Petrie. — Descnptiojis of New Native Phanerogams. 191 



Flowers few, on slender sparsely glandular-pubescent peduncles, in fruit 

 about twice as long as the leaves ; calyx 3^ mm. long, narrow campanu- 

 late, more or less glandular-pubescent, cut at the top into 4 short triangular 

 obtuse or subacute lobes with their edges recurved at the tips ; corolla 

 rather short, white, tube expanded at the base scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, upper lips short arched broadly emarginate, lower cut into 3 rather 

 long trunacte lobes. 



Capsule subacute ciliate at the top ; fully ripe not seen. 



Hah. — Wet alpine meadow on Mount Cleughearn, Fiord County, about 

 5,000 ft. ; J. Crosby Smith ! 



Some five or six specimens of this dwarf plant were collected three or 

 four years ago by Mr. Crosby Smith, who kindly communicated them to 

 me. As he expected to revisit the locality where it was found, I put ofi 

 publishing the species in hopes that a fuller series of specimens might be 

 secured. At the time of this second visit the spot where it was first seen 

 was covered with snow, and no additional material could be collected. 

 In these circumstances it is advisable to publish a description without 

 waiting for additional specimens. 



8. Carex filamentosa sp. nov. 



Folia 10-20 cm. longa filiformia glabra, supra concava infra rotundata, 

 stolonibus vaginis aphyllis brevibus acutis striatis fulvis vestitis. 



Culmi filiformes 4-10 cm. longi teretes, spic^^lis 3 (raro 4) dense con- 

 fertis (ima raro subdistante) ovatis paucifloris ± 7 mm. longis ; suprema 

 mascula gracillima breviter pediceUata ; duabus inferioribus foemineis 

 plerumque 2-3 flores masculos apice praebentibus, brevissime pedicellatis ; 

 bracteis filiformibus foliosis valde elongatis, basi in vaginam longam laxam 

 apice truncatam expansis. 



Glumae ovatae pallidae subhyalinae haud emarginatae valide carinatae, 

 sensim in mucronem brevem ± scabridum attenuatae. 



Utriculi glumas aequantes turgidi elliptici altero latere ±_ concavi ob- 

 scure nervati vix stipitati, in rostrum breve sublatum obscure bidentatum 

 contracti. Styli rami 3. 



Densely tufted, sending ofi numerous very slender stolons. 



Leaves 10-20 cm. long, excessively narrow, glabrous, concave above, 

 rounded below (midrib little prominent), finely serrate towards the tips, 

 green or with a reddish tinge, young shoots clothed with short acute striate 

 Ijrownish sheathing scales. 



Culms filiform, 4-10 cm. long, terete, smooth, more or less striate. 



Spikelets 3 (rarely 4), closely crowded or the lowermost somewhat 

 distant, pale ovate ± 7 mm. long ; uppermost male very slender shortly 

 pedicellate, the two lower female usually with 2-3 male flowers at the top 

 very shortly pedicellate ; bracts filiform, leaf-like, long, expanded below 

 into a loose grooved sheath, truncated at the top and with broad scarious 

 borders. 



Glumes ovate, pale, membranous, subhyaline, not emarginate, strongly 

 keeled, gradually narrowed into a short more or less scabrid mucro. 



Utricles about as long as the glumes, turgid, eDiptic, scarcely stipitate, 

 somewhat concave on one side, with 2 prominent lateral nerves and obscure 

 intermediate ones, narrowed into a short rather broad smooth obscurely 

 bidentate beak. 



Style branches 3. 



