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izi. C. tetanica. Schk. 
Schk. Car. IL. p. 68. ae Oooo fig. 207. 
Schk. tab. Ggg fig. 1 
Spica sig es solitaria ales ; spicis fructiferis 
iristigmaticis binis vel ternis remotis, infima ongo-pedun cu 
lata; fructibus obovatis apice recurvis ore integris, squama 
ovata obtusa longioribus. 
is much obscurity resting upon this species, and 
some mistake must have been made. Schk. referred two 
figures to the same pects and yet there can scarcely be a 
doubt that tab. Ggg fig. 100, was drawn from a variety of 
C. pyriformis, Schw., the C. aurea, Nutt., as the fruit and up- 
per pistillate scales poh agree exactly with this figure, and 
the opened fruit shows the same dark, compresees and obo- 
vate seed, drawa on the fig. of Sch 5 ee 
barium of Muh. is clearly the C. granularioides, Schw., which 
is the true C. conoidea of Schk., as remarked Vol. X. p. 47. 
The C. tetanica of Muh. Herb. ‘and.o: f the Mon. is obviously 
a Baad distinct plant from the C. tetanica, Schk. described 
ve. A new name has already been given to it by Dr. 
Schw. -, and it is also ©. conoidea Schk. The C. tetanica, 
Schk. must retain the name given by that botanist. Unti 
the specimens shall have been actually compared with those 
from which Schk. drew his figures, this is the only 
course. Ihave a species of Carex aiuek agrees very nearly 
with the ch gee and figure of Schk., and must at least be 
a variety of the real C. tetanica, I fred a full opportunity of 
examining it in ar fresh state. It has the following charac- 
ters, and corresponds very nearly with tab. Oooo fig. 207. 
Culm 6—10 inches high, triquetrous, scabrous above; 
leaves flat, linear-lanceolate, shorter than the culm; bracts 
ae long, surpassing the tale: with short sheaths ; stami- 
uate spike single, erect, See runeniate. with oblong and 
€ scales, tawny, green on the keel ; stigmas three ; pistil- 
late ke two, sometimes three, oblong g, loose-flowere 
sub-sessile, the lower exsertly pedunculate ; iat 
evate and acute at both endsi in its young state, and recurved at 
