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VI. Caricis Species nove, vel minis cognite. Auctore Francisco zd M.D.. 
S.L.S. &c. &c. 
Read June 3rd and 17th, 1845; and February 17th, 1846. 
E E TUCKERMANI ; spicis 5—4 rarius 6; masculis 2 rariüs 3 v. 1 ; foemi- 
neis 3 v. 2 oblongis cylindraceisque crassis subapproximatis peduncu- 
latis longissime bracteatis infimá sæpè demüm nutante, stigmatibus 3, 
perigyniis tenuibus pellucidis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis longé cylin- 
drico-rostratis bifurcatis glabris turgidé inflatis pallidis obliqué ad- 
scendentibus 10-14 nerviis squamà ovata acuta vel hispido-mucronata 
multüm latioribus longioribusque. 
C. bullata, Tuckerman (non Schk.). 
Hab. In America Septentrionali, * nondum in Nová Anglia visa.” Tuckerman, Enum. Me- 
thod. Car. p. 20. 
Culmus 2-2} pedalis, firmus, scaber, infra foliis vestientibus tectus, apice filiformis ; pars 
spicas gerens 6-10 poll. longa. Folia 1-23 lin. lata, culmo longiora, scabra. Bractex 
culmo longiores, infima interdum vaginata. Vagina 1-10 lin. longa. Spice mascule 
plerumque 2, rarius 3 vel 1, rarissime apice foeminez, 1-11 poll. longæ, lineam late ; 
infima (si tres adsint) bracteata, Squamæ lanceolate, obtuse v. acute, rariüs his- 
pido-mucronatz, pallidze, margine albo-hyalinze. Spice foeminez 3 v. 2, rariüs 1, al 
long et cylindracez, 8 lin. ad vix 2 poll. longe, 8 lin. late, suprema subsessilis, 
infima pedunculata, nutans, intervallo 1-2, rariüs 4 poll. remota. Squame ovate, 
acute, v. hispido-mucronatz, pallidze, nervo viridi, ad latera ferrugineo-nebulosie, iat- 
gine albo-hyalinæ, glabræ vel dorso scabræ. Pedunculi 2 lin. ad 1 poll, longi, cm 
Perigynium 5 lin. longum, 2 lin. latum, tenue, pellucidum, glabrum, pallida viridans 
vel fusco-stramineum, turgidum, inflatum. Achenium 1j lin. longum, lineam latum, 
triquetrum, pallidum, papilloso-asperulum, basi styli incrassatá apiculatum. 
Affinis C. bullate, Schk. Differt perigyniis tenuioribus, pellucidis, majoribus, obliqué 
adscendentibus, rostro glabro, squamis sæpè mucronatis, spicis pun fumes 
longioribus, longiüs pedunculatis, nutantibus, foliis latioribus, culmo scabriori, pedun- 
culis scabris. ; 
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