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of some of these Carices. For instance, C picta is compared with C. cryptocarpa and 

 C. macrochceta, both natives of the northwestern coast of America ; C. parciflora, with 

 the Eastern American C. laxiflora ; C. rigens, \f ith our C. gramdaris of the same re- 

 gion ; C. incisa, with C. lenticularis, Michx. ; C. disj}alata, witli C. amplifolia of 

 Oregon, which is allied to the Eastern American C. scabrata, &c. And as many other 

 species have close Himalayan representatives. So C. Bongardi, Boott, (which Mr. 



inferioribus remotis exserte pedunculatis ; bracteis superioribus culmo paullo longioribus ; stigmatibus 3 ; purigy- 

 niis ovato-triquetris sensim in rostrum breve acuminatis (ore integro obliquo pallido) olivaceis glabris oblique 

 divergentibus nervatis squama ovata alba nerve tcnui viridi excurrente latioribus longioribus. — AC. papulosa 

 differt spica mascula abbreviata obliqiia, fccmineis erectis laxifloris ; pcrigyniis minoribus ; squamis albis 

 iCnuiter cuspidatis ; culmo pedunculisque ancipitibus. A G. Jachiana, spicis laxifloris remotis, mascula obliqua ; 

 perigyniis brevioribus, nervis paucioribus, ore integro ; culmo debili. Ad. G. laxifloram, Lam., proprius ac- 

 cedit : differt inflorescentia breviori ; spica mascula obliqua, fojmineis brevioribus ; perigyniis basi minus 

 productis olivaceis, ore intcgi'o, nervis paucioribus ; squamis acutis ; rliaclii recta ; foliis tricostatis. Ilakodadi. 



'' Carex eigens (Boott, sp. nov.) : spicis 3-4 oblongo-cylindraccis approximatis erectis, terminali mascula 

 subsessili stepe obliqua, reliquis ftemineis fusco-olivaceis, superioribus mascute contiguis, infima subremota 

 exserte pedunculata laxiflora ; bracteis foliaceis culmo longioribus ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovatis ventricosis 

 obtuse triquetris rostratis glabris vel rostro parce dentato (ore membranaceo albido bifido, laciniis scabris) crcbre 

 validc nervatis fusco-olivaceis divergentibus squiuua ovata acuta vel truncata longe valideque cuspidata albida 

 nervo viridi latioribus longioribus vel cuspide brevioribus. — Affinis G. granulari, Muhl. :' differt spicis fusco- 

 olivaceis laxis ; perigyniis rostro bifido longiori. Hakodadi ; Ousima. 



" Carex micans (Boott, sp. nov.) : spicis 3-4 cylindricis stricte erectis, terminali mascula sessili gracil- 

 lima castanea vix apicem focmina? superioris attingente, reliquis fcemineis teretibus fusco-olivaceis, superioribus 

 1-2 mascute arete contiguis, infima remota longe exserte pedunculata, bracteis vaginalis culmum longe super- 

 antibus ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovalibus plano-triquetris rostellatis (ore integro ferrugineo) laite demum 

 fusco-viridibus papillis micantibus undique asperatis eostato-nervatis squama oblonga obtusa rarius acuta mutica 

 vel nervo excurrente alba medio la;te viridi demum ferruginea latioribus longioribusque. — Sesquipcdalis : 

 folia 2 lin. lata, culmo breviora. Simoda. 



"Carex Ringgoldiana (Boott, sp. nov.): spicis 4-5 cylindricis erectis gracilibus, terminali mascula 

 capillar! inconspieua laxiflora sessili castanea, foemineis superioribus breviori, reliquis fccmineis olivaceis, supe- 

 rioribus 1 vel 2 mascula; arete contiguis sessilibus vel insertis, inferioribus remotissimis laxifloris breve exserte 

 pedunculatis, infima subradicali ; bracteis foliaceis elongatis, superioribus culmo jiaullo longioribus ; stigmatibus 

 3 ; perigyniis oblongo-ovatis obtuse triquetris turgidis tenuiter acuminato-rostratis (rostro decolori, ore leviter 

 emarginato-Iobato ciliato) olivaceis undique crebre nervatis squama parva ovata acuta mutica albida ciliata vel 

 mucronata latioribus triplo longioribus. — Habitus G. granularis, Muhl. Ousima. 



" Carex discoidea (Boott, sp. nov.) : spicis 3-4 parvis paucifloris congestis sessilibus pallidis, terminali 

 mascula oblonga saepe abbreviata inconspieua, reliquis foemineis ovatis evaginatis, infima subinde paullo remota ; 

 bracteis culmo longioribus ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovalibus utrinque acutis (ore albido integro vel sub- 

 emarginato) obtuse triquetris nervatis pubcsccntibus pallide viridibus squama alba acuminata acuta breve hispido- 

 cuspidata nervo viridi angustioribus brevioribus vel suba^quilongis. — Habitus C Novte-Anglicc, Schw. A 



