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more remote ; stigmas two ; perigynium ovate-oLlong or oliovale, very short rostrate, 

 entire at the orifice, nerved and lens-like, scarcely stiped ; pistillate scale oblong, obtuse, pale 

 on tlie keel, and near twice as long as the fruit. 



Caeex BABBARiE {Deivey): spicis staminiferis terminalibus 2 raro 3 erectis cylindraceis, 

 suprema longa pedunculata, inferiore breviore illi contigiia, infima sub-elongaia ; pistilliferis 3 

 longo-cylindraceis, 2-4-uncialibus gracilibus, snperiore apice staminifera brevi-bracteata erecta, 

 inferioribus longioribus subremotis subrecurvis basi laxifloris brevi-vaginatis foliaceo-bracteatis, 

 omnibus nigro-purpureis ; perigyniis distigmaticis oblongis obovatis apiculatis ore integris, 

 sq^uama oblongo obovata dorso pallida mucronata brevioribus ; culmo erecto glauco longo. 

 ; foliato vaginatoque. Banks of streams, Santa Barbara, California; Parry. — Culm 16-20 



*1 inches high, erect, with long leaves towards the base and long leafy bracts above, glaucous ; 



spikes 3-6j cylindric, slender^ blackish-purple ; staminate terminal 1-3, commonly 2, the upper 

 nearly two inches long, pedunculate, the lower sessile, contiguous and shorter, the third longer 

 than the last and more remote ; pistillate 3, long-cylindric, 2-4 inches long, slender ; the upper 

 staminate at the apex, short-bracteate, erect ; the lower longer, subremote^ subrecurved, loose- 

 flowered at the base and short-sheathed ; perigynium oblong-obovate, short-rostrate, entire at 

 the orifice, stigmas 2, pistillate scale oblong-obovate, on the back pale, and the nerve extended 

 into a mucronate point, making the end of the scale sometimes emarginate. The locality gives 

 the name of the species. 



Carex ScnoTTii (Dew,) : spicis staminiferis terminalibus 3-5 erectis nigro-rubris approximatis 

 prope geminatis cylindraceis, superiore longa 3-unciali medio inflata, inferioribus brevio- 

 ribus sessilibus contiguis vel infima remotiore et interdum geminata ; pistilliferis 3 raro 4 



perlongo-cylindraceis gracillimis 6-8 uncialibus perlaxifloris in^^qualiter pedunculatis, inferi- 

 oribus longe pedunculatis folioso-bracteatis basi vaginatis vix fructiferis vel abortivis, cum 

 gquamis oblongis arctis obovatis vix acutis ; perigynio carente vel nimis immaturo ; culmis 

 superne scabris subprostratis ? cum foliis bracteisque viridi glaucis. Banks of rivers, Santa 

 Barbara, California ; Parry. — This species has very variable spikes and form, as the description 

 shows ; spikes 6-8, cylindric ; sometimes staminate 5 and pistillate 3, sometimes 4 and 3, some- 

 times 3 and 3, or again 3 and 4, most of which are long, and some verj long; the staminate 

 upper 3 are approximate^ so as to be almost geminate, the highest 3 inches long and ventricose 

 in the middle, and the lower a little remote and shorter, often one lower and a little remote and 

 rather long, and on one specimen geminate and one quite short; the staminate scale oblong, 

 obovate, dark red and pale on the back ; pistillate spikes 3, rarely 4, very long and.slender, 4-8 

 inches, very loose-flowered, unequally pedunculate, the lowest long pedunculate and long 

 vaginate, all leafy bracteate, with scarcely the rudiment of fruit, or abortive, and with a 

 narrow, oblong, obovate scale scarcely acute ; perigynium wanting, or too immature ; culm 

 triquetrous above and scabrous, with glaucous leaves and bracts. Tbis species has some aflBnitj 

 to C. Darwinii, Boott. in Trans. Linn. 20, p 120, but the numerous differences far separate the 

 two. There may have been some crushing of the culms to account for their prostrate appear- 

 ance, without which, at least, the pistillate spikes must have been long-retrocurved as in C. 

 pendula, Gooden. 



Carex phyllostachys, Meyer, Trans. Acad. St. Petersh. Collected in California by Dr. 



