PLATE DCXXXIX. 



CAREX FRASERI, 



Frasers Carex. 



CLASS XXL ORDER IlL 



MONCECIA TRIANDRIA. One House. Three Stamens. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Masculi Jlores. 

 Amentum imbricatum. Calyx squamosus, so- 

 litarius. Corolla nulla. 



Feminei Jlores. 

 Amentum imbricatum. Calyx squamosus, so- 

 litariiis. Corolla monopetala, apice biden- 

 ta.a. Stigmata 2 seu 3. Nux triquetra, 

 corolla persistente inclusa. 



Male flowers. 

 Catkin tiled. Empalement skinny and soli- 

 tary. Blossom none. 



Female flowers. 

 Catkin imbricated. Empalement skinny and 

 solitary. Blossom one-petalled, with two 

 teeth at the end. Summits two or three. 

 Nut three-sided, within the persistent blos- 

 som. 



Carex floribus androgynis capitibus terminal! 

 bus j masculis superioribus, femineis in 

 ferioribus. Stigma tripartitum : foliis Ian 

 ceolatis, undulatis, marginibus crenulatis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Carex with hermaphrodite flowers growing in 

 terminal heads ; male flowers above, fe- 

 males beneath. Summit three-parted. 

 Leaves lance-shaped, undulated, with finely 

 scolloped margins. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A stamen magnified. 



2. A blossom spread open, magnified. 



For this curious little plant we are indebted to the late Mr. Fraser, nurseryman, Sloane Square, Chel- 

 sea 5 whose ardour in the pursuit of plants carried him thrice over to America in search of botanic no- 

 velty. Mr. J. Fraser informs us, that his father and himself discovered this singular species of Carex, 

 in the autumn of 1808, near the Table Mountain, and upon the banks of the Catawba River in the 

 neighbourhood of Morgan Town, North Carolina, 



