Caricography, 61 



No. 169. Carex capitafa, L. 



Schk. Tab. Y. fig. 80. 



Wahl. No. 2, and Willd. 



Monograph. Cyp. Torrey, p. 387. 



Unispicata simplici androgyna ; spica superne staminifera sub- 



globosa distigmatica ; fructibus densis ovato-rotundis compressis 



convexo-concavis perglabris subacutis, squama ovato-obtusa lon- 



gioribus ; foliis filiformibus. 



" Culm three to seven inches high, grows in tufts," Rohhins ; 

 triangular, rather scabrous, terminated with a single globose spike 

 of pistillate flowers, and with the stamens on a slight prolongation 

 of the upper part, as depicted by Schkuhr ; leaves slender, rising 

 from sheaths towards the base ; pistillate scale roundish ovate, 

 obtusish, more than half the length of the fruit. 



Wahlenberg credited this species only to the mountains of Lap- 

 land. It has since been found across Northern America to the 

 Rocky Mountains. Torrey. In 1829 it was found by Dr. Rob- 

 bins on the Alpine region of the White Mountains of New Hamp- 

 shire, and Mr. Oakes of Ipswich, Mass., has been so good as to 

 forward it for publication. 



No. 170. C. teiiuijlora, Wahl. No. 48. 



Schk. Tab. Eeee. fig. 187. 



Mon. Cyp. Torrey, p. 393. 



Spica composita ; spiculis alternis binis vel ternis approximatis 



ovatis, inferne staminiferis ; fructibus distigmatids ovatis oblongis 



subacutis convexo-planis, squamam oblongo-ovatam acutiusculam 



8Bquantibus. 



Culm about a foot long, " in small tufts, and prostrate," (Rob- 

 bins,) triangular, slightly scabrous, slender, leafy towards the 

 base ; leaves narrow, flattish, linear, shorter than the culm ; be- 

 longs in the subdivision with C. curta^ Gooden. 



Wahlenberg credited this species to the moist grassy fields of 



Lapland. The late indefatigable explorers of Arctic America 



found it. In 1829 it was found by Dr. Robbins, both in a sphag- 



nous swamp in Burlington, Vt., and in wet places with C. dispei'ma, 



D. in Salem, Vt. Communicated with the following by Mr. Oakes. 



No. 171. C. capillaris, L. 



Schk. Tab. O. fig. 56. Wahl. No. 91. 



Mon. Cyp. Tor. p. 416. 



Spicis distinctis ; spica staminifera solitaria parva ; spicis fruc- 



tiferis tristigmaticis subternis oblongis paucifloris laxifloris longi- 



