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Dr. Surri's Deferiptions of five new Britifh Species of Carex. "I 
Culmus erectus, pedalis aut fefquipedalis, triqueter, ftriatus, vix fcaber. 
Folia erecta, acuminata, marginibus afpera, carina leviufcula, 
Braétea foliacee, erect», culmum fuperantes, haud vaginate, 
bafi auriculate, auriculis magnis, rotundatis, connatis, fufcis, 
apice pallidis. Spice cylindrice, obtufiufcule, ere&z ; maf- 
cule tres aut quatuor, fubfeffiles, graciles, glumis obtufiflimis, ` 
muticis, glauco-fufcis, margine tenui, fcariofo, niveo; focmi- 
. nez duz, longiüs pedunculatz, craffiores, fuperior apice maf- 
"t - cula, inferior bafi interdum compofita, glumis ellipticis, obtufif- 
fimis, muticis, fufcis, margine fcariofo, albo, carina flavefcente, 
obtufà. Stigmata tria. Fruéus glumis multó breviores, obovato- 
mess MÀ feré eBervess idi virefcentes, apice obtufif- 
I cannot but confefs fin it was with a eine ee Ide- 
tected a fpecimen of this Carex among many fuppofed varieties of 
recurva communicated by Profeffor, Beattie; for I immediately per- 
ceived its ftriking agreement with that long-doubtful figure of 
Micheli, tad. 32. f 12, which has been fometimes referred to acuta, 
fometimes to firiĉta, and hitherto found to agree well with no 
known fpecies. As I believe no one but Micheli has defcribed or 
diftinguifhed this plant, I have given it his name. His definition 
above-quoted will be found precifely to accord with it, and I truft 
my fpecific character and defcription will prevent its being miftaken 
in future. It is moft allied to C. recurva, (which fometimes varies 
with numerous male fpikes,) but the perfectly fmooth fruit, fhorter 
than the glumes, and rather compreffed, by no means. gibbous, 
clearly diftinguithes C. Micheliana ; not to mention its greater fi fize, 
and erect female fpikes, the lowermoft of which is liable to be 
| branched at. the bafe, as in C. dinervis. 
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