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The leaves resemble those of Carex binervis, but the spikes and 

 fruit are quite unlike those of any other British Carex, though similar 

 to those of Carex fuliginosa, which differs by its caespitose growth, 

 narrower leaves, white margined internal edges of teeth of the fruit 

 and clavate male spike, with female flowers at the apex. 



Note hy Mr. Sadler. — I discovered this interesting Carex, which 

 is a plant of the Alps of Central Europe, growing on wet turfy 

 ground between rocky ledges above Loch Ceann-mor, Glen Callater, 

 Aberdeenshire, at an altitude above the sea of about 900 yards, on 7th 

 August, 1874. In one place it grew in considerable quantity, 

 covering several yards of surface, and was very conspicuous from its 

 rich green foliage and its dark fruiting spikes. Besides herbarium 

 specimens I secured living plants, which are growing freely in pots 

 at the Koyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 



[From the *' Transactions of the Koyal Botanical Society of 

 Edinburgh."] 



DE DUABUS RIBIS SPECIEBUS 



E CHINA SEPTENTRIONARIA 



scEiPsiT De. H. F. Hance. 



RiBEsiEAS proprii herbarii aliquot ante dies secundum eximiam 

 specierum japonico-sinensium retractationem quam consummatissimus 

 botanicus virque mihi semper officiosissimus C. I. Maximowicz nu- 

 perrime publici fecit juris, disponens, duas offendi species plane ut 

 videtur novas ; harumce stirpium diagnoses, juxta normas ab amico 

 mox laudato exhibitas sedulo concinnatas, infra botanicis trado. 



1. Rihes {Grossularia) macrocalyx, sp. nov. — B-amis angulatis 

 inferne aculeis acicularibus sparsis brevibus armatis epidermide 

 cinerea glaberrima, aculeis infra-axillaribus ternis validiserecto-patenti- 

 bus medio saepius paulo validiore, foliis petiole glanduloso-setoso lami- 

 nam subaequanti suffultis basi cordatis profunde 3-5-lobis, lobis superne 

 ampliatis pauci-crenato-incisis supra sparsim hirtellis, subtus praeter 

 nervorum bases pilosas glaberrimis margine ciliatis pedunculis tenui- 

 bus petioles aequantibus minute glanduloso-pilosulis 1-floris erectis 

 apicem versus bracteis binis (altera minore) ovatis ciliatis auctis, 

 pedicello pedunculo duplo breviore, floribus 6-7 lin. longis, calycis 

 tube* campanulato aculeolis paucis mollibus longis praedito limbo 

 1^ lin. longo cupuliformi tubo ampliore intus pubero laciniis erectis 

 V. erecto-patulis oblongis obtusissimis extus sparsim hirtellis ciliatis 

 petalis lineari-oblongis 4-plo latioribus duplo longioribus, staminibus 

 petala sequantibus, stylo cylindrico glaberrimo staminibus dimidio 

 longiore apice bifido cruribus approximatis. 



* Cel. Maximowicz, sententiam Payerianam amplexus, hunc receptaculum 

 nuncupat ; conferas taraen egregiam Benthamii disputationem de hypanthii 

 indole. (Joiim. Linn. Soc. Bot. x., 103, sqq.) 



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