CAREX 



Lvs. stiff and evergreen, long-pointed, in 

 giirdeu form with a white band near either margin : 

 culm 1 ft., with a terminal staminate spike and two or 

 three slender pistillate spikes (1 in. long) from sheaths: 

 perigynium small and firm, somewhat exeurved, 2- 

 toothed, glabrous. Jap. 0.0.111.13:173. R.B. 20, p. 9. 

 —A very handsome plant, suited tor pots or the border. 

 The stiff, clean, white-edged foliage keeps in condition 

 for months, making the plant useful for decorations 

 in which pot-plants are used. It is perfectly hardy in 

 central New York, holding its foliage all winter. A use- 

 ful florists' plant. 



teniria, Hort. [C. Unera, Hort.). Slender but stiff: 

 lvs. narrow, rolling more or less when dry: staminate 

 spikes long-stalked : pistillate spikes 1 or 2, short- 

 stalked, short, with few large-turgid, tapering, shining 



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GaudichaudUna, Kunth (C. vulg&ris, Pries, var. 

 GaudichaiidiAna, Boott). Culms erect, 1-2 ft.: lvs. long 

 and grass-like : staminate tls. in terminal spikes ; pis- 

 tillate fls. in 2-3 cylindrical, 

 sessile or subsessile spikes : ^ 



perigynium lenticular, small, P'' 



very short beaked, obscurely 2- / 



toothed, finely nerved, longer 

 than the narrow scale. Jap.. 

 Austral., N. Zeal.-Useful for 

 bog planting. 



Fr43eri, Andrews. Lvs. 1 in. 

 or more broad, stiff, but with 

 no midnerve, flat and thick, 

 evergreen : culm 16 in. or less 

 high, bearing at its summit a 

 single whitish spike which is 

 staminate at top : perigynium 

 ovoid, thin and -inflated. Rich 

 mountain woods, Va. B.M. 1391 

 as C. Fraseriana. — Rare, and a 

 very remarkable plant. 



L. H. B. 



CAEiCA (a geographical 

 name). Passiftorcicece. Papaw. 

 Small trees, mostly with un- 

 br:iu.he.l trunks, the juice 

 miliiv. Lvs. iii-ar the top of the 



ously l.il,.-.l. soft, long-stalked: 

 plant usually dia-cious: fls. in 

 Tacemes from the leaf-axils, the 

 staminate funnel-shaped and 

 bearing 10 anthers on the throat, 

 the pistillate larger and with 5 

 distinct petals and 1 pistil with 

 5-rayed stigma. There are about 

 20 species, in tropical Amer. 

 They have somewhat the aspect 

 of palms. Under glass in frosty 

 countries, the common C. Pa- 

 paya is frequent, and 

 is grown for its foliage 

 and interesting habit 

 (FiL'. iiiW). In frost- 

 ier- r.,untries, this spe- 

 cie s is grown for its 

 fruit (Fig. 364), which 

 is oblong or egg- 

 shaped, a foot or so 

 long, orange - yellow 

 when ripe, thick-skin- 

 ned, with many small 

 black seeds. The young 

 fruit is cooked and 

 eaten, and the ripe 

 fruit is eaten by na- 

 tives. 



L. H. B. 

 The soil most suited 

 for Caricas is a rich loam, having perfect drainage. 

 As the stem is succulent and tender, great care is nec- 

 essary to avoid bruising ; hence pot-grown plants are 

 much to be preferred to seedlings from the open 

 ground. Seeds should be selected from the best and 

 largest fruits and sown in a well-worked bed under a, 

 slight shade. If seeds are quite dry or old, they should 

 be soaked in warm water before sowing. The seed- 

 ling plants are delicate, and require close watching at 

 first to avoid damping-off. Soon as plants are well 

 up remove the shading, and after the third leaf ap- 



361. Carex longirostris ( 



360. Carex lurida, one of the common boe species. 



(Natural size.) 

 (I, staminate spike; 6, 6, pistillate_spikes. 



perigynia and awl-like, rough-pointed scales. Probably 

 Japanese. -Cult, for its stiff foliage. Grows 18-30 in. 

 high. Allied to the N. Amer. C. bullata, Schk. 



few weeks old, and have been shifted once into larger 

 pots, they may be set permanently outdoors in the 

 tropics. Caricas seldom branch, but usually grow up- 

 right like a palm, hence cuttings are not often avail- 

 able. Sometimes small branches form, and these may 

 be cut off and as readily rooted as most tropical deco- 

 rative plants, provided the cutting is not top young 

 and tender. In temperate climates, Caricas have been 



