74 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS I BOTANY. 



CAREX PATAGONICA Speg. 

 Culm setaceous, excelled by flaccid leaves. Spikelet subglobose. 



C. ATROPICTA Steud. Macl., p. 278. 



Syn. C. Lechleri Phil. (Macl., p. 284) ; C. fuegiana Phil, of Section Atratce. 

 Fuegia ; Magellan ; S. Patagonia, Lago Argentine, Lago Viedma, in 

 the mountains between that lake and Laguna Tar, Lago San Martin, Rio 

 Fosiles, Lago Buenos Aires: Falkland, fide Kiikenthal in Pflanzreich., IV, 

 20, p. 388 ; also in Argentina and Chili. 



C. BANKSII Boott, the var. ABBREVIATA Kiikenth. (Sec. 33, Fuliginosae.) 

 Spikelets 3, approximate, vertically peduncled ; the terminal male all 



globose-ovate, short. Scales shorter than utricles. 

 Argentina; N. Patag., territory of Neuquen. 

 Add Macl., p. 279: 



C. BANKSII Boott. Macl., p. 278. 



Syn. C. germana Boott; C. trifida Franch. and its var. Franchetii F. Kurtz. 

 Fuegia ; Magellan ; S. Patagonia, Lago Argentine, Lago Viedma; 

 Lago San Martin ; Middle Patagonia, western part of the Chubut Terri- 

 tory, Rio Aysen ; N. W. Patagonia, Rio Manso ; N. Patagonia, Rio 

 Carren-leofu. 



Add to : 



C. BONARIENSIS Desf. (Section 25, Bracteoscz.} 



Internodes of rootstock very short. Culm 25 cm. slender, 3-angled, api- 

 cally scabrous, sheathed at base. Leaves 2 mm. broad. Spike i cm. 

 broad, pyramidal. Utricles 3 mm., rostrum moderate, 2-toothed at tip. 

 Nut orbiculate-ovate, included. 



Falkland Is. (Argentina, etc.). 



C. CADUCA Boott. Kiikenth., in Section 19, Unciniaeformes. 



Rhizome lax-cespitose. Culm 8-10 cm., strict, subterete, smooth. 

 Leaves as high, filiform, convolute, rigid, curved. Spicules androgynous, 

 ovate-globose, 6 mm., i2-i6-flowered, setaceous-bracted; male part incon- 

 spicuous, female scales ovate, obtuse, castaneous, the lower hyaline-mar- 

 gined, long-aristate, bract-like. Utricle equaling the scales, rusty stipitate, 

 long-rostrate. Fruit lenticular. Stigmas 2. 



Fuegia, Orange River. 



