48 



C Dewey on Caricography. 



tlie newer species of Dr. Boott, and consider it not before de- 



scribed. 



No, 253. G. Meehii^ Dew. 



Spica ovata composita ; spiculis ovatis 6-10, in capitulo fusco 

 arete aggregatis, infima interdum snbremota, in apicem stamin- 

 iferis; fructibus distigmaticis inflato-convexis acuminatis bifidis 

 margine subscabris, squama ovata cuspidata paulo brevioribus ; 

 culm setiformi, foliis angustis brevibus. 



Culm 3-8 incbes high, slender, erect, smooth, aggregated 

 in tufts, leafy towards the base; leaves few, narrow, sheath- 

 ing, often much shorter than the culm ; spike formed of manj 

 ovate spikelets, 6 to 10 or more, collected into a head, the low- 

 est sometimes a little separated, all pistillate below; stigmas 

 two; fruit ovate, tapering into a bifid beak, flat or concave 

 on the inner side, a little shorter than the scale which is ovate 



and cuspidate. 



) 



Near White Eiver, Nebrask 



Hood 



Hayd 



This 



smaller and less robust, and too setaceous-like in its culm and 

 leaves. 



Named in honor of F. B. Meek, the friend and associate of 

 Dr. Hajden in the exploration of the Mauvaises Terres or Bad 

 Lands, of Nebraska Ter. 



A'bfe. In addition to the Carices above described and those 



Neb 



102-4, Dr. Hayden 



C, cristata^ Schw. ; C.hlanda^ Dew.; O.fihji 



Good.; (7. 



hystericina, Willd. ; C. vulgaris f Fries ; (7. cephaloidea^ Dew. ; 0. 

 scirpoides^ Sclik. ; (7. ampullacea^ Good. ; 0. tenera, Dew. ; C. arc- 

 iata^ Boott; C. Ilooherana^ Dew., before found in Arctic America; 

 C. setacea^ Dew. ; C. monile^ Tuck. ; 0. scoparia^ Schk. ; C. peta- 



America; C. obtusata. Lilj. ; 



Arctic 



C. /estiva f Dew.,- found befoi 

 curta^ Good. 



The collection of Nebraska Carices therefore contains sixty 

 species ; of these, four are new, and three have not before been 

 found in the United States. 



