A-B, a hypothetical type of flower with the basic floral formula of the family. This is very similar to what is actually found in Oreobolus (cf. Fig. 34). The perianth is modified variously (Figs. 21, 26, 30, 37, 39A, 42) in other genera. C, the racemose inflorescence with flowers lateral on the rachis. D, the sympodial inflorescence with flowers terminal on the rachis, a branch arising from the base of each flower (cf. 39B). E, the inflorescence as found in Uncinia and Carex in which the female branches are reduced to a single flower which is enclosed in the prophyll (utricle). F, a flower with both male and female organs functional but without perianth (cf. Cyperus, Pycreus, Mariscus). G, a female flower of Uncinia showing the hooked rachilla arising from below the flower. H, a female flower of Carex.