508 Capt. CarmicHAEL’s Description of 
25. UNCINIA BREVICULMIS, spica cylindracea longissima basi 
attenuata, squamis arcte imbricatis apice subcalloso, fruc- 
tibus lanceolatis acuminatis: dimidia superiore hispida, 
foliis laxis. | = : 
Uncinia brevicaulis. Aubert op. cit. p. 35. tab. 6. 
Uncinia gracilis. Aubert op. cit. p. 35. tab. 5? 
Grows in the thickest part of the wood. The culm 
greatly elongated after the period of flowering. 
26. Carex Tuovarstt, spicis androgynis oblongis confertis ses- 
silibus: infima remotiuscula, squamis aristatis, fructibus 
rostratis bidentatis, foliis planis. - 
Carex spicis confertis sessilibus hermapbroditis. Aubert op. 
cit. p. 36. | 
27. CAREX INSULARIS, spicis masculis pluribus, femineis pedun- 
culatis distantibus: inferioribus pendulis, squamis arista- 
tis, fructibus ovatis bidentatis. 
Carex spicis pluribus masculis, femineis pedunculatis. Au- 
bert op. cit. p. 36. 
Both this and the preceding grow on the plain. 
28. EMPETRUM MEDIUM, floribus (plerisque) hermaphroditis, 
baccis 7—9-spermis, ramulis foliorumque marginibus spu- 
riis (angulis reduplicationis) lanatis. 
Empetrum rubrum. Aubert op. cit. p. 39. Non Vahlii, cui 
tamen quam maxime affine. ; 
29. ATRIPLEX PLEBEJA, caule herbaceo erecto, foliis rhombeo- 
hastatis dentatis obtusis ; superioribus hastatis lanceolatis- 
que edentulis. 
This plant grows along the shore, and seems to be almost 
a stranger on the island. | 
30. Ly- 
