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C a r e x . A c u t a . A c u t e C a r e x .
CAREX acuta fpicis mafculis pluribus, obtufis, fquamis obtufiufculis, caule acutangulo.
CAREX acuta fpicis mafculis pluribus, femineis fubfeflilibus, capfalis obtufiufculis. Lin Svff IW
. P* * 706. Sfi.Pl.fi. 1388. FI. Suec. n. 857. ' SK ' * '
CAREX glauca Scopoti FI. Carn. n. 1157. ?
CYPEROIDES foins Caryophylleis, caule exquifite triangulari, fpicis habitioribus, fquamis curds
obtusè mucronatis, capfulis turbinatis, brevibus, confertis. Michel Nov. Gen.
p. 62. tab. 32. f . 12.
GRAMEN cyperoides foliis caryophylleis vulgatiflimu
CAREX cæfpitofa var. ß. Lightfoot FI. Scot. ?
Rati Hiß. 1292.
RADIX perennis, repens.
CULMUS in aquofis, bipedalis et ultra, foliofus, no-
dofus, flriatus, triqueter, angulis acutis,
afperis.
FOLIA très lineas lata, glauca, | carinata, ad mar-
gines carinamque afpera.
SPICÆ mafculæ et femineæ diftinflæ, mafculoe ple-
t1 ROOT perennial, and creeping.
> STALK, in wet fituations, two feet high, and upwards,
rumque très, ereftæ, remotiufculæ, oblongæ,
obtulæ, e purpureo-nigræ feu fufcæ, fuprema
fefcunciali, inferioribus brevioribus, inæqua- !
libus, bra&eatæ, braÊteâ inferiore fpicis bre- ■
viore : femineæ duæ, vel très, longiores, et ;
graciliores,. pedunculatæ, plerumque ereâæ, i
apicibus fæpe mafculis.
leafy, jointed, ftriated, three-cornered,
l the angles {harp, and rough,
f LEAVES, three lines in breadth, glaucous, keeled
| the edges and keel rough. *
l SPIKES, male and female, diflinft ; male fpikes generally
three, upright, at a little diftance
from each other, oblong, obtufe, o f a purplifh,
> black, or brown colour, the uppermoft an
* inch and a half in length, the lower ones
| fhorter and unequal, furnifhed with floral
leaves, o f which the lowermoft is fhorter than
| the fpikes; female fpikes two or three, longer
and flenderer than the male, {landing on
footftalks, for the mofl part upright, the tips
| frequently male. r
| M a l e F l o w e r .
f SCALES, numerous, clofely imbricated, of an ovate
oblong (hape, obtufe, of a brownifh purple
| colour, the midrib greenilh, yiV. i.
> STAMINA: three F i l a m e n t s , filiform, and white-
> A n t h e r s , y e llow , Jig. 2.
| F e m a l e F l o w e r .
| SCALES ovate, and pointed, the upper part when
f . magnified edged with fine teeth, fie. o.
I NECTARY ovate, fmooth, the mouth molt com-
$ monly having two teeth, fie. 4.
| PISTILLUM : G e r m e n fma ll, with in the n e& a r y *
S t y l e a lit t le lo n g e r than the n e& a r y •
! S t i g m a t a thre e, fp r e a d in g ,/%•. c .
| SEED three-cornered, jig. 8, 9, contained within a
£ nettary having two teeth, fig. 6. 7.
F l o s M a s c .
SQUAMÆ plurimæ, artle imbricatæ, ovato-oblongæ,
obtufæ, e fufco-purpureæ, nervo medio vi-
rëfçente, fig. 1.
STAMINA:, F i l a m e n t a tria, filiformia, a lb a ; A n -'
t h e r æ lu teæ , fig. 2.
F l o s . F e m .
SQUAMÆ ovato-acuminatæ, fuperne ad lentem den- !
ticulis ciliatæ, fig. 3. .
NECTARIUM ovatum, glabrum, ore fæpius biden-
tato, fig. 4.
PISTJLLUM : G e r m e n p a rvum , intra ne fta r ium ; ■
S t y l u s n e t la r io p au lo lo n g io r ; S t i g m a t a !
tria, p aten tia, fig. 5 .
SEMEN triquetrum, fig. 8, 9, intra nettarium biden- 5
tatum, fig. 6, 7.
ESB the,nfelvés but ofthe (taies compofing the male fpikes of the acuta, and the narrow leaves and
"ender appearance of the fpikes m the gracilis, joined to the want o f that glaucous hue in the leaves fo
■ ■ thol> o f the E f l *efe general appearances, I carried home their roots
and planted them m my garden, and found, at the expiration of two years, that they flili kept un the famé
• * then attended more minutely to their parts of fruftification, and found fuffidem tg convince
me and I truft every unprejudiced perfon, that they are three fpectes immutably diftinfl
■ H R rnd perhT - “ e,moIi1 generally common o f the three is our rifiaria, which we have difiinguilhcd
oy that name, from its being found on the edges o f nvers ; it will alfo grow in the middle of-, S e,a
; and, if fuffered to increafe, will quickly fill up any piece of water, being in this refpeà almoft b B S m !
Pod aquatica, and Typha latifolm; it alfo, by means o f its powerfully creeping t o o k eafilv
rough any moorifti ground and hence is often found in meadows ■ M M M M B l W B j
ochSituations, its (Inking charafters are equally diflma. Where it grows luxuriantly, its fpikes eTnedal v
the lowermoft of the female ones, frequently become branched, which gives, them a verv ^ claIv
that may puzzle for a moment : as the male fpikes on their firft appearance are fo eafilv dmin™ilh£f h3' 3? ^ ’
potnted and angular appearance, fo the febrile fpikes, when nearly S M B I
I- A T R h3V,ng fom,e" hat inflated, and pointed capfules, fli/htlyVifid at the eCemity
, ihe lynonyms of this and the two other fpecies are fo confounded together, that to trace them M H n
, » T w A t r m ^ d T P» L “ ^„a - JTOUUbe 3nendlefS taflc: "Will be S c i e n t therefore to A v e
The ncuta is next in fize, at lead with refpea to the breadth of its leaves to the rUmria. ; r j •
f e r » A | t r I , r i f'ndT ! | theJl ' try frequently grow together, and,’from the great’ fimflarityTftheîr
louage, may ealily be confounded : when young, the bluntnefs o f its male füikes and nhmf.n.r/ r .1 •
quanuç, fo as totally to want any kind o f arifta, invariably diftinguilhes it from the ribaria ■ and thnnvh ilT*1
! u frequently a tendency in thefe fpikes to be three-cornerfd, ye.8,he angles aA alwayf^rV obtufe ,g A T
e may add. that the colour of them before the antheræ come forth is much brighter and fometiftiëï
l «found perfeaiy brilliant : the female fpikes, as well as thofe of the maTe a r e X I ’ in numbe w f. '
fmaHeri; nor have they that tendency to be pendulous which thofe of the ribaria frenueml’v L I ,rS
[ apfules when ripe' are alfo much fmaller, more numerous, and no ways inflated but very fimila/to
W r ; we may further remark, that while the fquamæ in the
r a™ b ' f o b t “ fe- thofe o f the female fpikes are p o in ted , an5 that w h ile this p b l f i / i t f f t r o n g
^ ^ ■ 1 the n f a n a : ln ItS WC3k ftate= “ aP P ro ach e . v e r y ne ar life recula, w h ie g
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