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Art. IX. — DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX NEW NORTH AMERICAN CARI- 
CES. By Francis Boorr, M.D., F.R. and L.S., Corresponding Member of 
the Society. Communicated October, 1842. 
^C. Boorrrana, Bentham MSS. 
New Orleans, Drummond, No. 560. 1833. 
Drorca! spicis cylindricis, nudis, basi attenuatis. Stig. 3. 
Perigyniis (floriferis) obovatis, erostratis, obtusis, hirsutis, ore 
subintegro, squama lata, obovata, acuminato-cuspidata, rubro- 
purpurea, apice albo-membranaceá angustioribus breviori- 
busque. 
Culmus gracilis, debilis, scaber, octopollicaris, superne 
nudus. Folia culmi brevia, angusta, vaginantia ; radicalia 
longissima, 3-2 lin. lata, carinata, scaberrima, culmum sepe 
plus duplo superantia. Spica mascula 12-14 lin. longa, lin. 
lata: feminea 17-2 poll. longa, 1j lin. lata (uno exemplo 
sSpicá minori ad basin superioris arcté contigua, aucta.) 
Squamz omnes late, obovate, abrupte acuminato-cuspidate, 
apice albo-membranacez, tenuissimé ciliate, sanguineo-pur- 
puree, nervo pallido. Stig. 3, longissima.  Perigynium 
(floriferum) 1j lin. longum, 3 lin. latum, oblongo-obovatum, 
basi attenuatum, hirsutum, apice serrulatum, viride, purpureo 
tinctum, ore integro vel bidentato. 
“2. C. nvariwa, Boott. 
Texas, Drummond. 
Spica e spiculis 3-5 composita, basi masculis, alternis, ap 
proximatis ; terminali pedunculatá, inferiori bracteatá. Stig. 2: 
Perigyniis ovatis, acuminato-rostratis, antice oblique fissis, 
margine latiusculà albo-hyaliná alatis, serrulatis, squamá t ovati 
acuta, pallidé ferruginea longioribus. © : 
Cespitosa. Culmus sesquipedalis, debilis, sulcatus, 50 - 
perne scaber. Folia 3-1 lin. lata, culmo breviora, apic* 
