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268 Dr. Smitu’s Defcriptrons of five new Briti/o Species of Cares, 
à : - à z : ; j 
pita Spicis Jexu diffinclis : mafculá unicá, rarins gemind : bracteis Jfoliaceis 
et plerumque vaginantibus. 
2. CAREX dinervis. 
Green-ribbed Carex. s 
C. vaginis elongatis pedunculo brevioribus, fpicis cylindricis remo- 
tis fubcompofitis, glumis mucronulatis, fructibus binervibus. 
Carex diftans. Lightf. 561, ex defer. | 
In ericetis ficcioribus. | Fl. Junio. ym sees 
Very common on the drieft moors about Aberdeen. Prof. Beattie. 
Near Edinburgh. — Az. J^ Mackay 
Radix fibrofa. Culmus ere&us, firmus, fefquipedalis, bipedalis, vel 
. tripedalis, obtusé triqueter, levis, apicem versüs hinc fcaber. Folja 
erecta, latiufcula, acuminata, glaucefcentia, marginibus carinaque 
afpera. Brattez foliis fimillime, elongate, erectz, longiüs vagi- 
natz, remote. Spica mafcula utrinque attenuata, fæpè fefqui- 
 uncialis, multiflora, glumis  denfiffimé imbricatis, ellipticis, ob- . 
tufis, fubmucronulatis, nigricantibus, carina acuta, virenti ; foe- 
minez tres aut quatuor, rarifimeé quinque, fparfz, cylindrice, 
. erect, inferiores remotiffimz, longius pedunculatz, atque fzepiüs 
bafi compofite feu ramofze, quandoque omnes fuperné mafculz, 
Glume fceminearum ovate, nigre, mucronulatz, carina virenti, 
glabra, mucronulo fcabro.  Frucius glumis longiores, ovati, vix 
-roftrati, glabri, nitidi; intüs apiceque fanguinco-fufci; extüs 
pallidi,nervis duobus lateralibus viridibus precipué confpicuis. 
Semen acuté triquetrum, albidum. | | = 
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