172 Dr. GoopENovcu's Obfervations 
23 CAREX FILIFORMIS. Tas. 20. fig. 5. 
C. vaginis brevibus fubæquantibus, fpicis mafculis fub-duabus h- 
nearibus; foemineis ovatis remotis, capfulis hirtis. 
Cyperoides fylvaticum anguftifolium, fpicis parvis tenuibus fpa- 
diceo-viridibus. Scheuchzer, 425. t. 10- f. 11. Fl. Suecia, 
n. 847. | 
Carex tomentofa, FI. Scot. p. 553. 
Habitat propé Eaton, in com. Salop. Rev. E. Williams. 
At the fouth end of Air Links. Dr. Hope. Junio. 
Radix repens, perennis. Folia tenuiora, erecta, in apicem tenuiffi- 
mum definentia, marginibus carinàque afperiufcula 1— 3 pedalia. 
Culmus erectus, tenuis, triqueter, angulis acutis hifpidis, foliis fub- 
equalis. Spice fepits duæ mafculæ, totidem foeminee—Mafcula 
fuperior 1:—2 uncialis; inferior vix uncialis; ambz lineares; f, 
filiforme’, erectz, fquamis oblongis, acutis, nigro-ferrugineis, nervo 
dorfali viridi. Spice foeminez fæpiùs duz (aliquando unica tantum 
fefe protrudit), ovate, erectx, breviflimè pedunculatæ diftantes.— 
Ad bafin pedunculorum braétea, f. folium vaginans, vagina per- 
brevi, pedunculum perbrevem omnino fere ampleéctenti— Vagina 
in foliolum abit culmo pauló brevius—Squamæ ut in fpicà maf- 
culà, capfulas fubzquantes. Capfula hirta, five lanato-villofa, 
fub-triquetra, oblongiufcula, ore hiante furcato.—Filamenta tria. 
Stylus fügmatibus tribus, villofis, craffiufculis. 
Of. Spica foeminea fuperior fæpè feffilis, 
Anxious to determine this fpecies, I folicited the honour of be- 
ing permitted to confult Mr. Lighéfoot’s herbarium, which is now, 
as 
