the Briti/h Species of Car ex. jg 



fpici mafcul^, fed nigricantes, capfulis paulo brcviores. Capfula 

 glabrae ovat32 inflatiufcula; compreffiufculas obtufae mucronatas, 

 mucione brevi furcato, mox nigrae. Filamenta ut in caeteris. 

 Stylus ftigmatibus duobus crafliufculis villofis. 



Obf. Variat fpicis duabus, una mafcula, altera fcEminea. Eft 



ubi duae fpicse malculae occurrunt. Interdum fpica terminalis 



androgyna evadit. 



My catalogue of the Britifh fpecies of Carex is enriched with this 



valuable plant through the adtive fpirit of Mr. Dickfon. Its having 



flowers with only two ftyles, at once unites it with Cafpitofa^JlriSta 



& n'glda; but its lowermofl fpike having a long peduncle, and the 



capfules being mucronated, with a point bifid and fomewhat forked, 



keep it diftindl from either of them. When it has only one female 



fpike, it falls in very readily with the Linnean defcription of 



C.globularis. But that fpecies is taller and flenderer, and befides has 



rough villous capfules — this perfectly fmooth ; a mark of the moft 



decifive difcrimination. 



The fpecimens of various new plants, and efpecially of cryptoga- 

 mous ones difcovered in Scotland, either by Mr. Dickfon perfonally, 

 or by perfons incited by him, give us well-grounded hopes, that the 

 prcfent laudable fpirit of refearch in that country will in its pro- 

 grefs bring ftill new fubjefts to light; a circomftance at all times 

 redounding to the honour of any country and any difcoverer. 



My friend Mr. Davies has informed me, that Carex f!ifc}-tnis is 

 to be met with in the Ifle of Anglefea, in the parifh of Landegfan, 

 on a fwampy fpot, lying .S. W. of Park Pool. 



C. muricata, van /3, which perhaps is not a common plant, grows 

 near Eaton, in Shropfliire, in the banks of the drieft ditches, as I 

 am informed by my friend Mr. Williams. So fingular a habitation 

 dcferves notice. Var. « always prefers moift meadows. 



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