174 Mr. Buckley on some New Species of Plants. 
rigynium lanceolate, acuminate, 3-sided, twice the length of the 
bracts; achenium ovate-lanceolate, 3-angled, shorter than the 
styles; scales of the staminate spike oblong, subobtuse, margins 
membranaceous ; stem slender, erect, triquetrous, radical leaves 
numerous, subsetaceous, shorter than the culm, which has 2 or 
3 setaceous leaves near the summit longer or equalling in length 
the spikes; spikes small, aggregated near the summit of the culm, 
and nearly covered with a reddish brown color. 
Hab. Summit of Roan Mountain, North Carolina. 
Carex sTYLOFLEXA (1. sp.): stigmas 3; staminate spike solitary ; 
pistillate spikes 2-3, lower exsertly and long-peduncled ; peduncles 
filiform ; pistillate scales linear, acute, nearly as long as the fruit, 
with broad membranaceous margins ; perigynium rhomboid-ovate, 
subtriquetrous, inflated, and slightly curved at the apex; acheni- 
um obovate, 3-angled, angles prominent, subacute ; stem smooth, 
slender, 3-angled ; leaves linear-lanceolate, smooth, shorter than 
the stem; peduncle of the staminate spike varies in length from 
a few lines to 5 or 6 inches; scales of the staminate spike mem- 
branaceous, lanceolate, acute. 
Hab. Mountains, Macon County, North Carolina. 
DIERVILLA SESSILIFOLIA (7. sp.): leaves sessile or subamplex- 
icaule, oblong-ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous; capsule cy- 
lindric-oblong, acuminate, crowned with the subulate-setaceous 
teeth of the calyx, beak short.—Diervilla trifida, 6. Torr. & Gray's 
Flora, Vol. 2, p. 11. 
Hab. Mountains of North Carolina, June to July. 
Stem 2-4 feet high, branched, leaves 2-4 inches long, obscure- 
ly serrate, flowers crowded near the summit or at the summit of 
the branches on peduncles from the axils of the leaves; peduncles 
3-6 flowered ; flowers sessile or pedicellate. Differs from D. tri- 
fida in its sessile leaves, shorter beak, and larger cylindrical capsule. 
HypericUM GRAVEOLENS (7. sp.): stem simple or slightly 
branched, terete, smooth; leaves oblong-ovate, clasping, punctate 
on the lower surface ; flowers in terminal or axillary cymes; sepals 
linear-lanceolate ; petals narrow, oblong-lanceolate ; stamens nume- 
rous, filaments nearly the length of the styles and petals ; styles 
3, nearly twice as long as the carpel ; stem 2-3 feet high; flow- 
ers large, numerous, in a somewhat trichotomous cyme; leaves 
usually about two inches long and little more than an inch 
