100 MONOECIA— TRIANDRIA. Carex. 



are not easily defined. The present resembles, in many re- 

 spects, the C. salina of Wahlenberg, IVilld. Sp. PL v. 4. 301, 

 but that has only 2 stigrtias, and the catkins are much less 

 remote. Having then seen but one poor specimen of either, 

 I led my late friend Mr. Don into an error as to .the synonym 

 of Swartz and Wahlenberg. 



30. C. capillaris. Dwarf Capillary Carex. 



Common sheatli much shorter than the two or three ca- 

 pillary drooping flower-stalks. Fertile catkins ovate, 

 rather loose, pendulous. Fruit ovate, triangular, pointed, 

 without ribs; membranous at the tip. Root fibrous. 



C, capillaris. Linn. Sp. PI. 1.386. TFilld. v. 4. 29 1 . H. Br. 98.'i. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 29. t. 2069. Hook. Scot. 265, Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 

 9. 14. Don. H. Br. 96. Fl. Dan. t. 1 68. Scop. Cam. v. 2.220. 

 t. 59. Schk. Car. 97. t. O.f. 56. IVuhlenh. Lapp. 238. 



C. filiformis, by mistake. Sm. Tour on the Cont. ed. I. v. 3. 133. 



C. n. 1394. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 1 96. 



Cyperoides alpinum, spicis seminiferis pendulis, binis in summo 

 caule. Segu. Veron. v. 3. 83. t. 3./. 1 . 



On the Highland mountains of Scotland. 



On BenTeskerney, and other mountains in Breadalbane. Bev. 

 Dr. Stuart. On Ben Lawers ; Mr. Maughan. Hooker. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root tufted, of many slender, partly shaggy fibres. Stem slender, 

 erect, roundish, striated, smooth, nearly naked, from 2 to 4 

 inches high, or more. Leaves chiefly radical, tufted, spreading, 

 narrow, flat, ta])er-pointed, 2 or 3 inches long, rough-edged 

 towards the extremity. Bractea generally solitary at the top 

 of the stem, like the leaves, but smaller, sheathing at the base, 

 erect, accompanied by 3 or 4- long, slender, capillary, triangular, 

 rough, recurvedjloiver-stalks. Fertile catkins 2 or 3, pendu- 

 lous, ovate, short, rather lax, of from 6 to XOJlorets, more or 

 less ; barren one terminal, lanceolate, rather shorter and more 

 upright. .ScaZes rusty, obtuse. Stam.3. Stigm.3. Fruit of a. 

 chesnut brown, ovate, smooth, triangular, without furrows or 

 ribs, longer than the scales, tapering upward to a membranous- 

 tipped point. Seed elliptical, with 3 sharp angles. 



31. C. rariflora. Loose-flowered Alpine Carex. 



Sheaths scarcely any. Fertile catkins lax, drooping, of few 

 florets. Fruit obovate, triangular, slightly pointed, with- 

 out ribs. Root creeping. 



C. rariflora. Engl. Bot. v.Zh.t.2b\^. Comp.ed.\,\b1. Hook.Scot. 

 26.^. Don.H.Br.2\o. 



