the Briti/h Species of Car ex. 79 



fpica. mafcula, fed nigricantes, capfulis paulo breviores. Capfula 

 glabrae ovatae inflatiufculse comprefTiufculac obtufae mucronatae, 

 mucrone brevi furcato, mox nigrae. Filamenta ut in caeteris. 

 Stylus ftigmatibus duobus craffiuiculis villofis. 



Ohf. Variat fpicis duabus, una mafcula, altera fceminea. Eft 



ubi duae fpicse mafculse occurrunt. Interdum fpica terminalis 



androgyna evadit. 



My catalogue of the Britifh fpecies of Carex is enriched with this 



valuable plant through the active fpirit of Mr. Dickfon. Its having 



flowers with only two fiyles, at once unites it with Ctifpitofa,Jlri£la 



£5 rigida ; but its lowermoft fpike having a long peduncle, and the 



capiules being mucronated, with a point bifid and fomewhat forked, 



keep it diftinct from either of them. When it has only one female 



fpike, it falls in very readily with the Linnean defcription of 



C globtdaris. But that fpecies is taller and flenderer, and befides has 



rough villous capfules — this perfectly fmooth; a mark of the mod 



decifive diicrrnination. 



The fpecimens of various new plants, and efpecially of cryptoga- 

 mous ones discovered in Scotland, either by Mr. Dickfon perfonaliy, 

 or by perfons incited by him, give us well-grounded hopes, that the 

 prefent laudable fpirit of refearch in thar country will in its pro- 

 grefs bring ftill new fubjects to light; a circa mflance at all times 

 redounding to the honour of any country and any difcoverer. 



My friend Mr. Da vies has informed me, that Carex filijormh is 

 to be met with in the Ifle of Angleiea, in the parilh of Lraidegfan ) 

 on a fwampy fpot, lying S. W„of Park Pool. 



C. muricata, var. /3, which perhaps is not a common plant, grows 

 near Eaton, in Shropfhire, in the banks of the dried ditches, as I 

 am informed by my friend Mr. Williams. So lingular a habitation 

 deferves notice. Var. «. always prefers moift meadows. 



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