216 Dr. Boott on a Species of Carex 



rumque longiores. Spica masciila 7-9 lin. longae, 1-1 1 tin. latas, contiguae, acuta? ; 

 BUprema pedunculata, infima sessilis, e foemineis intervallo 2-12 lin. longo remota. 

 mce arete imbricatae, obtusae, ferrugineae, margine albida?, derrmm saepe pallidiores, 

 SpirtP foeminea 3, rarius 2, obtusae, 7-1 2 lin. longas, 4-5 lin. latac ; suprema sessilis, 

 ovata vcl oblonga, rarius apice mascula ; reliquae cylindrical, pedunculatae, bracteatze ; 

 infima remotior subnutans. Spica omnes rarius abbreviatae. Squama ovatac, acutae. 

 m-rvo pallido, perigynio duplo breviores. Perigynium 2 7 ) lin. longum, 14 lin. latum, 

 oblongo-ovatum, rostratum, bifurcatum, stipitatum, lucidum, utrinque nervis 3-5 e 

 basi ad apicem instructum, plus minus fusco-ferrugineum, basi pallidum, rarius stra- 

 mineum. Achenium immaturum. 



I am informed by Dr. Graham that this plant was found by Dr. Wight, 

 July 30, 1832, " in a wet spot about half-way up the cliff, on the south side of 

 Glen Phee, Clova ; the station very circumscribed, being a circle of from twelve 

 to twenty feet ;" and that neither this nor any form of C. saxatilis has been met 

 with elsewhere in Clova; the station Gien Dole, affixed to some specimens, 

 being incorrect. 



I subjoin a detailed description of C. saxatilis, Linn. (C.pulla, Good.), that 

 the two plants may be more distinctly contrasted. 



Carex saxatilis, Linn. 

 Spicis2-3, atro-purpureis; mascula l (ra rito 2 ) c y Mlldrieft , )e dnncnlat& : fa- 

 mine* 1-2, rotundatis ovatisve infima plus minus pedunculata evaginata 

 b acteata ereeta, stigmatibus 2-3, perigyniis subglobosis ovatisve rostra- 

 ■s emargmans stipitatis patentibus enerviis afo-purpu.eis basi pallidis 

 lonXib« V s ata *-W* apice albid* nervo concolori 



C.mxatilh, Linn., Fl. Lap. 259 (1737) 

 C-futta, Good., Linn. Trans, iii. 1. 14 0795) 

 Hah. In alpibus Scotia, Norveei* !„„ • T 



Radir fibris li<mosis n.™„. „ , ' Ppoma! > ouecm, Islandiac, Insularum Fceroensium. 

 tus, basi rudimentis foliorum polllcans > tnqueter, scaber, striatus, firmus, ercc- 



gerenspl emmque91in a 7iT u U ^ reiS ' f ° liiSqU6 vestientibus Pectus: pars spicas 

 eo longiora, striata, scabra I fc t ° nga * ^^ ^ ^ ^ Culmum subac q uantia > vel 

 unquam culmum je'quans laT^ "^^ attenuata - Bractea infima subfoliacea, vix 

 fuscis, margine scariosis '^V ^^ eva S inata > auriculis 2, rotundatis, brevissimis, 

 * m Cta; SU P rema squamaeformis. Infra spicas stepe adest 



