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C. subulata, Schum., “ En. saell.,” i. 270 (1801). 
C. Buxbaumii, Whibg., “ Act. Holm.,” 163 (1803). 
The first is the proper name if the law of priority is 
followed. 
Herr Kiikenthal substitutes “concolor, (Br.), Kiik.,’ for 
the C. rigida, var. inferalpina of Leestadius (1839). If by 
this he means C. concolor, R. Br., in supp. app. “ Parry’s 
Voy.,” 218, 1823, then I think he is wrong, as the plant of 
Brown is nearer the var. sawxatilis, Fr., ic. nearly the 
typical form “inferalpina, Leest. (luxurians), pedalis et 
ultra; foliis latissimus inferioribus subexcurvatis, superiori- 
bus erectis; bracteis late foliaceis; planiusculis; spicis fem. 
inferioribus exserte pedunculatis, clavatis, subrarifloris, ad 
masculum approximatis; glumis acutiusculis.” Andersson, 
No. 20. 
The original description of Leestadius in the “ Loca Parell.” 
does not lend itself to quotation, Andersson first putting it 
into descriptive form. 
C. lagopina, Wahl. (1803), is used instead of C. Lacken- 
ali, Schkr. (1801). Richter, “ Pl. Europ.,” i. 151, 1890, 
places the latter under the former, and Kunth., “ En. Pl.” ii., 
1837, also does so, but uses “ C. leporina, L., Sp. 2, 13881, non 
Suec.” 
Carex aquatilis x kattegatensis, Fr.=x OC. Grantii, A. 
Benn. in No. 15. Richter omits C. hattegatensis, Fries, in 
“Ind. sem. hist. Up.” 1857. This hybrid was gathered in 
Caithness by Mr. Grant of Wick. 
C. aquatilis x Hudsonii= x C. hibernica—A. Benn. in 
No. 15. Kerry, Ireland, W. Scully. 
C. aquatilis, Wahlb.—Mr. C. E. Salmon, No. 17, rightly 
remarks to a var. angustifolia, Kiihl: “It seems unwise to 
name individuals in this way.” The fact is, aquatilis in 
Sweden, Norway, and Finland varies greatly, any number 
of so-called forms may be made of it, and their collation 
seems almost impossible when hundreds of specimens are 
seen ! 
“And C. salina is worse, no two authors agreeing 
in the disposition of the forms; even in the Caithness 
C. kattegatensis, Fr., the series of twenty-two gatherings 
kindly made for me by Mr. and Miss Grant, along the 
whole extent of its growth on the Wick river, these it is 
