272 Dr. Smiru’s De/criptions of five new Britifb Species of Carex: 
LA | CAREX /evigata. 
Smooth-ftalked Beaked Carex. 
C. {picis ¢ylindricis: foemineis pedunculatis, vaginis longiffimis, 
glumis acuminatis, fructibus triquetris roftratis bifurcis. 
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In paludibus. Fl. Maio. - i | 
In a maríh near Glafgow, 1793. Mr. Y. Mackay. Marthes near 
Aberdeen. Profeffor Beattie. 
Radix fibrofa. Cus ere&us, 2—4-pedalis, triqueter, levis, in- 
ferné foliofus. Folia erecta, latiufcula, lætè viridia, lævia, lon- 
giffimé vaginata; fuperiora margine alpera. Braéfee foliacez, 
erećtæ, culmum fuperantes, acuminata, acumine afpero, vaginis 
- longiffimis, pedunculo tamen brevioribus, fupremis quandoque 
—. breviffimis et feré nullis. Spice cylindracez, elongate, acute, 
graciles, erecte; mafcule fxpiüs duz, glümis lanceolatis acutis, 
frequentiüs mucronulatis; foeminez duz vel tres, longiffimé pe- 
dunculatz, pedunculis capillaribus, Izviufculis, glumis lanceolatis, 
mucronulatis, ferrugineis, dorfo viridibus, mucrone fcabro. Stig- 
mata tria.  Frucius glumis longiores, lanceolato-triquetri, erecto- 
patentes, nervofi, haud inflati, virides, glabri, in roftrum attenuati 
compreffum, apice profunde bifurcum. Semen fructum implens, 
triquetrum, breve, fufcum, pedicellatum. 
I cannot refer this to any fpecies already defcribed. For fome 
time I was in danger of confounding it with C. veficaria in a young 
ftate, but the repeated admonitions of Mr. Mackay warned me. 
Having examined it in various ítates, I have no doubt remaining, 
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