FalManch, etc.] FLORA ANTARCTICA. 365 



nonnullisque apice rnasculis. Squama ferruginea?, nervo pallido, inferiores Hspido-cuspidatae ; (spicarum termi- 

 nalhun basis solum unius inferioris mascula sessilis adest, cetera? disrupta?.) Perigynium If lin. longum, f lin. 

 latum, ellipticum, breve aciuniuato-rostratum, ore integro, utrinque 4-5-nervatuin, papilloso-asperatum, maeulis 

 ferrugineis notatum, stramineo-pallidum. Acltcenium 7-9 lin. longum, f lin. latum, orbiculato-obovatiun, lenticulare, 

 castaneum, basi styli aequali terminatum. Boott. 



A C. decidua et C. Andersono spicis ferrugineis, elongatis, longe pedunculatis, nutantibus, remotis ; squamis 

 acutis, hispido-cuspidatis ; perigyniis glabris, squama duplo brevioribus, satis distincta ! Boott. 



Plate CXLV. Fig. 1, scale and stamens of male spike; fig. 2, scale and female flower; fig. 3, perigynium ; 

 fig. 4, the same cut open, showing the achsenium : — all magnified. 



8. Caeex Magellanica, Lamk.; spicis 3-4 androgynis basi masculis atro-purpureis concoloribus 

 oblongis pedunculatis nutantibus bracteatis approximate vel infima subradicab vaginata, stigmatibus 3, peri- 

 gyniis suborbiculatis stipitatis rostellatis ore integro papulosis squama lanceolata apice acuminata involuta 

 vix duplo brevioribus. Boott. C. Magellanica, Lam. Encycl. vol. iii. p. 385. Schkuhr, Caric. vol. i. p. 52. 

 vol. ii p. 42. t. N. f. 51. Kiint/i, En. Plant, vol. ii. p. 435. C. atrata, /3. Magellanica, Vahl, Act. Hafu. 

 1803. (Tab. CXLIII.) 



Hab. Strait of Magalliaens, Commerson; Port Famine, Capt. King; Good Success Bay, Banks and 



Solander. 



Radix e fibris luteseente-lanatis. Culmns 6-9-poll., acute triqueter, gracilis, firmus, apice scabriusculus, filiformis, 

 pars spicas gerens plerumque 2-2f poll, longa. Folia 1-lf lin. lata, culmo breviora vel aequantia, margine carinaque 

 scabra. Bractea infima foliacea, culmum sequans, reUqua? angusta?, spicis suis breviores, demum setacea?, basi ligula 

 ferruginea amplectente. Spica 6-9 lin. longa?, 5 lin. lata?, basi flosculis masculis paucis instructa?. Squama lanceo- 

 lata;, acuminata?, apice involuta?, atro-purpurea?, concolores vel ad margines rufae, eximie papulosa?, dorso trinerves. 

 Pedunculi 8-14 lin. longi, capillares, apice infra spicam clavati, scabriuscidi. Perigynium If lin. long., 1 lin. latum, 

 suborbiculaiimi, basi productum vel latiuscule stipitatum, minime rostellatum, ore integro, obsolete vel utrinque 

 leviter 4-5-nervatum, stramineo-pallidum, superne atro-purpureo tinetum, papillosum ; stylo persistente porrecto. 

 Achanium lineam longum, f lin. latum, oblongo-triquetnun (uno specimine rarius 4-angulimi). 



Affinis C. limosa, L., et congeneribus, pra?sertim C. irrigua, Sm. 



Plate CXLIII. Fig. 1, scale and stamen of male spike ; fig. 2, scale and female flower; fig. 3, perigynium ; 

 fig. 4, acha?niuin : — all magnified. 



9. Cap.ex Banksii, Boott ; spicis 3-5 atro-purpureis oblongis basi cuneatis crassis exserte pedunculatis 

 nutantibus terrninali androgyna basi mascula rebquis foemineis mfkna remota, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis 

 hyabno-tenuissimis albidis compressis nervosis late ovatis cylindraceo-rostratis ore obbquo bifido glabris 

 squama atro-purpurea oblongo-spathulata emarginata aristata brevioribus latioribusque. Boott. (Tab. CXLII.) 



Hab. Tierra del Fuego ; Good Success Bay, Banks and Solander, C. Darwin, Esq. 



Culmm sesquipedalis, acute triqueter, glaber, basi foliatus, pars spicas gerens 4-7 poll, longa. Folia 2-3 

 lin. lata, carinata, culmo breviora, apice triquetro-acuminata, nervo marginibusque tuberculato-scabra. Bractea 

 foliacea?, vagmantes, infima culmum suba?quans, suprema? squama?formes. Ligula elongata. Vagina 7 lin.-lf poll, 

 longa?. Spica 3-5, omnes pedunculata?, 7-14 lin. longa?, 4-5 lin. lata?, superiores approximata?, infima intervallo 

 1^-4 poll, longo remota. Squama omnes atro-purpurea?, nervo pallidiori, laxiuscule imbricatae. Perigynium bre- 

 visshne stipitatum, 3f-f lin. longum, If -f lin. latum, album, tenuissimum, nervis tenuibus, rostro angusto, cylin- 

 draceo, fusco, oblique bifido. Achanium longe stipitatum, f lin. longum (cum stipite If lin. longum), \ lin. latum, 

 castaneum, acute triquetrum, lateribus concavis. Boott. 



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