268 Dr. SiMiTH'j Defcriptiom of five new Briti/li Species of Carex. 



*** Spicis fextt diJlinSiis: mafcula unica, rarius gemina : bra5leis follaceh 

 et plerutitque vaginant'ibus. 



1. Carex binervis. 

 Green-ribbed Carex, 



C. vaginis elongatis pedunculb brevioribus, fpicis cylindricis remo- 



tis llibcompofitis, glumis mucronulatis, frudtibus binervibus. 

 Carex diftans. Lighif. j6i, ex defer. 



In ericetis ficcioribus. FI. Junlo. 



Very common on the dried moors about Aberdeen. Prof. Beattie. 

 Near Edinburgh. Mr. J. Mackay. 



Radix fibrofa. Culmus ere£liis, firmus, fefquipedaHs, bipcdalis, vel 

 tripedahs, obtuse triqueter, Isvis, apicem versus hinc fcaber. Folia 

 ereda, latiufcula, acuminata, glaucefcentia, marginibus carinaque 

 alpera. Bracfea- foliis firailiims, elongatas, eredse, longiiis vagi- 

 natx, rcmotae. Sfica mafcula utrinque attenuata, faspe fefqui- 

 uncialis, multiflora, glumis denfiflime imbricatis, ellipticis, ob- 

 tufis, fubmucronulatis, nigricantibus, carina acuta, virenti ; foe- 

 :mjneae tres aut quatuor, rarifllme quinque, fparfas, cylindrica;, 

 ercdhcC, inferiores remotifTimae, longius pedunculatas, atque fa^pius 

 bafi compofitae feu ramofic, quandoque omnes fuperne mafcula. 

 Gluina: foeminearum ovata, nigras, mucronulatse, carina virenti, 

 glabra, mucronulo fcabro. Fru£itis glumis longiores, ovati, vix 

 roftrr.ti, glabri, nitidi ; intus apiceque fanguineo-fufci ; extus 

 pallidi, nervis duobus lateralibus viridibus prxcipue confpicuis. 

 Seriien acute triquctrum, albidum. 



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