some Species of Carer. 99 
Capsule ovato-oblongae, rostratae, apice diviso (Fig. 1. b.). 
Stylus stigmatibus tribus glandulosis. 
Semina ovata, triquetra, glabra (Fig. 1. c.). 
Habitat in Newfoundland. 
Carex gigantea. 
Carex spicis masculis teretibus erectis; foemineis grandioribustur- 
gidis, capsulis inflatis globosis rostrato-acuminatis patentibus. 
Tab. X. Fig. 2. 
Folia lata, nigro-virentia, culmo multo longiora, marginibus cari- 
naque hispidis, nervosa, nervorum interstitiis nodosis. 
Cuhnus erectus, striatus, triqueter, glaber. 
Spicce masculce tres compositae e. squamis dense et imbricatim po- 
sitis ; duae supremae, tertia iiifima sessilis in al& folioli valde 
angusti. 
Spica fozminecE omnem speciem hujus generis plerumque magnitu- 
dine maxime praestant; superior modice incurva, sessilis in sinu 
folii, caeterae alternae, pedunculatae, pendulae, floribus laxe im- 
bricatis, divaricatis. 
Squama oblongo-ovatae, aristatae, nervo dorsali, margine tenero 
albo, capsula dimidio breviores (Fig. 2. a.). 
Capsulce globosae, maxime inflatae, striata?, laxe imbricatae, aris- 
tato-rostrata», divaricatae, ore bidenticulato (Fig. 2. b.). 
Stylus stigmatibus tribus. 
Semina triquetra, glabra (Fig. 2. c). 
Habitat in Carolina. 
In the descriptions above given, and the delineations which ac- 
company them, all the precision and accuracy have been endea- 
voured to be observed, that the several dried specimens of each 
species from which they are taken were capable of affording. The 
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