78 Dr. GoodenoughV additional Obfervathns on 



not fo accurate as I ought to have been in afcertaining its place 

 of growth. 



The fpecimens of C. extenfa which I found grew in wet places, 

 were large, and very decidedly of the order fpicis fexu d'ljl'inllh. 

 Thofe fent me by Mr. Pitchford, from their dry fituation, are from 

 two to nine inches high ; fome have no male fpike at all, and fome 

 have the male fpike with a few female flowers at the bafe ; but the 

 capfules and the fquamse retain their charaiSleriflic form. 



I have the pleafure of adding another hitherto unknown fpecies 

 to my divifion, 



Spicisfexu dljlinclh : Mafcula unica : brafteis fohaceis Sc plerum- 

 que vaginantibus. 



38. Carex pulla. Tab. 14. 



C. Digyna, vaginis nullis, fpicis ovatis, inferioripedunculata, cap- 

 fulls ovatis mucronatis, mucrone bifurco. 

 Habitat in montibus Scoticis. D. Dick/on. 



Radix craffa repens. Folia angufta ereiliufcula ad margines cari- 

 namque afpera, culmo plerumque breviora, modo aequant, in- 

 terdum exfuperant. Culmus fuberedlus circlter dodrantalis, 

 triqueter, angulis acutis fcabriufculis. Spica, una mafcula, duas 

 foemineas remotse. Spica mafcula terminahs oblonga femun- 

 cialis fulva, fquamis oblongo-ovatis acutiufculis, nervo obfo- 

 letiufculo- Spica fceminea fuperior fub-feflilis fubrotiinda, 

 braftea brevi membranacea aphylla nigra, ovata acuta nervo 

 dorfali viridi ; inferior fub-ovalis paJunculata, pedunculo tenui 

 fpica fua longiori. Ad bafm pedunculi, bradlca foliacea, cul- 

 mo brevior vix ac ne vix pedunculum ampledens, utrinque ad 

 bafm auriculata, auricula parv^ fubrotunda. Squamae ut in 

 c fpica 



