Lo. Dr. Goopenoucn’s Obfervation: 
7 CAREX REMOTA. 
C. fpiculis axillaribus folitariis remotis fubfeffilibus, foliolis longiffi- 
mis, capfulis apice indivifis. Buddle, Hort. Sic. p. 31. n. 5. 
Carex anguftifolia, caule triquetro, capitulis pulchellis ftrigofioribus 
compaétis, inter fe diftantibus, & in foliorum alis feffilibus. 
Mich. Gen, 70. t. 33. f. 17, 16. 
Gramen cyperoides anguftifolium fpicis parvis feffilibus in foliorum 
alis... Mor;f- Hif. Ox. Il. 243. f. 8. t. 12. f. 17. Leers, t. 15. 
f. 1. FL Cantab. n. 683. Fi. Angl 407. Withering, 1035. 
Pollich, n. 878. FL Scot. 549. F1. Dan. 370. 
Habitat in fylvis humidis, & ad ripas udas foffarum. Maio, Junio. 
Radix perennis, fibrofa. Folia radicalia anguttiffima com- 
prefa, marginibus omnino, at folum apicem verfus carina afpera, 
culmo fub tempore inflorefcentiz longiora— Caulina, que & braéteæ 
dicantur, ad bafin fpicularum fita (fcilicet ad omnem fpicam unicum 
feffile anguftiffimum\ duo infima culmum fere femper catera ali- 
quando fuperant, carina marginibufque afpera. Cu/mus tenuis, de- 
bilis, erectus, triqueter, angulis acutis fuperné afperis, infra braéteam 
inferiorem glabris. Spica compofita androgyna, fpiculis circiter 10, 
ovatis axillaribus folitariis remotis fubfeffilibus—Flores mafculi in- 
feriores. Squame ovate, acute, fufcefcentes, membranacez, nervo 
dorfali viridi. Caf/ule ovate, acute, hinc plang, illinc convexiu{culæ, 
lateribus apicem verfus ferrulatis, apice indivifo. Filamenta & anthera 
utin ceteris. Sty/us ftigmatibus duobus. 
"There is no difficulty in determining this fpecies— There is only 
one in the whole family which has any affinity to it, viz. C. axil- 
laris; but that is readily diftinguifhed by having three or more 
fpikelets at the bafe of each bracteaceous leaf. 
8 CAREX 
