some Specks of Carcx. 99 



Capsuhe ovato-oblonga?, rostrata:, apice diviso (Fig. 1. b.). 

 Stylus stigmatibus tiibus glandulosis. 

 Se/iiina ovata, triquetra, glabra (Fig. 1. c). 

 Habitat in Newfoundland. 



Carex gigantea. 



Carex spicis masculis teretibus erectis; foemineis grandioribustur- 

 gidis, capsulis inflatis globosis rostrato-acuminatis patentibus. 



Tab. X. Fig. 2. 

 Folia lata, nigro-virentia, culmo multo longiora, marginibus cari- 



naque hispidis, nervosa, nervorum interstitiis nodosis. 

 Culmus erectus, striatus, triqueter, glaber. 

 Spica masculte tres compositae e squamis dense et imbricatim po- 



sitis ; duae supremae, tertia infima sessilis in alii folioli valde 



angusti. 

 Spicce fazminece omnem speciemhujus generis plerumque magnitu- 



dine maxime prasstant; superior modice incurva, sessilis in sinu 



folii, caeterae altemae, pedunculatae, pendulae, floribus laxe im- 



bricatis, divaricatis. 

 Squama oblongo-ovatae, aristatae, nervo dorsali, margine tenero 



albo, capsule diraidio breviores (Fig. 2. a.). 

 Capsulce globosae, maxime inflatae, striatae, laxe imbricatae, aris- 



tato-rostratae, divaricatae, ore bidenticulato (Fig. 2. b.). 

 Stylus stigmatibus tribus. 

 Semina triquetra, glabra (Fig. 2. c). 



Habitat in Carolina. 



In the descriptions above given, and the delineations which ac- 

 company them, all the precision and accuracy have been endea- 

 voured to be observed, that the several dried specimens of each 

 species from which they are taken were capable of affording. The 



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