544 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



We found this new fpecies of Carex in one place 

 oniy, viz. In a boggy foiJj about half-way up 

 the mountain of Coatfidd^ in the ille of Arran^ 

 near a place where peat is dug, in the aiccnt 

 from Brodzvick caftie. Mr. Ba/ih has found the 

 fame on the coaft of Labr adore. %. VI. 

 The italk is at a medium four inches high, ob- 

 Icurely triangular, fmiooth, ftriated, and fur- 

 nifhed commonly with two fmooth, grafs like 

 leaves, the uppermoft of which is longeft, but 

 generally fiiortcr than the ftalk. The fpike is 

 at firfl clofe, and about i-Sth of an inch Ion? 

 confiiLing of only one pale brown male flower 

 at the top,' and fometimes twor but more com- 

 monly three greenilli, long-acute female ones 

 underneath. The miale after flowering is deci- 

 duous, and the capfulcs become patent and 

 nearly horizontal. The ftyle has fometimes two, 

 but comm.only ihvQcJli^mata. 



incur "J ^ 4. 



** Spin's Gndrcgynis. 



CAREX fpica conica, (. fpiculis congeflis andro- 

 gynis jeffiiibus compofita, involucro nullo, cul- 

 mo incurvo. (vid.Jig. noji.) 



Cloved Carex. Anglis. 



This new fpecies of Carex was communicated^ bv 

 Dr. Hope^ the prefent ingenious profefTor of bo- 

 tany in Edinburgh. It was difcovered in deep 

 loofe fea-fand, at the mouth of the water of 

 Naver^ and near Skelherry, in DunrcJnefSy in 



Shetla^id. %. VII. 



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