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fhire. In the lochs of Brcadalbane^ Mr. Stuart. 

 In Loch-Lomond^ Dr. Parfons. It has been ob- 

 lerved alfo in the lowlands by Dr. Burgefs, as in 

 the Cajile-Lcch, near Lochmabsn, in the mofs ad- 

 joining to the lands of Myrefide^ in the parilh of 

 Holywood, near Dumfries, &c. %. VIII. IX. 

 The flalk is about two feet long, the leaves four, 

 narrow, and almofi: linear, being about i-4th 

 of an inch wide at the bafe, and i-8ch in the 

 middle, ending m a point. Wiien held up be- 

 tween the eye and the light they appear reticu- 

 lated, but this property is not peculiar to this 

 fpecies. The female fphjerules are commonly 

 three, the two lowermoft fupported on pedun- 

 cles, the uppermoft fcffile. The male ones are 

 generally three, and all feiTile ; the leaves float 

 upon the water like grafs -, but when the plant 

 Bowers, the ftalk is raifed above the water three 

 or four inches, the leaves dill continuing to float. 



CAREX. Gen.pL 1046. 

 MASC. Amentum imbricatum. Cal, i-phyllus. 



Cor. o. 

 FEM, Amentum imbricatum. Cal. i-phyllus. 



Cor. o. Ne5fariurn inflatum, tridenta- 

 tum. Stigm. 3. 



Sem. triquetrum, intra ncdarium. 



* Spica unica JimpHci. 



dioka I, CAREX fpica fimplici dioica. Sp. pi. 1379. (Mi- 

 chel gen. t. 32. /. I, Moris, hijl, /. g. /. 12. 



