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C A R EX pallescens..
Fale Carex.
MONOECIA Triandria.
G e n . C h a r . Male, Calkin imbricated. Cal. of 1
scale. Cor. none. Female, Catkin imbricated.
Cal. of 1 scale. Cor. none. Stigmas 2 or 3.
Seed clothed with a swelling tunic.
Spec. Char. Sheaths very short. Spikes cylindrical,
stalked; when in fruit pendulous. Fruit elliptical,
inflated, obtuse.
Syn. Carex pallescens. Linn. Sp. PI. 1386. Sm. FI.
Brit. 989. Gooden. Tr. o f Linn. Soc. v. 2. 186.
Buds. 410. WilK\ 103. Hull. 208. Light/. 5 5 8 .
Relh. 369. Sihth. 29. Abbot. 204. Dicks. H.
Sicc.fasc. 4. 16. Schkuhr. n. 92. t. Kk. f . 99.
Gramen cyperoides polystachyon flavicans, spicis bre-
vibus prope summitatem caulis. Rail Syn. 419.
COMMON in moist groves and pastures, flowering in May
and June. It is known by its palish green colour when in
fruit.
Root fibrous, perennial. Stem erect, 12 or 18 inches high,
triangular, striated, the angles more acute and rough in the
upper part; leafy at the base only. Leaves shortish, flat, pale,
somewhat hairy, their edges roughish. Bracteas leafy, upright,
rising above the stem, very slightly sheathing at their base.
Male spike terminal, erect, lanceolate, dense, pale brown:
female 2 or 3, on long slender smooth stalks, cylindrical,
somewhat ovate, obtuse, soon pendulous. Glumes ovate,
with a little point, yellowish brown, with a green keel. Fruit
nearly equal to them in length, very obtuse, tumid, smooth,
ribless, light green. Stigmas 3. Seed obovate, with 3 angles.
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