344 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



The following Table of the Distribution of the Carices 

 was drawn up by Dr. Boott, whose intimate acquaintance 

 with that genus of Cyperacece renders it of the highest 

 value to the student of the Geography of Plants : — 



London, May 6th, 1850. 

 My dear Sir John, 



I have examined the Carices you brought from your last 

 excursion to America. They are — 



C. scirpoidea Michx. Arctic Sea coast, 

 ursina Dewey. Arctic Sea coast, 

 glareosa Wahlg. Arctic Sea coast, 

 stans Drejer. Arctic Sea coast, 

 saxatilis L. Arctic Sea coast, 

 compacta Brown. Arctic Sea coast, 

 fuliginosa St. Sf Hoppe. Arctic Sea coast, 

 livida Willd. Arctic Sea coast. 



Nova? Anglias Schwz. Arctic Sea coast and Methy Portage, 

 canescens L. (Sf b.) Arctic Sea coast and Methy Portage. 



„ var. polystachya. Lakes Superior, Rainy, and of the 



Woods, 

 adusta Boott. Methy Portage, 

 siccata Deivey. Methy Portage, Saskatschawan. 

 lanuginosa Michx. Methy Portage, Saskatschawan. 

 lenticularis Michx. Methy Portage. 

 Houghtonii Torrey. Methy Portage. 

 Raeana Boott. Methy Portage. 



utriculata Boott. Methy Portage, Lakes Superior, Huron, 

 aquatilis Wahlg. Methy Portage, Lakes Superior, Huron, Fort 



Simpson and Chipewyan. 

 umbellata Schk. Methy Portage, Lakes Superior, Huron, Fort 



Simpson and Chipewyan. 

 oligosperma Michx. Lake Superior, 

 aristata Br. Lakes Superior and Huron, 

 scoparia Schk. (8f b.). Lakes Superior and Huron, Winipeg, 



Athabasca, 

 vulgaris Fries. Lakes Superior and Huron, Winipeg. 

 retrorsa Schwz. Winipeg River, Lake of Woods, 

 pedunculata Muhlg. Winipeg River, Rainy Lake, 

 intumescens Ruclge. Lake of Woods, Rainy Lake. 

 CEderi Ehrh. Rainy River and Lake. 



