Linnaan Society. 355 



Read also the conclusion of Mr. Woods's " Attempt to arrange 

 the Carices of Middle Europe." 



In this paper Mr. Woods passes in review the principal characters 

 by means of which the species of Carices may be arranged into 

 groups, and adopts with some modifications the system of Koch. 

 His arrangement is as follows : — 



A. Spica unica simplici. 



1. Dicecae ; stigmatibus 2. 



1. C. dioica; 2. C. Davalliana. 



2. Moncecse ; stigmatibus 2. 



3. C. pulicaris ; 4. C. decipiens ; 5. C. capitata. — 6. C. Suteri, which 

 may belong to the following division, as the number of stigmas is 

 not indicated. 



3. Monoecse ; stigmatibus 3. 



7. C. microglochin ; 8. C. pauc'tflora ; 9. C. Pyrenaica; 10. C. spicata, 

 11. C. rupestris. 



B. Spicis capitatis involucratis. 

 12. C. cyperoides; 13. C. Baldensis. 



C. Spicis compositis. 



1. Stigmatibus 3. 



14. C. curvula. 



2. Stigmatibus 2 ; floribus sterilibus in spicarum apice. 



15. C.foetida; 16. C. stenophylla; 17. C. lobala; 18. C. incurva ; 19. 



C.schoenoides; 20. C.divisa; 21. C.chordorhiza; 22. C.vulpina; 

 23. C. muricata; 24. C. divulsa; 25. C. teretiuscula; 26. C. para- 

 doxa ; 27. C. paniculata. 



3. Stigmatibus 2 ; spicis aliis fertilibus aliis sterilibus, v. floribus sterilibus 

 in media spica, v. floribus sterilibus in aliis spiculis basalibus in aliis 

 apicalibus. 



28. C. ludibunda ; 29. C. intermedia] 30. C.modesta; 31. C.arenaria; 

 32. C. repens; 33. C. microstyla. 



4. Stigmatibus 2 ; floribus sterilibus in spicarum basi. 



34. C. brizoides; 35. C.Schreberi; 36. C. Lig erica, Gay ; 37. C. stellu- 

 lata; 38. C. grypos ; 39. C ovalis ; 40. C. axillaris', 41. C. Zterc- 

 ninghausiana ; 42. C. remota ; 43. C. elongata ; 44. C. lagopina ; 

 45. C. heleonastes ; 46. C cwrto ; 47. C. loliacea. 



D. Spicis distinctis, omnibus androgynis ; floribus sterilibus in apice spica- 



rum ; stigmatibus 3. 

 48. C. Linhii ; 49. C. Sarda. 



E. Spicis lateralibus $ ; terminali androgyna, floribus sterilibus apicalibus ; 



stigmatibus (nisi in C. bicolore) 3 ; fructu inconspicue rostrato. 



50. C. bicolor; 51. C. atrata; 52. C. aterrima; 53. C. nigra; 54. C. 

 Vahlii ; 55. C. Buxbaumii. 



F. Spicis distinctis ; stigmatibus 2. 



1. Fructiis rostro complanato marginato. 



56. C. mucronata ; 57. C. microstachya. 



2. Fructus rostro parvo teretiuscnlo plerumque membranaceo. 



58. C. Grahami; 59. C. saxatilis; 60. C. Goodenovii; 61. C. rigida; 



