124 Caricis Species Nove vel minis cognite, 
masculis inaequaliter longè pedunculatis bracteatis evaginatis pendulis 
simplicibus compositisque extremis solitariis reliquis geminatis ternatisve, 
stigmatibus 3, perigyniis lanceolatis utrinque nervosis in rostrum breve 
attenuatis bidentatis glabris atro-purpureis squamá lanceolatá hispido- 
cuspidata fusco-nigrà margine albo-membranaceá brevioribus angusti- 
oribusque. : 
Hab. In montibus Columbie, Amer. Australis, ad altitudinem 13,000 ped., Dr. Jameson, 
in Herb. Hooker. 
Culmus acuté triqueter, scaber.. Folia desunt. -Bractez evaginate, infima culmum supe- 
rans, 4 lin, lata, scaberrima, superiores squamzeformes. Spice 13-23 poll. longe, 4 lin. 
late, omnes apice mascule (pars staminifera 2-5 lin. longa) simplices, vel basi spiculis 
parvis composite, extreme solitarize, suprema spiculis 4, infima spiculis 2 basi aucte ; 
reliquae interdum composite, geminatze, ternataque, basi laxiflore. Pedunculi hispidi, 
inaequales, superiores breves, reliqui 1-3 poll. longi. Squamz mascule pallidiores ; 
feeminez nervo pallido. Perigynium 25 lin. longum, 2 lin. latum, atro-purpureum, 
basi pallidum, lanceolatum, acuminatum, brevi-rostratum, bidentatum, utrinque leviter 
nervosum. Achenium 12 lin. longum, $ lin. latum, trigono-lineare, castaneum, basi 
styli aequali terminatum. 
Proxima C. Boryana, Schk. 
15. C. AcUTATA ; spicis 9-6 erectis cylindraceis fuscis; masculis 1—2 sessili- 
bus; reliquis 4 foemineis sæpè apice subulato-acutatis masculis densifloris 
sessilibus vel pedunculatis longé foliaceo-bracteatis alternatim contiguis, 
stigmatibus 3, perigyniis elliptico-lanceolatis rostratis bifurcatis subin- 
flatis nervosis glabris nitidis Squama purpureo-ferrugineà concolori vel 
apice hyalina ciliata hispido-aristatà longioribus. 
C. physocarpa, Nees, MSS. in Herb. Hooker (non Presl). 
Hab. In Americze Meridionalis Ins. Chiloe, Cuming, no. 43; in monte Pillylum, Columbiz, 
- ad alt. 12,000 ped., Jameson, in Herb. Hooker. 
Culmus acutangulus, validus, scabriusculus ; pars spicas gerens 3-6 poll. longas. Folia 4 lin. 
lata; culmo longiora. Bracteæ foliaceze ; infima 3 lin. lata, culmum longé superans, 
nunc brevissime vaginata. Spice masculze 1—2 sessiles, 1-15 poll. longz, 14 lin. late ; 
.. Squamze ferrugineze, concolores vel apice hyalino-albidze, ciliate, brevi hispido-mucro- 
nate. Spice foeminex vel androgynz, 4 (pars suprema. plerumque tertia omnium 
sæpiùs subulato-acutata mascula vel sterilis), 13 poll. longæ, 4 lin. late, densiflore ; 
Superiores séssiles approximate ; inferiores plùs miriüs longé pedunculate, intervallis 
