Linnaan Society. 355 



Read also the conclusion of Mr. Woods's " Attempt to arrange 

 the Carices of Middle Europe." 



In this paper Mr. Woods passes in review the principal characters 

 by means of which the species of Carices may be arranged into 

 groups, and adopts with some modilications the system of Koch. 

 His arrangement is as follows : — 



A. Spica unica siniplici. 



1 . Dicecse ; stigmatibus 2. 



1. C. dioica; 2. C. DavalUaiia. 



2. Moricecae ; stigmatibus 2. 



3. C. piiUcaris ; 4. C. decipieus ; 5. C. capllata. — 6. C. Stiferi, which 

 may belong to the following division, as the number of stigmas is 

 not indicated. 



3. Moncecae ; stigmatibus 3. 



7. C microylochin ; 8. C. j}auc/Jlora ; 9. C. Pyrenaica; 10. C. spicuta, 

 11. C rupestris. 



B. Spicis capitatis invokicratis. 

 12. C. cyperoides ; 13. C. Baldensis. 



C. Spicis compositis. 



1. Stigmatibus 3. 



14. C. curvula. 



2. Stigmatibus 2 ; floribus sterilibus in spicarum apice. 



15. C.foetida; 16. C. stenophylla; 17. C. lohata; 18. C. incurva- 19. 

 C.schoenoides\ 20. C.divisa; 21. C.chordorhiza; 22. C. vulpina; 

 23. C. muricata ; 24. C. divulsa; 25. C. tereliuscula; 26. C. para- 

 doxa ; 27. C. paniculata. 



3. Stigmatibus 2 ; spicis aliis fertilibus aliis steriUbus, v. floribus sterilibus 

 in media spica, v. floribus sterihbus in aliis spicuUs basalibus in aUis 

 apicalibus. 



28. C.ludibunda; 29. C. intermedia', 30. C.modesia; 31. C.arenaria; 

 32. C. repens; 33. C. microstyla. 



4. Stigmatibus 2 ; floribus steriUbus in spicarum basi. 



34. C. brizoides; 35. C. Schreberi ; 36. C. Llgerica, Gay ; 37. C. steUu- 

 lata; 38. C. grypos; 39. C. ovalis ; 40. C. axillaris; 41. C. B(e7i- 

 ninghansiana ; 42. C. remota ; 43. C. elongata ; 44. C. lagopina ; 

 45. C. heleonastes ; 46. C. curta; 47. C. loliacea. 



D. Spicis distinctis, omnibus androgynis ; floribus sterilibus in apice spica- 



rum ; stigmatibus 3. 

 48. C. LinJcii ; 49. C. Sarda. 



E. Spicis lateralibus ? ; terminal! androgyna, floribus sterilibus apicahbus ; 



stigmatibus (nisi in C. bicolore) 3; fructu inconspicue rostrato. 

 50. C. bicolor; 51. C. air at a ; 52. C aterrima; 53. C. nigra; 54. C. 

 Vahlii; 55. C. Buxbaumii. 



F. Spicis distinctis ; stigmatibus 2. 



1. Fructils rostro complanato mai-ginato. 



56. C, mucronata ; 57. C microstachya. 



2. Fructus rostro pai-vo teretiusculo plerumque membranaceo. 



58. C Grahami; 59. C. saxatilis; 60. C. Goodenovii; 61. C. rigida : 



