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ceolata hispido-cuspidata fusco-nigra margine albo-membranacea bre- 
vioribus angustioribusque. 
Hab. in Montibus Columbiz, ad altit. 13,000 ped., Jameson (Herb. 
Hooker). 
Proxima C. Boryane, Schk. 
June 17.—Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 
Read a continuation of Dr. Boott’s paper entitled ‘‘ Caricis spe- 
cies novee vel minis cognite.” 
The species now described are fifteen in number, characterized as 
follows :— 
1. C. Gunnrana, spicis 4 v. 5 oblongis v. cylindricis erectis; terminali 
mascula sessili ; foemineis 3 v. 4 superioribus sessilibus contiguis : infe- 
rioribus remotis foliaceo-bracteatis exserté pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, 
perigyniis trigono-ellipticis subinflatis acuminato-rostratis bidentatis ad 
margines superné scabriusculis stramineis equaliter utrinque nervosis 
squama laté ovata mucronata v. hispido-cuspidat& longioribus. 
Hab. in Insula Van Diemen, D. Gunn (Herbb. Hooker et Lindley). 
Affinis C. laxiflore, Lam., et C. levigate, Smith. 
2. C. comosa, spicis 4 cylindricis densifloris; masculé 1 erect& gracili 
bracteata; foemineis 3—5 crassis demtim nutantibus v. pendulis lon- 
gissimé bracteatis: superioribus contiguis: infima remota longiis pe- 
dunculata interdim plus minis vaginata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis tri- 
quetro-lanceolatis longé rostratis alté bicuspidatis: laciniis elongatis 
patentissimis subrecurvis: stipitatis glabris nervosis demim divergen- 
tibus retroflexisque squamé lanceolata hirsut& ciliat&é nervosa longé 
hispido-aristata longioribus. 
C. fureata, Ell. (non Lapeyr.) 
C. pseudo-cyperus, Jorr., Dew. (non L.) 
Hab. in Georgia et Carolina, Elliott; Ohio, Sullivant ; Philadelphia et 
Utica, Torrey ; Boston, Boott. 
Satis (Elliottio Nuttallioque monentibus) 4 C. pseudo-cypero, L., etiam 
Americe Septentrionalis incola, distincta. 
3. C. tRIqueTRA, spicis 3 v. 4 ; mascula 1 elliptico-cylindrica ; foemineis 
2 v. 3 approximatis laxis apice masculis: suprema ovata sessili: infima 
cylindrica basi attenuata longé vaginaté inclusé pedunculata, stigma- 
tibus 3, perigyniis ellipticis acuté triquetris pubescentibus bidentatis 
sub-4-nerviis squama ovata mucronata ferruginea margine scariosa 
longioribus. 
Hab. in California, Nutiall. 
Proxima C. gynobasis, Vill. (C. alpestris, All.) 
4. C. eiososa, spicis 4—6; mascula | cylindricd; foemineis 3—5 ovatis 
oblongisve erectis evaginatis laxé paucifloris: superioribus 1 v. 2 sub- 
sessilibus mascule approximatis: inferioribus remotis subradicalibus 
longé pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis globosis conico-rostratis 
ore membranaceo obliquo longé stipitatis hirsuto-scabris nervosis squa- 
mam lanceolatam mucronatam subzequantibus. 
Hab. in California, Nuttall. 
oo. C. bispicate, Hook. (C. longerostrata, Meyer, C. camschatcense, 
unth.) 
5. C. Tweediana, spicis 8 cylindricis erectis; terminali mascula simplici ; 
reliquis androgynis apice masculis compositis: superioribus approxi- 
matis sessilibus: inferioribus pedunculatis evaginatis: infima remota 
longissimé exserté pedunculata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovatis acumi- 
