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64 ° Caricography. 
ow, slightly many-nerved, acute or shortly beaked, en- 
at the orifice, and slightly scabrous near the apex; 
e scale oblong, acute, or ovate rather Jong acute, 
e ae and hyaline witha green keel, and about two-thirds 
pt as the fruit. The colour of the whole plant is light 
" Slowacodd in June—grows in the form of = in sphagnous 
eerfiel 
‘places among hills—Williamstown — 
‘Though related to C. tenuiflora, this pri is mani- 
festly different from the fig. in Schk. It differs from C. 
disperma in having the stamens below, as well as in the 
fruit of its scale. {t differs considerably from the fig. of 
C. loliacea, L. in Schk. tab. Pp. fig. 104. It seems proper 
to give a new name to our plant in the present state of un- 
certainty respecting this Kuropean species. It is evident 
however, from the language of both Schk. and Wahl. that 
C. loliacea is a somewhat variable species, and ours may 
ultimately be considered a variety of it. To aid in th 
eos aR eae it may be proper to subjoin the following de- 
scription from Wahl. 
“C, loliacea : spiculis basi masculis subdistantibus ter- 
ms paucifloris, squamis brevibus, capsulis subovali-ellipti- 
cis utrinque Convexiusculis obtusis obtusangulis divaricatis 
ore integerrimo, bracteolis setigeris: foliis angustissimis. 
C. loliacea Linn. confer Schkuhr tab. Pp. fg. 104? Hab. 
in pratis paludosis Sueciz rarius,”—Wahl 
It scarcely needs remark that the ébartidrs of the fruit 
and scale of C. loliacea in this description are materially 
different from those of C. trisperma as already given. The 
a of the fruit is as distinctly marked in the figure 
hk. as in this description of Wahl.  C. trisperma is 
the species which Sprengel, ina letter, is believed to have 
named C. quaternaria. 
28. C. noveanglie. Schw.* 
Jiteria distinctis serie spica staminifera breve 
asi cum suprema fructifera ; spi- 
cis fructiferis binis val" ternis hab teendts sessilibus ovatis 
aitelnie paucifloris bracteatis ; fructibus ovali-subtriquetris 
*% Analytical Table of Carices,” already referred to. 
