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XVI. Descriptions of Nine new Species of the Genus Carex, 

 Natives of the Himalaya Alps in Upper Nepal. By Mr. 

 David Don, Lib. L. S. 



Read December 2, 1823. 



Among a collection of specimens of Nepal plants, received by 

 Mr. Lambert, some time ago, from Dr. Wallich, I was fortunate 

 in meeting with nine species of the genus Carex, which, on a 

 careful investigation, prove to be different from any hitherto 

 recorded in the writings of botanists. These species appear to 

 have a greater affinity to the European than to the American 

 portion of the genus. They are only to be considered as a small 

 proportion of the species yet to be discovered in the Nepalese 

 alps : for, when the extensive range of lofty mountains, which 

 extend along the northern frontier of Nepal, shall become better 

 known to botanists, we have every reason to believe that a rich 

 harvest of new species will be added, both to this and to the 

 other genera of the family of Cyperacea. In the formation of 

 the characters of the new species I am about to describe, and 

 which I have now the honour of submitting to the Linnean So- 

 ciety, I have followed as a model the admirable Monograph of 

 the British species of this genus, by a learned Vice-President of 

 this Society, the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and printed in the 

 2d volume of the Society's Transactions. His Lordship justly 

 remarks, that a generic character is still wanting for this exten- 

 sive and diversified genus ; and I am further inclined to think 



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