310 Caricography. 
119. C. mutica. R. Brown. 
Schw. and Torrey no. 56 
Spica staminifera solitaria, squamis obtusis ; spicis fructi- 
feris tristigmaticis ternis distantibus erectis subexserte pedun- 
culatis, fructibus ovalibus muticis laevibus, squama ovata 
mucronata longioribus ; foliis bracteisque planis. 
Found in Arctic America, by Dr. Richardson. Mon. See 
App. Frank. Nar. ed. 2. 
. 
120. C. saxatilis. L. ; 
Pursh, Eaton, Pers. no. 114. Wahl. no. 140. 
Schw. An. Tab. Rees’ Cyc. no. 90. 
Schk. tab. T and Tt fig. 40.” 
C. Bigelowii, Torrey in Schw. An. Tab. 
— compacta, R. Brown? Schw. and Tor. no. 54. 
Spica staminifera solitaria oblonga erecta, squamis obtu- 
sis; spicis fructiferis distigmaticis subternis alternis, superior- 
ibus ovatis sessilibus, inferioribus suboblongis brevi-pedun- 
eulatis bracteatis ; fructibus ovatis obtusis vel oblongo-ovali- 
bus subcompressis ore integris subpubescentibus, squamam 
ovatam obtusam subzequantibus. 
This species is given on the authority of Pursh, who found 
it in the hemlock woods of Vermont and New-Hampshire. 
It has been considered doubtful whether the plant inhabits 
our country, and Pursh has been thought to have mistaken 
the C. Washingtoniana, Vol. X. p. 272 of this Journal, the 
C. nigra, no. 69 of the Mon. for the above species. 
difference between C. savatilis, and C. Washingtoniana, in 
the number of stigmas and the form of the spikes, is too great 
to render the supposition probable. The same is true also in 
relation to these two species and the C. nigra, as shown by 
Schk tab. Aaa fig. 115, and as described by European authors- 
The three are very different in various respects. It seems 
e more probable that Pursh was not mistaken, as the ©- 
compacta, R. Brown, found in Arctic America, is stated to 
resemble C. saxatilis, and is perhaps a variety of it. This 
ee is found in Alpine districts of the north of Europe- 
ulm triquetrous, glabrous, leafy towards the base ; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, shorter than the culm ; bract leafy, aurict- 
ute, under ene or more of the lower spikes and longer, with 
short sheaths; staminate spike single, erect, oblong, with 
nearly linear and often very obtuse scales; pistillate spikes 
two to five, upper ones ovate and sessile, lower ones rather 
