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C. Dewey on Caricography. 71 
Journal, volume x, page 42, 1826, under the above name of 
ahlenberg. 
In cold marshes in the Northern and Western States, and 
Canada 
284. C. rariflora, Smith, Eng. Bot., 1845. 
C. limosa, var. rariflora, Wahl., 1808 and Schk., 1812. 
Spica terminali staminifera brevi; spicis pistilliferis 1-8, saepe 
2, linearibus brevibus laxifloris pedunculatis et nutantibus, brae- 
teatis vix remotis; fructibus, tristigmaticis, ovatis oblongis vel 
ellipticis triquetris subcompressis obtusis apiculatis ore integris, 
uamam ovatam obtusam vel acutam sub-fuscam subeequanti- 
bus; planta glauca brevi et gracili. 
hite Mountains, N. H., on borders of Blue Pond—Dr. Bar- 
ratt: northern parts of Europe and America. Asa variety of 
C. limosa, this was very briefly described in this Journal with 
the preceding species. 
In the Summa (p. 238, 1846) of the acute Fries, he has spoken 
of this C. rariflora, “ quasi forma reducta,’ 
its . 
"as uf a reduced form, 
rariflo h 
Carices, admits both as proper species; and he will doubtless be 
approved by others. ? 
Note. The following rare variety of C. limosa Z., was discov- 
ered the last summer by Rev. John A. Paine, of Utica, who has 
been actively and successfully engaged in looking up the rare as 
weil as the common plants. 
C. limosa, L., var. Painet, Dew. 
Culm with the terminal spike staminate, and one pistillate 
Spike of the common size and form on a slender or hair-like 
peduncle, from five to nine inches long, rising from near the 
Toot. In one instance there was a single pistillate spike on the 
culm and near the staminate spike, and the long radical pedun- 
culate spike as before. ‘The common form and the variety here 
described were found growing on different culms from the same 
root. 
This is a very curious variety, and seems not to have been 
discovered before. Dr. Boott says of the lowest pistillate spike 
of C. Magellanica, “ rarius subradicalis;” but this is on C. limo 
and is truly radical, while he has figured that as subradical and 
rt pedunculate instead of very long. 
= 285. . mirata, Dew. 
Ver 3-5, longo-cylindraceis inclusé pedunculatis longe-foli- 
*S0-bracteatis ; spicis staminiferis 1-3, sepe 2, approximatis, 1n- 
