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ceolata hispido-cuspidata fusco-nigra margine albo-membranace^ bre- 



vioribus angustioribusque. 

 Hab. in Montibus Columbia?, ad altit. 13,000 ped., Jameson (Herb. 

 Hooker). 



Proxima C. Boryance, Schk. 



June 17. — Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Read a continuation of Dr. Boott's paper entitled " Caricis spe- 

 cies novae vel minus cognitae." 



The species now described are fifteen in number, characterized as 

 follows ; — 



1. C. GuNNiANA, spicis 4 V. 5 oblongis v. cylindricis erectis; terminali 

 mascula sessili ; foemineis 3 v. 4 superioribus sessilibus contiguis : infe- 

 rioribus remotis foliaceo-bracteatis exserte pedunculatis, stigniatibus 3, 

 perigyniis trigono-ellipticis subinflatis acuminato-rostratis bidentatis ad 

 margines superne scabriusculis stramineis aequahter utrinque nervosis 

 squama late ovata mucronat^ v. hispido-cuspidat^ longioribus. 



Hab. in Insula Van Diemen, D. Gunn (Herbb. Hooker et Lindley). 

 AfRnis C. laxijlorcB, Lam., et C. IcevigatcB, Smith. 



2. C. coMosA, spicis 4 cylindricis densifloris ; mascula 1 erecta gracili 

 bracteata; foemineis 3 — 5 crassis demum nutantibus v. pendulis lon- 

 gissime bracteatis : superioribus contiguis : infima remota longius pe- 

 dunculata interdum plus minus vaginata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis tri- 

 quetro-lanceolatis longe rostratis alte bicuspidatis : laciniis elongatis 

 patentissimis subrecurvis : stipitatis glabris nervosis demum divergen- 

 tibus retroflexisque squama lanceolata hirsuta ciliata nervosa longe 

 hispido-aristata longioribus. 



C. furcata, Ell. (jion Lapeyr.) 



C. pseudo-cyperus, Torr., Dew. (nou L.) 



Hab. in Georgia et Carolina, Elliott-, Ohio, Sullivant \ Philadelphia et 

 Utic^, Torrey ; Boston, Boott. 



Satis (EUiottio Nuttallioque monentibus) h. C. pseudo-cypero, L., etiam 

 Araericae Septentrionalis incol^, distincta. 



3. C. TRiQUETRA, spicis 3 V. 4 ; mascula 1 elliptico-cylindrica ; foemineis 

 2 V. 3 approximatis laxis apice masculis : suprema ovata sessili : infima 

 cylindrica basi attenuata longe vaginata incluse pedunculata, stigma- 

 tibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis acute triquetris pubescentibus bidentatis 

 sub-4-nerviis squama ovata mucronata ferruginea. margine scariosa 

 longioribus. 



Hab. in California, Nuttall. 



Proxima C. gynobasis, Vill. (C afpestris, All.) 



4. C. GLOBosA, spicis 4 — 6; mascula I cylindrica; foemineis 3 — 5 ovatis 

 oblongisve erectis evaginatis laxe paucifloris : superioribus 1 v. 2 sub- 

 sessilibus masculse approximatis : inferioribus remotis subradicalibus 

 longe pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis globosis conico-rostratis 

 ore merabranaceo obliquo longe stipitatis hirsuto-scabris nervosis squa- 

 mam lanceolatam mucronatam subaequantibus. 



Hab. in California, Nuttall. 



Affinis C. bispicatcs, Hook. (C. longerostrata, Meyer, C. carnjschatcense, 

 Kunth.) 



5. C. Tweediana, spicis 8 cylindricis erectis ; terminali mascula simplici ; 

 reliquis androgynis apice masculis compositis : superioribus approxi- 

 matis sessilibus : inferioribus pedunculatis evaginatis : infima remota 

 longissime exserte pedunculata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovatis acumi- 



