CAREX PRÆCOX. EARLY-FLOWERING CAREX.
CAREX pracox, spicis oblongis, approximatis, masc. solitariis,jTe»z. subternis; bracteis subsetaceis, va-*
ginis pedunculo brevi ,subtequantibus s squamis masculinis ellipticis fcemineis ovatis,' acumi-*
nulatis : fructibus ovato-triquetris, pubesccntibus.
CAREX prfficox, spica mascula solitaria; femineis geminis approximatis oblongis sessilibus, stigmati-
bus tribus, fructibus subglpboso-triquetris: pubescentibus squamam ovatam- acutam asquanti-
bus. Willdenm -Sp. P i. foot' -4: p. 262. 'M tph H ort. Remseäi&v vol. 5. p , 245.
CAREX prascox, vaginis abbreviates pedunculo1 sübffiqüaTibus, spicis ovatis approximatis, glumis mu*
crönülatis, fructibus Sübrötundis pubescentibus. • 'Smith Fl: B r it. 'vol. 8. p . 994.'
CAREX pnecox. Jacq. FL Atcsir. t. 46. Good. Act. Soc. Linn. vol.2,. p. 170. Schrank Bavar.
p . 235.’ Willd. Act. Acad. Bcrol. 1794, p. 46. Host. Gram,... Austr. m l. 1. p 51 t.,63.
Schkuhr Cäriccs (cd. Delavighe) p. 8 7 -1. F. n. '27. W a h l Act. Holm. 1803, p. 157. Id.
in Ann. o f Bot. ml. 2. p. 131.. Lam. D id . ml. 3 .p . 386. Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 3. p. 115.
FI. Gall, Syn. p. 141. Destonghh. FI. GalL p. 646. All. FI. P ed .n . 2337. Engl, Bot.
t. 1:099• With. Bot. A r r . cd. 4. völ. 2. p. 97. Hull B r it. Flora, ed.. 2. p. 274. Relh._ Cant,
p. 367- Sibth, Ox. p. 29. Scringe Coll, des E sp. du Genre. Carex, Dec. 2. Gaud. Agrost.
Ilelv. Vol. 2. p. 131.
CAREX. saxatilis. Huds.p. 408. (fide Sm.)
CAREX. verna. Pers. Syn. P i. vol. 2: p.-54l.
CAREX morifina. L ig h tf. Scot-, p. 551'. Huds. Angl. p. 407. Host Fl. Austr. p. 5(36. Poll.
Ptitt. 'i\. 335P ’ Timm. Megbp. p. 196/* Gunn. Nbrv. it. 708. - R etz. Scand. p. 180. Sebp.
Cam. n. 1151.
CAREX filiformis. Roth Germ. vol. l. p r 397. vol. 2 .p . 445. Willd. Berol.p. 32. lloffm. Germ.
p. 329- Leers Herb. p. 204. t. 16, ƒ 5.
CAREX stolonifera. Ehrh. Gram. 99- Hoffm. Germ. p. 328.
CAREX umbrosa. Host Gram. Austr. vol 1 -1. 69. Willd, Sp. PI. vol. 4. p. 277. Lamarck Fl. Gall.
Syn. p. 141. Pers Syn. PI. vol. 2. p. 543. Hoffm. Germ. vol. l.p . 222. Scringe, l. c. Dec. 2.
CAREX foliis casspitosis, brevibus, spicis confertis, petiolis erectis, brevibus, capsulis ovato-triquetris.
Hall. Hist. n. 1381.
GRAMEN cyperoides spicatum. Ger. Emac.p. 22. Moris. Hist. vol. 3. s. 8. t. 12. f . 11.
GRAMEN spicatum foliis caryophylleis. P ark. Theatr. 1160.
Class a n d Ord e r . M O NOE C IA TRIANDRIA.
[N atural Ord e r . CYPERACEÆ, D e Cand. B r . CY PERO ID EÆ , Juss. CALAMARIÆ, Linn.]
G e n . Ch a r . Masc. Amentum imbricatum. Cal. squama solitaria. Cor. nulla.
F em. Amentum imbricatum. Cal. squama solitaria. Cor. ventricosa, monopetala apice bi-
dentata. Stigmata duo vel tria. N u x triquetra, corolla persistenti inclusa. Willd.
