344 MACKENZIE: NOTES ON CAREX—XIII 
(1801), Carex Moenchiana Wender (1823), Carex angustifolia 
Smith (1828), and Carex stolonifera Hoppe (1835)* 
But before taking up the question of the availability of 
any of the above names, the question of the proper use of the 
name Carex acuta L. had to be decided, and certain facts were 
brought to light which have left no doubt in my mind that this 
name should be applied to the plant known as Carex Goodenowitt 
J. Gay. 
The original description of Carex acuta L. (Sp. Pl. 978. 1753) 
is as follows: 
acuta. 28. CAREX spicis masculis pluribus, femineis subsessilibus, 
capsulis obtusiusculis. Fl. suec. 769. Dalib. parts. 
281. 
Carex spicis erectis oblongis sessilibus alternis foliolo 
orali_ brevioribus: i" ioribus masculis. Hort. 
cliff. 439. Roy. lugdb. 
nigra. a. Carex nigra verna garis * app. 330 
Gramen os foliis cariophyllaeis, vulgatissimum. 
#8f: 1292. 
ruffa. 8. Carex spicis masculis superioribus numerosis, femineis in- 
fer set ic intermedia unica androgyna. Roy. lugdb 
ex maxima, spicis plurimis remotis longis. Fl. lapp. 329. 
Cypeicldas foliis caryophyllaeis, se habitioribus: squamis 
curtis. — eich or 62: tae: [32 
Cyp ides | pica oie rf le triangul Scheuch. 
Gramen Cyperoides spica ruffa, f. caule triangulo. Bauh. 
pin. 6. 
Habitat in siccioribus, B in aquosis 2 
It has long been known that the species as so described is a 
complex, but European authors have usually applied the name 
Carex acuta to the second element, namely, the variety ruffa L. 
(Carex gracilis Curt.). That the name, however, belongs to the 
first element, namely, the variety nigra L., which is universally 
admitted to be the same plant as Carex Goodenowii J. Gay; 
has occurred to certain European authors, with the result that 
* Also to be considered is Carex fusca All. (Fl. Pedem. 2: 269. 1785); @ 
species based solely upon Haller’s No. 1378 and a reference to Scheuchzer. 
The reference to Scheuchzer was taken from Haller, whose number 1378 has 
been peomnoe with the Carex caespilosa of authors (Steud. Nomen., Ed. 2, 
I: 298). 
