154 Da. GoopENoUGu's Obfervations 
I have often brought roots of it into my garden, but they would 
never flourifh handfomely. They exift indeed, but fcarcely ever 
produce flowers, and fhew every token. of diftafte and difaffec- 
tion. 
I have fcarcely a doubt but that Michelius was deceived in the 
fpecimens fent him, and drew his figure t. 33. f. 3. (which is quoted 
under C. difficha of Mr. Hudjfon) from an old dried fpecimen of C. 
arenaria, as any one may judge who will compare the fpecimens of 
that plant, which he will find withering in the months of Auguft 
and September. Had the culm been reprefented incurved, I could 
have had no doubt. Michelius received his fpecimens from London 
and Paris. 
11 CAREX INTERMEDIA. 
C. Spicà oblongà obtusà, {piculis plurimis; infimis terminalique 
-~ femineis; intermediis mafculis, culmo ereéto. Buddle, Hort, 
Sic. p. 31. n. 4. 
C. arenaria, Leers, t. 14. f. 2. 
C. difticha, F7 Angl. p. 403. F7. Scot. 546. Withering, 1028. 
C. fpicata, Poilich, n. 875. 
Habitat in paluftribus. Junio. 
Radix valdè repens, craffiufcula, perennis—Fo/a faturatè viri- 
dia, erecta, ad margines carinamque afperiufcula, culmo fæpe bre- 
viora. Culmus erectus, firmiufculus, triqueter, angulis acutis afperis, 
pedalis & ultra, nudus. Spica androgyna, compofita, fpiculis 8-20 
approximatis, furfum imbricatis, ovatis, circiter tribus infimis & 
terminah fub-feemineis, ceteris fub-mafculis—in foemineis fcilicet 
fepius flos unus aut alter mafculus, & in mafculis foemineus con- 
fpiciendus eft. Flores foeminei femper inferiores. Ad fpicam infe- 
riorem 
