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classification, the system of Fnes has therefore been foUmv^d ; but iu 

 the arrangement of the species some aUerations have been made 1 he 

 usual mode of arranging the British species with g abrous fmit and 



terminal barren spike° appeared to the -f^^^^^^'^^^^l^Z^-^ 

 Uable to many exceptions on account of the difference ui the num- 

 ber form, and direction of the spikes, even m the same species He 

 has'tirefore rearranged them According to the nature ot the bracts 

 and fruit, as will be seen from the subjoined table :— 



Subgenus Vignea; spikes simple solitary, or compound androgy- 



A Spikes simple, solitary; Mowo^^ac^*, IT. 



B Spikes compound, androgynous ; if o»H05^acAy«,y. 



I. Bracts not foliaceous, spikelets fertile below ; Hyparrhence. 



1 . Root creeping. 



2. Root fibrous. 



II. Bracts long and foliaceous ; Bracteosce. 

 Ill Bracts not foliaceous, spikelets fertile above ; Acroarrhenre 

 Subgenus Carex {Heterostachyce, Fr.) ; spikes simple distmct, the 



terminal ones barren or androgynous, the rest fertile. 



I. Spikes unisexual, achenes biconvex, stigmas 2 ; Bistigma- 



II. Terminal spike androgynous, fertile above, stigmas 3 ; Tn- 

 stigmaticce MesoarrhencB. o ^ • ^• 



III. Spikes unisexual, achenes trigonous, stigmas 3 ; Irtstigma- 

 ticcB AcroarrhencB. 



1. Fruit smooth bifid, bracts without sheaths. 



2. Fruit smooth entire, bracts sheathmg. 



3. Fruit smooth bifid, bracts sheathing. 



4. Fruit pilose, deeply bifid. 



5. Fruit pilose entire or nearly so, bracts foliaceous. 

 c' Fruit pilose entire, bracts membranous sheathing. 



Mr M'Lareu then proceeded to give descriptions of the various 

 British species and varieties, and iUustrated the paper by specimens 



and dissections. _,g, 



2 « Notes of a Botanical Trip to England," by John T. Syme. 

 We are not aware that he detected any species previously unknown 

 to Enghsh botanists in the several places which he visited. 



3 " Notice of the discovery of Saxifraga Hirculus, m Boovland 

 Moss,Walston, Lanarkshire, in September last," by George J.Blackie. 

 The following are the Scottish stations in which this plant has been 



found : — 



1. Langton, Berwickshire. „ „ , , , 



2. Source of the Medwyn, Pentland Hills : first found there by 

 Dr. A. Hunter, September 11, 1836. ,. , . ^yr 



3. Jacksbarns, or Jackston, Glenbervie, Kmcardmeshire. Mr. 

 James Rae, 29th June, 1839. 



4. Between Fala and Stowe. 



.5. On the northern side of the Ochills, not far from Dollar. Mr. 

 ■\Vvville Thomson. 



■fi. Near Walston, Lanarkshire. Mr. Blackie. 



