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C. mutica, R. Br. 



Tab. Z. fig. 84. 



Vol. XI, p. 310 of this Journal. 



Spica staminifera solitaria erecta, squamis obtusis ; splcis fructife- 

 ris distigmaiicis ternis distantibus erectis sparsifloris sub-exserte pe- 

 dunculatis ; fructibus ovalibus obtusis subcompressis laevibus, squama 

 ovata oblonga brevi-mucronata paulo longioribus. 



Culm four to ten inches high, slender, sub-erect, leafy towards 

 the base and dark brown ; leaves flat, and about as long as the 

 culm ; staminate spike single ; stigmas two ; pistillate spikes two or 

 three, sub-distant, erect, pedunculate, often much projecting from 

 the sheath, sparsely flowered ; fruit oval, obtuse, flattish, smooth, 

 and often a little longer than the oblong and ovate and short mucro- 

 nate scale ; spikes dark brown, and plant light green. 



Found in Arctic regions by Dr. Richardson. It seems to be a 

 distinct species, and belongs in the section with C. aurea. 



Since the Carices in Vol. xxvii, p. 241, were published, the ar- 

 ticle of Dr. Meyer, in the Memoirs of the Imperial Academy at 

 St. Petersburgh, for 1830, has been received by the Lyceum at 

 New York. One of the new species. Vol. xxvii, p. 238, C. Carl- 

 toniana, D. had already been published by Dr. Meyer as new, and 

 the name given by him must be adopted. C. Carltoniana, D. is 

 C. stylosa, Meyer. 



Figures of the following species accompany this paper. 



