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50. C arex fuliginosa, Schkuhr. 



C. spicis exsertis, subquaternis, distantibus, terminal! an- 

 drogyna, cernuis; fructibus oblongis, mucronatis, apicc 

 bifidis, gluma longioribus. 



C. fuliginosa, Schk. car. pars. i. p. 91. & ii. p. 47. t. Cc. f. 

 47. Rich. app. Frank, nar. ed. 2. p. 35. 



Has. In the woody region of Arctic America. Dr. Richard- 



son. 



51. Carex misandra, R. Brown. 



C. spicis (3—4) ovalibus, pedunculatis, pendulis, alternis, 

 vel raro subumbellatis, terminali basi sterili (rarius tota 

 sterili) j fructibus lanceolatis, acuminatis, bidentatis, mar- 

 gine denticulatis, gluma ovali longioribus. 



C. misandra, R. Brown app. Parry's 1st Voyage, p. clxxxiii. 



Culm 6—9 inches high. Leaves linear, attenuate at the apex, scabrous on 

 the margin. Spikes 3—4 ; the terminal one sterile at the base, rarely 

 entirely sterile ; the rest oval or oblong, pendulous. Glumes oval, 

 rather obtuse, smooth, dark brown. Fruit nearly black, except the 

 orifice, which is white, the upper part of the margin denticulate, the rest 

 smooth. Stigmas 2—3 (very often 3.) 



Hab. Melville Island. R. Brown. 



Obs. Nearly allied to C. fuliginosa, Stern, and Hoppe, in 

 Act. Soc. bot. Ratisb. i. p. 159. t. 3. and perhaps not dis- 

 tinct from that plant. R. Brown. 



52. Carex formosa, Dewey. 



C. spicis quaternis, oblongis, crassis, distantibus, exserte pe- 

 dunculatis, nutantibus, suprema inferne sterili ; fructibus 

 oblongis, triquetris, subinflatis, utrinque acutiusculis, ore 

 subintegro vel bilobo, obsolete nervosis, gluma ovata acuta 

 duplo longioribus. 



C. formosa, Dewey car. 1. c. viii. d. 98. & ix t. 2. f. 6. 



