376 Caricography. 



Art. XIV. — Caricography; by Prof. C. Dewey* 



Appendix, continued from Vol. xxvi. p. 10S„ 



No. 132. Carex incurva, Lightf. 



Wahl. No. 19. 

 C.juncifolia, All. et Wahl. No. 17. 



Sclik. Tab. Hh. fig. 95. 



Spiculis androgynis distigmaticis apice staminiferis in caput ova- 

 to-globosum aggregatis; fructibus ovatis subconicis teretibus subros- 

 tratis ore integris, squama ovata acuta paulo longioribus. 



Culm one to two inches high, curved, with leaves sheathing at the 

 base and longer than the culm; spikelets several, aggregated into a 

 dense head, staminate above ; stigmas two ; fruit ovate, roundish and 

 tapering, subrostrate, entire at the orifice, a little diverging ; pistillate 

 scale ovate, acute, a little shorter than the fruit : plant light green. 



This is a small, beautiful species found in the northern Alps of Eu- 

 rope ; and on the Rocky Mountains, by Dr. Richardson. 



No. 133, C. supina, Willd. 



Wahl. No. 106. 

 Schk. Tab. I. fig. 41. 



Spicis distinctis, staminifera solitaria ; pistilliferis subbinis tristig- 

 maticis subrotundis subsessilibus approximatis; levibus ore bilobo, 

 squamam ovatam subaequantibus. 



Culm about six inches high, slender, leafy at the base j leaves 

 narrow and flat; staminate spike single, slender, with oblong scales 

 whitish on the margin ; pistillate spikes one or two, nearly sessile, 

 globose, approximate, the lower with a short lanceolate bract; stig- 

 mas three; fruit roundish, subglobose, smooth, brown, rostrate, emar- 

 ginate or with a two-lobed orifice ; scale ovate, acutish, very nearly 

 as long as the fruit. 



This species, found in Austria and Tyrol, &c, was found also 

 near Bear Lake in the Northern regions, by Dr. Richardson. 



No. 134. C. laxa, Wahl. No. 93. 



Schk. Tab. Aaa, fig. 78. 



Spicis distinctis, staminifera solitaria oblonga; fructiferis tristigma- 



ticis oblongis exserte-pedunculatis pendulis subdistantibus ; fructibus 



ellipticis triquetro-depressis brevi-rostratis ore integris, squamam ova- 



to-oblongam obtusam aequantibus. 



