Cartography. 3 5 1 



Art. XIII. — Caricography. 



Appendix, continued from Vol. XII. p. 297. 



No. 125. Carex exilis, Dewey. 

 Tab. Q. fig. 53. 



Unispicata androgyna et dioica gracili, setaceo-foliata ; 

 spica fructifera distigmatica inferne stamenifera subdensiflo- 

 ra simplici ; fructibus ovatolanceolatis utrinque convexis 

 divergentibus serrulate marginatis, squama ovata acuta paulo 

 longioribus. 



Culm 12-20 inches high, slightly triquetrous, very slender, 

 scabrous above ; leaves triquetrous, setaceous, sheathing to- 

 wards the bases, not half the length of the culm ; androgy- 

 nous and dioecious ; spike single, simple, oblong, half inch 

 in length, rather dense -flowered ; staminate spike closely im- 

 bricate, with lanceolate scales ; stigmas two ; fructiferous 

 spikes staminate below ; fruite ovate, lanceolate, convex on 

 both sides, diverging, scabrous on the margin ; pistillate 

 scale ovate, acute, tawny, white on the edge, a little shorter 

 than the fruit ; colour of the plant pale green. 



Flowers in May ; found at Danvers, Mass. by Wm. Oakes, 

 Esq., and, is a singular and beautiful plant. It grows in 

 small tufts, and also separate, in wet, cold meadows. 



p. squamacea. Tab. Q. fig. 54. 



Spica androgyna longiore ; floribus stameniferis plurimis, 

 decurrentibus. 



Androgynous spike often more than an inch Jong, with 

 abundance of staminate flowers, and a few fruit at the sum- 

 mit. It is a rather larger plant than the preceding, but close- 

 ly resembles it. 



Flowers in May — June ; found at Ipswich, Mass. by Mr. 

 Oakes, in dense and large tufts on the overflowed lands of 

 Ipswich river. 



, No. 126. C. Ohesiana, Dewey. 

 Tab. Q. fig. 55. 

 Spicis distinctis ; spica stamenifera solitaria brevi-bractea- 

 ta, obionga, gracili ; spicis fructiferis tristigmaticis subbinis 

 ovatis distantibus bracteatis, inferiore subpedunculata ; fruc- 

 tibus ovatis subtriquetris subinflatis nervosis brevi-rostratis 



