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STUDIES OF THE TYPES OF VARIOUS SPECIES 



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OF THE GENUS CAREX. 



Notes on Carex.^XL* 



By L. H. Bailey. 

 (Read Feb. 12, 1889), 



An attempt has been made during the past year to see all the 

 existing types of North American species of Car^x, These types 

 are widely scattered, largely in the Old World, and the where- 

 abouts of many of them have been entirely unknown. Many of 

 them had never been seen by a student of the genus since their 

 publication, and there was reason to believe that some species 

 which had been seen by our earlier botanists have not been 

 properly comprehended in the light of our fuller knowledge. The 

 examination has prov^ed that many of our catalogued species are 

 fictitious, and that considerable changes in nomenclature must be 



made. However much such radical changes are to be regretted, 

 they are nevertheless unavoidable if priority of publication is to 

 be considered; and there is the surety that in the future changes 

 must be very few. The very oldest types have been seen, so far as 

 they are known to exist, and almost every name which has been 

 applied to North American species is accounted for and under- 



* Earlier numbers were published as follows : 1, Bot. Gaz. ix. 1 17-122, (Aug., 

 18S4); IL Bot. Gaz. ix. 137-141, (Sept, 1884); III. Bot. Gaz. x. 203-20S, (Jan., 

 1SS5); IV. Bot. Gaz. X. 293-295, (June, 1S85) ; V. Bot, Gaz. x. 317-319, (Aug, 

 1885); VI. Bot. Gaz. X. 379-3S2, (Nov., 1885) ; VII. Proc, Amer. Acad. Arts and 

 Sci. xxii. 59-157, (18S6) ; VIII. Bot. Gaz. xi. 32S-330. (Dec, 18S6) ; IX. Bot. 

 Gaz. xiii. 82-39, (-"^i"-. rSSS) ; X. Journ. Bot. wvi. 321-323, (Nov., iSSS). 



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