
          Obs on Dr Torreys Carices,
"C. alpestris. Kentucky". - certainly not the [?] plant. Willd 159.
which has larger, ribbed fruit, & "spica [?] radicali
large [?] pedunculata." - Your plant is more delicate,
& what I have always considered as C. varia.-
"C. bullata." I cannot by any one character distinguish your specimens
from [one] C. vesicaria. The [barr?] [cutt?] are 2-1 the fertile
2 My cylindrical (1 1/2  in. long) the rastrum perfectly smooth.
the top of the laceria fertile species passes the base of the upper 
one-so that  your "distant" as applied to them in yr [your] compared 
comparison
[fails?] with regard to the spec? Just; so does "[?] flowered."-
The only good characters with [?] a hasty glance/distinguish C
bullata are the distant shorter spikes & [?][rastrum?]. The 2 upper
spikes in C. vesicaria are approximate - the 3rd when present
is remote. [?] does not sufficiently express in his [fig.?].
the length of the rastrum in  C. vesicaria. & rather exaggerates
its length in C. Nullata. a solitary spec. of [wh?]. I have from
Green. & it is a more delicate plant than your spec- which
I must consider C. vesicaria.
"C. aquatilis." I know of no fig. in authorative spec. of this species of Wahl.
Your spec. differs from some sent from Scotland in having much
longer bractea - pale [?] scales - which are also narrower &
more acute - & therefore nearer to Wahl's description. The
aspect of all the fertile species in the Seater plant is black -
& the seales are broad & obtuse. Many plant {?} the rise
of the Lapland are ? I suspect the Scotch specm (specimen) are
a form of C. 
acuta -  & that yours may be Wahl's plant.
"C. canescens" - non Linnei [?], [?] C. curta. Goodenough [Lin?].
Trans. 2.p.145. - You must therefore [?] the name
of caruscens. I have [?] Lin ? Specn (specimen) of C. canescens
in his Herbm (Herbarium) & you could ask for a moment-compaundid 
with C. curta.- {See?} Goodenoughs {observation?}
those {under?} C.curta in Paris Encyclopa & with
remark in {Lin?}. It happen under C. canescens.
Wahl's is many in [uniting ?] these district species
& a plant so common as C. curta is here is too
well known to be mistaken. Only follow Wahl's
with Smith & Goodenough against you & with                
[Lin?] spec (specimen) of C. canescens before our eyes?

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