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  the 
  Cyperacece. 
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  barium 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University 
  as 
  C. 
  at 
  rat 
  a 
  L., 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  having 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  0. 
  D. 
  Allen 
  in 
  the 
  Cascade 
  

   Mountains, 
  Washington. 
  According 
  to 
  C. 
  B. 
  Clarke 
  (in 
  

   litteris 
  December 
  9th, 
  1903): 
  " 
  Boott 
  's 
  C. 
  podocarpa 
  

   (minime 
  R. 
  Brown) 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  C. 
  macro 
  chat 
  a 
  C. 
  A. 
  

   Mey., 
  with 
  C. 
  spectabilis 
  Dewey 
  thrown 
  in. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  say 
  

   this 
  is 
  wrong, 
  i. 
  e. 
  I 
  think 
  spectabilis 
  may 
  be 
  esteemed 
  a 
  

   var. 
  of 
  macrochceta. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  morally 
  certain 
  that 
  

   the 
  pieces 
  named 
  C. 
  spectabilis 
  Dew. 
  by 
  Boott 
  's 
  hand 
  

   are 
  Dewey's 
  plant, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  named 
  by 
  Dewey 
  him- 
  

   self.' 
  ' 
  — 
  Now 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  recent 
  disposition 
  

   by 
  Kiikenthal 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  as 
  var. 
  invisa 
  (Bail.) 
  Kthl. 
  of 
  C. 
  

   Tolmiei 
  Boott, 
  this 
  cannot 
  be 
  accepted, 
  since 
  Dewey's 
  

   name 
  is 
  much 
  older, 
  and 
  especially 
  not, 
  because 
  Kiiken- 
  

   thal 
  includes 
  the 
  plant, 
  which 
  Kjellman 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  

   Vega 
  Expedition 
  (1882) 
  and 
  identified 
  as 
  C. 
  podocarpa, 
  

   but 
  which 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  C. 
  macrochceta 
  C. 
  A. 
  Mey. 
  — 
  

  

  Concerning 
  C. 
  Tolmiei 
  Boott, 
  C. 
  B. 
  Clarke 
  has 
  given 
  a 
  

   very 
  important 
  account 
  4 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  in 
  herb. 
  Boott, 
  

   and 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  that 
  in 
  herb. 
  Kew, 
  which 
  Boott 
  probably 
  

   saw, 
  and 
  we 
  learn 
  from 
  this 
  paper 
  that 
  the 
  figure 
  t. 
  299 
  

   in 
  Illustr. 
  Carex 
  is 
  taken 
  wholly 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  collected 
  by 
  Tolmie, 
  while 
  the 
  diagnosis 
  (1. 
  c. 
  p. 
  

   100) 
  includes 
  four 
  other 
  plants, 
  and 
  probably 
  some 
  

   others 
  marked 
  "C. 
  Tolmiei" 
  in 
  herb. 
  Kew 
  — 
  By 
  Clarke 
  

   a 
  diagnosis 
  is 
  furnished 
  of 
  Tolmie 
  's 
  specimens, 
  and 
  by 
  

   comparing 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  figures 
  with 
  C. 
  spectabilis 
  Dew. 
  

   it 
  is 
  readily 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  these 
  plants 
  are 
  specifically 
  

   distinct. 
  And 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  concerns 
  C. 
  macrochceta 
  C. 
  A. 
  

   Mey., 
  so 
  excellently 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  

   Meyer, 
  5 
  this 
  plant 
  cannot 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  identical 
  with 
  

   Dewey's 
  plant, 
  nor 
  as 
  any 
  near 
  ally 
  of 
  this. 
  — 
  

  

  However 
  C. 
  spectabilis 
  Dew. 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  variable 
  plant, 
  

   and 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  and 
  varieties, 
  when 
  

   disconnected, 
  is 
  often 
  a 
  difficult 
  task, 
  especially 
  when 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  material 
  from 
  the 
  subalpine 
  and 
  alpine 
  re- 
  

   gions. 
  Typical 
  C. 
  spectabilis, 
  moreover, 
  deviates 
  some- 
  

   times 
  from 
  the 
  diagnosis, 
  presented 
  by 
  Dewey. 
  For 
  

   instance 
  the 
  staminate 
  spike 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  solitary; 
  

   there 
  are 
  not 
  infrequently 
  two. 
  The 
  pistillate 
  spikes 
  are 
  

  

  4 
  Clarke, 
  C. 
  B.: 
  Note 
  on 
  Carex 
  Tolmiei 
  Boott 
  (Jour. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  35, 
  

   p. 
  403, 
  1902). 
  

  

  5 
  Meyer, 
  C. 
  A. 
  : 
  Cyperaceas 
  novse 
  descriptionibus 
  et 
  ieonibus 
  illustratse. 
  

   (Mem. 
  Savants 
  Etrangers 
  St. 
  Petersbourg, 
  Tome 
  1, 
  p. 
  30, 
  1831.) 
  

  

  