78 Dr. Goodenough'j additional Obfervations on 



not fo accurate as I ought to have been in ascertaining its place 

 of growth. 



The fpecimens of C. extenfa which I found grew in wet places, 

 were large, and very decidedly of the order fpicis fexu diflinclis, 

 Thofe fent me by Mr. Pitchford, from their dry fituation, are from 

 two to nine inches high ; fome have no male fpike at all, and fome 

 have the male fpike with a few female flowers at the bafe ; but the 

 capfules and the fquamae retain their characteriflic form. 



I have the pleafure of adding another hitherto unknown fpecies 

 to my divinon, 



Spins fexu diftinSlis : Mafcula unica : bracteis foliaceis & plerum- 

 que vaginantibus. 



38. Carex pulla. Tab. 14. 



C. Digyna, vaginis nullis, fpicis ovatis, inferioripedunculata, cap- 

 fulis ovatis mucronatis, mucrone bifurco. 

 Habitat in montibus Scoticis. D. Dick fori. 



Radix crafTa repens. Folia angufta crectiufcula ad margines cari- 

 namque afpera, culmo plerumque breviora, modo asquant, in- 

 terdum exfuperant. Culmus fuberectus circiter dodrantalis, 

 triqueter, angulis acutis fcabriufculis. Spica, una mafcula, doae 

 foemineae remotae. Spica mafcula terminalis oblonga femun- 

 cialis fulva, fquamis oblongo-ovatis acutiufculis, nervo obfo- 

 letiufculo. Spica fceminea fuperior fub-feflfilis fubrotunda, 

 bra£lea brevi membranacea aphylla nigra, ovata acuta nervo 

 dorfali viridi ; inferior fub-ovalis pedunculata, pedunculo tenui 

 fpica fua longiori. Ad bafin pedunculi, bractea foliacea, cul- 

 mo brevior vix ac ne vix pedunculum amplectens, utrinque ad 

 bafin auriculata, auricula parva fubrotunda. Squamae ut in 



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