R adix perennis, crassiuscula, repens, foliis putrescenti-
bus, squamosis obtecta, nigrescens, stolonifera,
hie illic fibris longiusculis, ramosis, fuscis, in-
structa.
Folia cæspitosa, tri- ad sex-uncialia, culmo breviora,
rigidiuscula, linearia, acuminata, planiuscula, v.
parum carinata, subrecurva, marginc carinaque
aspera, glauco-viridia, apice fusca.
Culmi erecti, palmares e t ultra, subsemicylindracei,
striati, glabri, nudiusculi.
Bracteæ, semper spica breviores, inferiores longiores,
omnes setaceæ, scabriusculæ, vaginis scariosis,
superne dilatatis, fuscis, pedunculi longitudinem
subæquantibus.
Spica mascula terminalis, solitaria, erecta, oblonga,
florescentia clavata, multiflora, basin rarius flori-
bus foemineis instructa. Squamoe ellipticæ, ma-
gis minusve obtusoe, convexoe, membranaceæ, om-
nino integerrimæ, ferrugineæ, basi nervoque dor-
sali viridibus.
Stamin a tria, exserta : Filamenta squamoe longitudine,
alba : Anthene oblongæ, flavoe.
Spicæ FEMINEÆ, ad basin masculæ, plerumque duæ,
rarius très, approximates, ovato-oblongoe, erectæ,
breviter pedunculatæ, multifloræ, floribus sublaxe
dispositis. Squamoe ovatoe, parum convexoe,
acuminulatoe, fere mucronulatoe, apice asperoe,
fusco-ferrugineoe, nervo viridi.
Corolla junior obovata, obtusa, obscure flavo-viridis,
pubescens.
Stylus stigmatibus tribus, pubescentibus, albidis.
F ructus (corolla tectus) ovato-triqueter, pubescens,
fusco-viridis, basi apieeque parum productus, ore
integro.
N u x triquetra, glabra, nitens, fusco-purpurea, angulis
viridibus.
Root perennial, thickish, creeping, covered with the
decaying scaly remnants of leaves, blackish,
stoloniferous, here and there producing longish,
branched, brown fibres.
Leaves ceespitose, from three to six inches long, shorter
than the culms, somewhat rigid, linear, acuminate,
flatfish, or a little carinate, a little recurved,
with the margin and keel rough, glaucous green,
brown a t the apex.
Culms erect, a span high or more, nearly semicylindri-
cal, striate, smooth, almost leafless.
Bractes always shorter than the spike, the lower ones
the longest, all of them setaceous, roughish, with
blown scariose sheaths which are dilated upwards,
and nearly equalling the length o f the peduncle.
Male SPIKE terminal, solitary, erect> oblong, when
flowering clavate, many-flowered, at the base furnished,
though rarely, with female flowers. Scales
elliptic, more or less obtuse, convex, membranaceous,
altogether entire, ferruginous, a t the base
and on the dorsal nerve green.
Stamens three, exserted : Filaments the length of the
scale, white : Anthers oblong, yellow.
Female spikes a t the base of the male, generally two,
rarely three, approximate, ovato-oblong, erect, on
short peduncles, many flowered, which are rather
loosely disposed. Scales ovate, slightly convex,
acuminulate, almost mucronulate, rough at the
apex, ferruginous brown, with the nerve green.
Corolla in a young state obovate, obtuse, of an obscure
yellow-green colour, pubescent.
Style having three hairy whitish stigmas.
Fru it (covered with the corolla) ovate and triangular,
pubescent, brownish green, a little producted at
each extremity, with the mouth entire.
N ut triangular, smooth, shining, brownish purple, green
a t file angles.
Fig. 1. Inferior and Fig. 2. Superior Bractes slightly magnified. Fig. 3. Head of spikes, nat. size. Fig. 4.
Anther and scale of male flower seen from within, magn. Fig. 5. Scale of the same seen on the opposite side,
do. Fig. 6. Scale of female flower seen from without, do. Fig. 7. Germen and Styles, the former covered by
file pubescent corolla, do. Fig. 3. The same with interior view of the scale. Fig. 9. Seed covered by the persistent
corolla, do. Fig. 10. Corolla cut transversely, do. Fig. i l l Seed cut transversely, do.
I f the sheathing bractes of this Carex be properly attended to, as the Bishop of Carlisle observes in his admi