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LINN^AN SOCIETY. 



Dec. 2. — A communication by Mr. David Don, Librarian 

 of the Society, was read, entitled Descriptions of Nine new 

 Species of the Genus Carex, Natives of the Himalaya Alps iu 

 Upper Nepal. 



In forming the character of the species, Mr. Don professes 

 to have followed as a model the learned Bishop of Carlisle's 

 Monograph of the Britisii Species of this Genus, Linn. Trans, 

 vol. xi. The species described are : — 



1. C. ?iubigena, digyna; spiculis subnovenis ovatis confertis, 

 arillis ovatis striatis rostratis bifidis margine denticulato-sca- 

 bris, glumis ovatis acuminatis, culmo striato nudo inferne tereti, 

 foliis involutis. — 2. C.Jbliosa, digyna; spica elongata, spiculis 

 ovato-oblongis adpressis; inferioribus subremotis, arillis ellip- 

 ticis rostratis bifidis margine laevibus, glumis ovatis arista- 

 tis, culmo acute triquetro scabro, foliis planis. — 3. C. flex- 

 ilis, digyna; vaginis elongatis pedunculo brevioribus, spicis 

 filiformibus ceiniuis apice masculis, glumis ellipticis acutis, 

 arillis ovatis striatis pilosis rostratis. — 4. C. macrolepis, di- 

 gyna ; vaginis elongatis pedunculo brevioribus, spicis strictis 

 cylindraceis apice masculis, glumis lanceolatis longicuspidatis, 

 arillis ovatis rostratis scaberrimis costatis apice bipartitis. 

 — 5. C. lo?igipes, digyna ; vaginis elongatis pedunculo 4-plo 

 brevioribus, spicis cylindraceis erectis apice masculis, glumis 

 ellipticis aristatis, arillis ovatis costatis glabris rostratis. — 

 6. C. aristata, trigyna ; vaginis elongatis sulcatis, spicis cy- 

 lindraceis strictis apice masculis ; terminalibus omnino mas- 

 culis, glumis late ellipticis aristatis, arillis ovalibus triquetris 

 rostratis scabris. — 7. C. cJilorostachi/a, trigyna; vao-inis 

 nullis, spicis ioemineis cylindraceis erectis pedunculatis; mas- 

 culis solitariis, glumis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis apice 

 scabris, arillis ventricosis costatis apice rostratis bifurcis 

 gluma longioribus. — 8. C. lenticularis, digyna ; vaginis 

 nullis, spicis foemineis filiformibus pedunculis patulis; mas- 

 culis solitariis pedunculatis, glumis cuneatis : acumine longo 

 spinuloso, arillis cuneato-orbiculatis papilloso-micantibus 

 compressis marginatis. — 9. C. alopecwoides, trigyna ; va- 

 ginis nullis, spicis foemineis erectis cylindraceis subsessilibus ; 

 masculis solitariis, glumis ellipticis acuminatis superne scabris, 

 arillis lanceolatis compressis loevibus apice truncatis emargi- 

 natis. 



Dec. 1 6. — The following communications were read : 



Observations on some of the terrestrial Mc;l!usca of the 

 West Indies, by the Rev. Lansdown Guikling, B.A. F.L.S. 



The following are among the species described : 



Helicina occidcutalis, corpore livido, dorso tentaculisqne 



atris. 



