CATALOGUE. 335 
Carex elongata, L. Spike of G-12 oblong rusty-green spikelets, 
staminate at base, the upper all contiguous, tlie lower quite remote ; bracts 
scale-like, cuspidate, rarely surpassing the spikelcts ; stigmas 2 ; pcrigynium 
elliptic-lanceolate, beaked, with an cjnarginate orifice, scabrous above on the 
margins, nerved on both sides, plano-convex, spongy at base, spreading or 
recurved, at length tawny, longer than the ovate rusty scale, which is hya- 
line at top. Root creeping, ca^spitose ; culm 1-2° high, triquetrous.— Sitka, 
(Bongard.) Uinta Mountains, shore of a sniidl sii])ali)iii(' lake near hiiad of 
Bear River; 9,500 feet altitude; August. AYith it were growing 1 lie jicxt 
two species and also C. limula, saxatilis, Magellanica, Buxhaumii and vesi- 
caria. (1,231.) 
Carex Bonplandii, Kth. Spikes of 8-12 blackish-purple or rusty 
spikelets, more or less bracted, staminate at base; sliirnias 2; pcrigynium 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, gradually tapering to a beak, the orifice entire and 
deeply cleft in front, wingless, more or less serrate on the margins at the 
apex, nerved, plano-convex, equaling the ovate subacute scale ; acheninm 
oblong-ovate, contracted at base, biconvex and apiculate. {C. Pardiei, Boott, 
///.) Van MINOR, Olney. Spikelets small, fewer ; bracts scale-like. — Rocky 
Mountains of Colorado, (591 Hall & Harbour, according to Boott; 591 and 
601 1 Yasey;) California, (4903 and 6207 Bolander; 550 Torrey.) In the 
Uintas, with the last ; 9,500 feet altitude ; August. (1,232.) 
Carex lagopina, Wahl. Spike oval or oblong, reddish-brown, naked, 
composed of 3 (rarely 4-6) spikelets, staminate at base, the lowest or lower 
ones wholly pistillate, the upper or all closely aggregated ; bracts scale-like, 
broad, rarely exceeding the culm; stigmas 2 ; perigynium oval or elliptic- 
lanceolate with a more or less tapering beak, or subrotund with a short ab- 
rupt beak, the orifice entire and cleft in front, nerved on both sides, pale at 
base, tawny above, wingless, plano-convex, smooth, toothed above on the 
margins, longer than the ovate obtuse dusky scale, which has a white h\'a- 
line margin. Root fibrous; culm 4-12' higli — Greenland; Ivocky Mount- 
ains of British America, (268 Drummond ;) California, near Ebhctt s Tas.s, 
at 8,200 feet altitude, (2063 Brewer.) In the Uintas, with the last two spe- 
cies. (1,233.) 
Carex leporina, L. FL Suec. Spike oblong, tawny, ])rown, compose*] 
of 5-6 (rarely more) nearly round or obovate spikelets, staminate at base, 
alternately contiguous, sometimes aggregated into an elliptical head, the high- 
