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never to have been distributed, however. There are none of the 

 plants in any of the large European herbaria, neither in Hb. 

 Gray., nor Hb. Torn In the library at Cambridge, Mass., is a 

 set of Barratt's printed labels, but there is no record that speci- 

 mens ever accompanied the labels. From the earliness of this 

 collection, the distribution, had it taken place, would be extremely 

 important Request was made of Professor William North Rice, 

 of the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, where 

 Barratt's collections now exist, for information concerning the 

 carices, and he has kindly loaned me the collections since the 

 preceding pages were in type. A set of 67 numbers is contained 

 in a small volume, accompanied by printed labels. A printed 

 slip indicates that the intended distribution was to contain only 

 species growing in the vicinity of Middletown- ^' We have pre- 

 pared fifty sets of Carices for volumes, to supply our botanical 

 friends, and for exchanges. Great attention has been paid to note 

 the exact period of flowering and fruiting of the Carices, in a 

 table we have drawn up ; a summary of which is here given, in 

 latitude 41^ N." The summary does not appear, unless refer- 

 ence is made to the record upon each tabel. It is Interesting to 

 note, as illustrating the extent of changes in nomenclature in our 

 best known species, that of the 64 species and varieties only 23 bear 

 names which are now current. In addition to the small set, there 

 are two large fascicles containing North American species from 

 various collectors, and with which a duplicate set of Barratt's 

 collection is incorporated. 



Dr, Barratt proposed a number of new names, which may be 

 discussed in this connection : 



C. lagopodioides, var. nana^ is C. tribuloides, var, reducfa, 

 Bailey. 



C Pefinsylvanica, var. nehulosa. In the separate set, this 

 plant is a large form of C. communis, Bailey. In the gen- 

 eral collection, however, the same label is applied to C 

 communts.yzx, W/ieeleri\ Bailey ; and this latter specimen 

 affords a new locality for this variety. 



C. vesicaria, vars. brachystachya and gracilis, are rather small 

 forms of C. nionile^ Tuckm. 



C. virescenSy var. minima. This is the small form of the 



