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more truly scientific subjects, in which many among you are no 
doubt disposed to take part. 
Arr. XXXVIL—Caricography ; by Prof. C. Dewry. 
Continued from vol. xli, p. 381.—1866. (The 43d No.) 
No. 299. Carex retrocurva, Dew. 1845. 
_ Spikes distinct ;_staminate single, terminal pedunculate cylindric; pis- 
tillate spikes 2-5, cylindric short-oblong rather close-flowered, often re- 
its ovate cuspidate scale; culm 8-16 inches high, nearly erect, then sub- 
prostrate; leaves sub-radical, soft and wide; whole plant rather glaucous, 
Open , Massachusetts and New York; south, north and west. 
When C. oligocarpa was confounded with C. digitalis, this was called by 
. Gray C. oligocarpa var. latifolia, Gray, Gram. and Cyp., 1835, as 
quoted in Tor. Mon., p. 416, 1836. 
No. 300. . stylosa, Meyer. 1830. . 
