78 Prof. Dewey on Caricography. 
Arr. XII—Caricography ; by Prof. C. DEwEY. 
(Continued from vol. xxiv, p. 48, Second Series.) ef 
No. 254. Carex Geyeri, Boott, Lin. Trans. vol. xx, p. 118 
Kunze, No. 55. Illus. Car. Boott, No. 98, Tab. 105. 
Spica unica androgyna, superne staminifera cum squamis ob- 
longis obtusis, inferne pistillifera: fructibus 1-4 alternis subre 
motis tristigmaticis obovatis triquetris ore integris et albis inferne 
productis vel stipitatis glabris, squamam oblongam magnam all: 
plectentem cristatam subsequantibus; culmis superne foliaceo- 
bracteatis. BY 
Culm a foot high, slender, sometimes scabrous above, with 
stiff radical leaves as long as the culm and rough on the edges; 
below the staminate; stigmas 3; pistillate scale broad, oblong, 
clasping, more or less awned, and a little longer or shorter that 
the fruit. “s 
Mountains of North America; C. A. Geyer, in honor of whom — 
it was named; also, Duffield’s Ranch, Sierra Nevada; Dr. Bige 
low, Explorations for Pacific Railroad, vol. iv, p. 163. : 
This species is related to @ phyllostachys, Meyer, which has 4 
shorter and ovate fruit with a scale very long and leaf-like. Its 
association is with C. Wildenovit, Schk. : 
No. 255. C. decidua, Boott, Lin. Trans., vol. xx. p. 119. Tus 
C a 
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ar. No. 157, p. 68, Tab. 170. 
late at the base and sometimes in the middle, lo 
form, with staminate scales oblong, obovate, obtuse and W 
on the keel ; pistillate spikes 1-5, erect, sessile, rough-bracteal® 
