100 Mr. Rudge's Descriptions of some Species of Car ex. 
of specimens in different stages of growth prevented me from 
giving the parts of fructification in a more early state ; and for 
a complete and more satisfactory description we must depend on 
those who may have an opportunity of examining them in a state 
of cultivation. 
In the investigation of the natural character of this genus, it 
appears that the true limits of the genus want to be more accu- 
rately defined towards the completing a more perfect arrangement 
of the known species, and I am disposed to entertain an opinion, 
that the Androgynous species may with propriety be made a di- 
stinct genus from those which have the male and female spikes 
separate. 
N. B. In all the figures of Tab. IX. and X. the letter cr. denotes 
the Squama, b. the Capsules, and c. the Seeds, 
X. "Remarks 
