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TWO NEW CARICES FROM CENTRAL MADAGASCAR. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
(Tas. 288). 
uE two Carices here figured are selected from the large number 
of Sovelties which have been lately received from adagascar, to 
illustrate how closely allied to ) British eypek are many of the species 
from the high levels of the centre “ me island. They were both 
gathered recently by the Rev. R. Baron, F.L.S., in an excursion to 
the Ankaratra Mountains, the highest 4 range in ‘the Hova territory, 
which seagr an ore dogs 10,000 feet above sea-level. 
Carex (Vuuria ‘un. sp. — Glabra, foliis pluribus 
NRE elongatis, saci nee foliis 8-4 consimilibus reductis 
preedito, spicis 3-4 compositis remotis eta pogaiee ae sie 
pluribus densis ovoideis sessilibus, inferioribus foemineis, super 
bus apice masculis, glumis OViEs lenoeotke acutis prt ceaaneid, 
ree ampulleformi rostro bifido, fructu triquetro, stylis 3. 
Stem phous a foot long, erect from a short-er ctl deed rhizome. 
Basal lean several, linear, 4-1 ft. long, 4 in. broad, inate 
m in texture. Stem slender, triquetrous, bearing eben’ 4 Prodaiced 
leaves with long sheaths. Spikes ovate or oblong, }—} in. long, 
sessile ovate-oblong erecto-patent simple spikelets 4-4 in. long, the 
lower entirely female, sr ee male at the top. Glumes oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, 4 in. long, glossy, dark chestnut-brown. Peri- 
gyne ampulleform dice ‘gradually into a bifid beak, not seen 
Styles and stamens each three. —- Central Madagascar, Baron 
2028! 2156! Of meeps European species allied to C. divisa and 
disticha, (Tab. 288, fig. 2.) 
—Glabra, foliis pluribus linearibus 
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sem 4 contiguis breviter pedunculatis simplicibus, 8 inferioribus 
i lindricis densifloris, glumis ovato- lanceolatis longe 
maeeoret perigynio Om rostro) pane ngis, perigynio globose 
ulticostato rostro brevi bifido, fructu triquetro, stylis 8, spica 
superiori unica eyunases gous) Minis lanceolatis membran- 
aceis. 
Stems densely cxspitose, above a foot long, with several linear 
— feaves reaching a foot in length, glabrous, firm in texture, 
cutely triquetrous Stem.le eaves about three, the top one just 
rama the spikes, ‘which are usually four in number, contiguous, 
nearly sessile, the three lower female, the top one male. Female 
spikes cylindrical, 3-1 in. long, } in diam. ; flowers erecto- “anene 
crowded in six regular owe : eae 2 12th i sh long, ovate-lanceo 
late, with a long cusp, greenish, fi n tex Perigyne green, 
globose, 4 lin. diam., strongly ribbed eee santiiel suddenly 
into a shorter bifid beak. Nut a cutely triquetrous, subglobose, 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 21. [May, 1883.] K 
