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tion is above the average of the sens in the third ica in 
which the spike in fruit was added, and enlarged dissections re- 
dra 
Stu urm, Monogr. Car. 24 Seg heen tres but on ey scale 
Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. Helv. viii. p. 7, t. 206, f. 546 (18 46).— 
Like all the Carices in this volume excellent in ‘detail By the 
side of it (f. 547) is a figure of C. brunnescens Poiret, which Syme 
incorrectly quotes for the Seottish hn a plant Maat fallax). Si 
former is quite distinct in its mo ict and sle habit, 
leaves narrower ai bright green hot aimendas, and "hie spikolete 
more turgid in : 
Andersson, 1. ¢. < 4, f. 39 (1849).—Includes dissected analyses. 
Boott, Illustr. g. Carex, p. 154, t. 496 (1867).—Includes dis- 
sected analyses. 
Hypsrips. 
The following bag os of Carex canescens with other species 
ra ee ascertai 
IcRosTACHYA Ehrhart in Hannover. 
at a ix. 132 P17 84). y Hasnber urg, E. Prussia, German Silesia, 
Upper Austria, opi Baltic os Finnland, and Lappland. 
2. ECHINATA X var. « = C. TETRASTACHYA Traunsteiner ap. 
Sauter in Flora, 1850, 366 = C. Cisitect: Hu Briigger in Jahresber. 
s. Graub. 1880, 119 = C. Braaritca Simonkai, Enum. FI. 
Transs. “518 ees (f —Seotland, Bavaria, Tirol, and Transylvania. 
seems to be the “ C. echinata f. grypos”’ of Fl. Perthsh. 325, 
v : ite says “the character (glumes with two broad 
red-brown bands) fits many of our specimens, but I have not seen 
mountains of Perthshire C. echinata ascends to 990 m 
. LACHENALIT X var. « = C. HELVOLA Blytt in ao Notis. 
1849, 58. Pts Norway, Sweden, and Finnland. In Scot- 
land the hybrid has been found on Lochnagar in Aberdeenshire 
J. H. Balfour in herb. Edinb. 1 $s in 
Perthshire O. Wait, 1896). The identification of Prof 
Balfour’s plant is recorded by Mr. Arth is Journal 
for 1886, p. 149, after being confirmed by Blytt himself. For a 
critical account of this plant, see a paper by Mr. . Druce in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xxxiii. 458 lg 1898). There are specimens 
in Herb. Kew. and ak Mus 
4. LOLIACEA X Var. a Grate in .P. 0. G. K6nigsb. xxxviii, 49. 
ote cotbshesscs : EK. oe 
5. oan a Kihlman in Herb. 
Mus. aun a 9, 135, re in are Normale, n. 3095, ex Meddel. 
Soe. Faun. Flor. Fenn. 1888-1891, 71; et Hielt. Consp. fi. Fenn. 
256 (1892). —Norway, frac and Finn land. 
