90 Caricography. 
the fire always diffuse itself equally in the heap, instead of pur- 
suing a devious path through it? What contingencies may di- 
rect its course, I do not know ; but nothing more happens here 
than happens to a piece of paper inflamed at its edge ; it-seldom 
consumes equally, but the combustion proceeds in very uncertain 
directions. . 
Arr. VIII.—Caricography ; by Prof. C. Dewey. 
: (Appendix, continued from Vol. XXXIX, p. 53.) 
No. 173. Carex Meadii, D. 
Tab. Ce. fig. 94. 
~ Spicis distinctis ; staminifera unica ovato-oblonga parvi-bracte- 
ata cum squama dbtenga obtusa margine fusca ; pistilliferis binis 
ovato-cylindraceis superne substaminiferis tristigmaticis peduncu- 
Jatis sublaxifloris, inferiore longo-peduncilatis basi vaginatis ; 
fructibus obovatis subrotundis obtusis nervosis perbrevi-rostratis 
et retrocurvis, squaamam late-ovatam acutam vel obtusam et brevi- 
mucronata superantibus. 
Culm eight to sixteen inches high, erect, leafy towards the 
base, glabrous, slightly scabrous above; leaves shorter below, 
linear-lanceolate, flat, smooth, pale green; staminate spike ob- 
long, large, with an oblong obtuse scale tawny on the margin ; 
pistillate spikes two, sometimes one, oblong, round, rather loose 
flowered, sometimes staminate at the apex, upper short-peduncu- 
late, lower quite long-pedunculate, and both with leafy bracts 
sheathing at the base ; fruit rather loose, obovate, obtuse, nerved, 
with a very short Bealk recurved at apex, and — closed ; pis- 
tillate scale ovate, broad, acute, or short mucronate, reddish on 
the edge and green on the heel; pale green. 
This Carex has @ remote Hosotsblaaibe to C. panicea, and C. 
binervis ; differs in several particulars, as well as from C. poly- 
morpha. Found by Dr. S. B. Mead at Augusta, Il. 
No. 174. C. Sartwellii, D. 
Tab. Ce. fig. 95. 
* ay 
Spica com composita ; spiculis 12-20 ovatis sessilibus subarctis brac-_ 
teatis distigmaticis inferne pistilliferis, superioribus sepe preser- 
tim staminiferis et inferioribus precipue — vel omnibus 
