genus. ^
| SPIKES: al* f tfam pendulous, t h e uppermoft com-
| pofed entirely of male Bowen thick, but
ilender at i t s bafe, the fecond and third fe-
I maK ' :h,f « r°P, with a mixture of mak
and female flowers, the lower ones female
, linear, and very long, "=maie,
I tOATl t« Flowers o f the male.
| SCALES narrow-oval, running out to a long point o f
r i b s ' T . 1* p U r p le c o lo u r ’ h o l lo w , w h h th r e e
I S T A M I N A : t h r e e F i l a m e n t s v e r y f in e , o n t h e
| f h e d d m g o f t h e p o l l e n b e c om in g a s l o n g a s
I t h e f e a l e s ; A n t h e r « l in e a r w i t h fo u r
| g r o o v e s , a n d o f a y e l l o w c o lo u r . fig. , , ,
I orAT ™ • Fowers, of 'he female. S ' 3‘ 4‘
± bLACLS as m the male. /&■ . r.
| NECTAR Y inflated, of an oval oblong lhape, fmooth
. . the neek eontrafted. f c 6 P | "moots,
I PISTILLUM: G e r m e n th re fcornered, within the
l Neftary; S t y l e very lhorf. o l he
I SEED f ■ *rea!i-(h!* SEED Angle, oval pointedP, eadn.d athnrdeed coorwne^reyd.,^ ‘.T s ^
t t h ' K f i c i o ’: s r t t s wh-a hmme7 s tr!be ° f
% a î l r i p e S g I t s 1 f e d “ n “ t h e m o i ( l h e d ^ a b ° » t a n d Hishate, flowering
It-is. n o t a p p l ie d fo f e r a s o u t k n o w l e d g e a t p r e f e n t e x t e n d s t o a n y p a r t i c u l a r p n r p o fe s .