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G A R E X flava.
3 allow Coved.
MONOECIA Triandria.
G e n . C h a r . Male, Catkin imbricated. Cal. o f 1 scale.
Cor. none. Female, Catkin imbricated. Cal. o f
1 scale. Cor. none. Stigmas 2 or 3. Seed clothed
with a swelling tunic.
Spec. C h a r . Sheaths short, nearly equal to the flower-
stalks. Female spikes roundish. Fruit beaked,
'curved downwards. Stem nearly smooth.
Syn. Carex flava. Linn. Sp. Pi. 1384. Sm. FI.
Brit. 990. Gooden. Tr. o f Linn. Soc. v. 2. 173.
Buds. 407. With. 98. Hull. 207. Light/. 5 5 1 .
Relh. 367. Sibth. 29. Abbot. 204. Dicks. H.
Sice. fuse. 3. 14. Sclikuhr. n . 60. t . H. f . 3 6 .
Gramen palustre echinatum. Raii Syn. 421.
- f JREQUENT in boggy nieadows, where it flowers in May
and June, and may readily be discerned at a distance by its
yellow hue, especially as it approaches to maturity. It varies
much in height and luxuriance, according to the fertility and
moisture of the soil; but the spikes preserve nearly their usual
size in every variety.
-Root perennial, creeping. Stem erect, generally a foot
high, triangular, for the most part smooth, except about the
to p ; leafy at the base. Leaves bright-green, erect, taller than
the stem (except in some starved varieties), broadish, rough
on the edges and keel, and marked also with 2 rough lines on
their upper side towards the extremity, as observed by Mr. J.
Sowerby. Rracteae leafv, extending far bevond the stem, remarkably
spreading, with very short sheaths. Male spike
lanceolate, erect, almost always solitary. Female spikes about
3, almost globular, the lowermost only on a shortish stalk.
Glumes ovate, tawny, with a green rib. Fruit longer than
the glumes, spreading every way, curved downwards, ovate,
beaked, triangular, ribbed, quite smooth, cloven at the point.
Stigmas 3. Seed small, black, triangular.
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