248 Caricography . 



Culm four to six inches high, triquetrous, striate, slightly scabrous 

 above, longer than the leaves which are flat and sheathed towards 

 the base ; spikelets androgynous, staminate below and stigmas two ; 

 approximate in threes, sessile, lowest bracteate ; staminate scale 

 ovate and obtuse ; fruit ovate, sub-lanceolate, acutish, convex above 

 and flat below, a little longer than the ovate and obtuse scale, spike 

 tawny, and plant light green. 



Found at the sea coast of Arctic regions, by Dr. Richardson. 



No. 151. C. HooJcerana, D. 

 Tab. X. fig. 75. 



Spica composita ; spiculis androgynis distigmaticis superne sta- 

 miniferis inferne subremotis ovatis sessilibus multis bracteatis ; fruc- 

 tibus ovato-lanceolatis scabro-rostratis subdivergentibus convexo- 

 planis bidentatis, squama ovata lanceolata cuspidata paulo brevioribus. 



Culm twelve to eighteen inches high, triquetrous, scabrous above, 

 rather slender, longer than the leaves which are shorter too below 

 and sheathing towards the base ; spikelets many with two stigmas 

 and staminate above, ovate, sessile, bracteate, often aggregated at 

 the apex and remotish below ; fruit ovate and lanceolate, rostrate, 

 scabrous on the edge, somewhat diverging in maturity; pistillate 

 scale ovate, lanceolato-cuspidate, tawny, green on keel, white on 

 edge, and a little longer than the fruit ; color of the plant light green. 



Found at Carlton House by Dr. Richardson. 



No. 152. C. spectabiKs, D. 

 Tab. X. fig. 76. 



Spicis distinctis, staminifera solitaria oblonga cylindracea, pistil- 

 liferis subbinis tristigmaticis ovato-cylindraceis exserte pedunculatis 

 subremotis erectis, infima longo-pedunculata folio-bracteata ; fructi- 

 bus ovatis obtusis nervosis ore bilobis brevissime rostratis, squama 

 oblongo-lanceolata mucronata paulo brevioribus. 



Culm eight to twelve inches high, erect, smooth, striate ; leaves 

 sheathing, flat and smooth, upper ones about equalling the culm ; 

 bracts long and leafy ; staminate spike single, erect, cylindric and 

 oblong, with oblong obtusish scales ; stigmas three ; pistillate spikes 

 2—3, ovate, cylindric, erect, remotish, pedunculate, and the lowest 

 long-pedunculate, sheaths short ; fruit ovate, obtuse, nerved, scarcely 

 rostrate, orifice two-lobed ; pistillate scale oblong, lanceolate, short 

 mucronate, all reddish brown, and a little longer than the fruit. 



Found in the Arctic regions. 



