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LIST OF EUROPEAN CARICES. 



somewbat perplexes the observer at first, but further examination 

 shows that the production of a second bud is a common feature at 

 the other nodes also, where it occupies the same relative position, 

 viz., betvi'een the Laf and the axillary shoot. As might be expected, 

 the subspecies !< . confusa Jord. agrees in the main with its type; 

 and the same may probably be said of the subspecies F. muralis 

 Bonder., though further observations are necessary to remove the 

 qualification. 



Of the species F. densifiora DC. and F. parviflora Lamk., only a 

 few herbarium specimens have been examined, but these show both 

 unanimity among themselves and conformity to the organisation of 

 the species described. Thus, throughout the whole of this order, 

 as represented in the British Isles, a remarkable unity of organisa- 

 tion prevails. In all cases, save that of Corydalis solula, the main 

 stem is a sympodium or pseudaxis, composed of binodal caulomeres, 

 except in the basal region, where they are of a higher order, and 

 often in the apical region also, where they become uninodal. 



LIST OP EUEOPEAN CAEICES. 



By Dk. H. Christ. 



[We reprint the following list fi-om the ' Comptes-rendus' of 

 the Societe Eoyale de Botanique de Belgique, vol. xxiv., pt. 2, 

 pp. 10-20. Mr. Eidley has kindly added foot-notes, to which his 

 initials are affixed, on four of the doubtful species. — Ed. Journ. 

 Box.] 



Je me suis propose de rediger un catalogue general qui a pour 

 but d'etablir les affinites naturelles des especes du genre Carex. Vu 

 les difficultes nombreuses qui retardent I'achevement de ce travail, 

 je crois etre utile a quelques botauistes qui cultivent ce genre en 

 douuant, pour le moment, Tenumeration des especes d'Europe y 

 compris les lies atlantiques : Azores, Madere, Canaries, dans leur 

 groupement naturel tel que je I'entends. Ce catalogue pourra 

 servir a rectifier en quelques points la liste donnee par M. Nyman, 

 dans la 2™^ edition de son ' Conspectus Flor® Europtefe.' 



J'ai fais mention des especes douteuses pour attirer I'attention 

 des botanistes sur ces formes. Je saurais gre a ceux qui pourraient 

 me commuiiiquer des specimens de ces formes critiques.* 



* Outre les formes douteuses mention^es dans ce travail, je desirerais 

 recevoir, a prix d'argent ou en echange d'autres plantes, les esi^^ces suivantes : 

 C. punctata Gaud. var. hevicaulis Hochst., C. f1()re.sia)ia Mochst., C. Vulcani 

 Hochfit., C. Hocltstetteriaiia Gray, C. rifjiilifolid Gay, C. astiirica Beut. et Boiss. 

 lion Willk., C. azorica Gay, C. Griol tii Roem. Ital., (A ccesia Griseb., C. aperta 

 Boott. Itoss., C. cUjtroides Fries, C. Umula Fries, C. Li/ngbyei Hornem., 

 C. cij/ptocarpa C. A. Mey, C. siAatlosa Fries, C. macilenta Fries, C. Guthnicki- 

 ana Gay, C. Reuteriaua Boiss. 



