8o 4 CARE X. 
in a'very firn.ple umbel. Grows in various parts of Bohe- 
fhia and Liberia. 
VII. 55. Carex difticha, pr fa ft fedge : fpike-oblong, 
obtufey (pikelets very many; the lowed and end one fe¬ 
male, the middle ones male, culm upright. This and 
arcnaria are very nearly allied; there is', however, cha¬ 
racter enough peculiar to each. The root in this creeps 
deeply under ground, and in a very irregular manner ; the 
culm is very erect; the fpike is obtufe, and the terminal 
ipikelet female ; the capfule has its margin entire ; and it 
does not grow in land. In arenaria the root creeps juft 
below the furface; and, while the main (boot runs in a 
llraight line, lide-fhoots (trike off at right angles ; the 
culm is incurved : the fpike is acute, and many of the 
terminal fpikelets are almoft entirely male ; the capfule is 
tnarginated on each fide towards the apex with a broadifh 
membrane. Some of the fpikelets both in this and are¬ 
naria are purely male, and others female ; and a few of 
them are truly androgynous. The name dijlicha by no 
means correfponds with the growth of this fpecies ; its 
leading cluiraCler being that the intermediate (pikelets are 
almoft entirely male. Dr. Goodenough lias given it a 
name which has immediate refpect to this uncommon cir- 
cumftance. It grows on marfhes, flowering in June. 
56. Carex divifa fpike ovate, iubdecompound, with 
an upright leaflet, fpikelets rather remote, capfules preffed 
dole, root creeping. Leaves narrow, fometimes longer 
than the culm, which is from eighteen inches to two feet 
in height, and three-cornered. Found in lalt marfhes, 
flowering in May and June. 
57. Carex incurva : fpike conic, fpikelets feveral, 
heaped, fellile, involucre none, culm incurved. Stems 
three or four inches high, obfcurely three-cornered, 
fmcoth, and curved in the arc of a circle ; the root creeps 
under the (and ; in its feeding Hate it lofes fomething of 
its conic form and becomes obtufe. Native of Scotland, 
in deep loofe fea-fand ; difcovered by Dr. Hope; alfo of 
Denmark and Piedmont. 
58. Carex divulfa : fpike decompound,elongated, forne- 
vvhat branched at the bafe ; the lower fpikelets remote, 
upper ones contiguous, .capfules fomewhat erect. Leaves 
dark green, narrowifh, fnarp on the keel and along the 
edge, longer than the culm, which is from a foot to eigh¬ 
teen inches in height'; weak,'fornewh'at reclining, three- 
cornered, the corners acute and roughifh. It is known by 
its weakifh reclining Hem, its long interrupted fpikes, 
■with one or two branches at the bale, its remote fpikelets, 
and by the capfules, though Handing loefe and a little 
fpreading, yet not diverging. Found in mold woods; 
flowering from May 40 July. 
59. Carex tripartita: fpike terminal, three-parted. 
Radical leaves fhorter than the culm, a line or more in 
breadth. Culm naked in the upper part three-cornered, 
lix inches high. Neither that nor the leaves are rough. 
'60. Carex bipartita: fpikes two, terminal, the upper 
compound, culm round, naked. Culms llraight, twice 
as high as the leaves, llriafed ; leaves fmooth, a little 
convoluted, (Mated, acute, and almoft pungent. 
61. Carex nigra : fpikes androgynous, fellile, tern, ter¬ 
minal black; culm, thVee-cornered, leafy, 62. Carex 
brcolor: fpikes androgynous, fellile, tern, terminal, cap¬ 
sules longer than the glumes ; culm round, naked. This 
and the foregoing are probably only varieties of carex 
strata. 
63. Carex ftellulata: fpikelets fubtern, remote; cap¬ 
fules diverging acute, mouth entire. Leaves pale.green, 
narrow, rough at the edges and keel, efpecially towards 
the tip ; culm feldom exceeding eight or ten incites, of- 
tener lower, triangular, tiie angles bluntifh, and fcatcely 
rough to the touch ; the lower part of it leafy, the up- 
permoft leaf fometimes exceeding the (lent in height. It 
grows in marfhes ; flowering in May and June. 
