EXPLANATION, &c. 
Fie. 8. Carex firiéla.—In the figure of the younger plant the 
leaves, which grow clofe to. the culm and parallel to it, 
are drawn open to fhew the reticulated filaments—Un- 
derneath are the ftamina and germen with the fquamz. 
9. Carex ca/pitofa.—Both fpecimens in a ftate of inflorefcence 
. —Underneath are the ftamina and a capfule nearly ripe, 
with their fquamæ. 
PLATE 22. 
10. Carex rigida—ln both its early and advanced ftage— 
Underneath are the ftamina and germen with their 
glumæ or {quamz—There is added a ripe capfule—It 
is very feldom fo abtufe as is reprefented in the 
figure here given. 
MM 
N. B. In p. 151, line 17, for oblonga fefiles aggregate 
read oblongis feffilibus ageregatis. 