64. Carex curta: (pikelets fix or more, ovate, rento- 
riflt, naked ; feales ovate, fliarpifh, fhorter than the cap¬ 
able. Leaves of a pale fubglaucous colour, rough along 
the edges and keel, upright, narrow ; culm a foot high 
or more, a little longer than the leaves, upright, three- 
fided, the angles acute and roughifh. According to 
Woodward, the culms are from one to two feet in height; 
fpikelets from five to ten, the lower ones- fomething re¬ 
mote, the upper crowded, each clofety imbricate with 
florets, as in the brizse, whence Hudfon’s trivial name, 
oval-lanceolate, pale green or vellowifh ; capfule broad at 
the bafe, tapering and bifid for the exit of the ftyle, but 
tins is not oblervable without a glafs. Style (ingle, deeplv 
divided into two reflex ftigmas. “ That this carex,” 
fays Dr. Goodenough, “ fhould have occafioned fome diffi¬ 
culty, is not to be wondered at, when Linnaeus himfelf 
feems to have forgotten ills own original determination 
upon the matter. In Sir Jofeph Banks’s Herbarium, there 
is a carex named brizoides, which anfwers entirely to the 
Linnaean defeription, 1381, to the fynonym cf Ilallcr, and 
to Micheli’s figure. In the Linnaean Herbarium, the plant 
I am now (peaking of is named brizoides by Linnaeus him¬ 
felf, and it accords with the fynonyms of Ray and Mo¬ 
ri fon quoted in Spec. Plant, under brizoides. Still, how¬ 
ever, as the figure of Micheli is a more pointed authority 
than verbal deferiptions, I cannot but think that the plant 
in Sir Jofeph Banks’s Herbarium is what was originally 
deferibed and intended for brizoides: accordingly 1 (hall 
beg leave to accept it as inch, and name this curta, from 
Loefel. At all events, it cannot anfwer to the description 
of Linnaeus, for the fpike is never diftich, and the fpike¬ 
lets are never oblong cr contiguous.” It is found in 
marfhes and watery places, but not very common; flow¬ 
ering in J tine. 
65. Carex ovalis: fpikelets about fix, oval, approxi¬ 
mating alternate, feales lanceolate, equalling the capfule. 
Leaves dark green, roughifh along the edges and keel, 
narrow, nearly equalling the (lent, which is upright, a 
foot high, triangular, with the angles (harp and roughifh. 
Lower flowers, male and fewer in number, the reft fe¬ 
male; feales iharp ; capfules oblong, acuminate, flat 
on one fide, fomewhat convex on the other, upright, 
with an entire mouth. Mr. Woodward adds, that the 
root is matted, feveral ftems frequently arifing together, 
clothed below with alternate fheathing leaves, the upper 
part naked. Spikelets about five, fellile; the braCte of 
the lovveft foon falls: -feales of a fhining yellowifh brown, 
with a green keel and white membranaceous edges, longer 
than the capfule; the upper ones in each fpikelet larger 
and more acute than the lower. Style extending beyond 
the capfule with two fliort ftigmas. It is diftinguifhable 
in all ftages by the number of fpikelets, the acutenefs 
of the feales, and the fituation of the male and female 
flowers. Leers, however, deferibes it as having the ter¬ 
minating flowers male, and the inferior female, Linnaeus 
feems to hav e joined the plant he originally named leporina 
with this we are now treating of; and the mi flake took 
place fo early as the publication of the Flora Lapponica, as 
appears from the quotation of Morifon’s figures. Grows 
in marfhes and moift meadows, flowering in June. 
66. Carex teretiufcula : fpike fuperdecompound, con¬ 
tracted, branched, fharpifh ; fpikelets glomerate, male, at 
top; capfules fpreading, culm roundifh. Leaves green, 
upright, ftiffift), fheathing near half the culm, at the bafe 
convex without, channelled within, rough along the edges 
and keel, longer than the culm when in flower; the upper 
leaf longer than the reft; culm finally from a foot to 
eighteen inches in-height, fnarp and rough at the angles. 
Found by Mr. Crow, of Norwich, in marines near that city. 
,67. Carex chordorhiza: fpike compound, fpikelets an¬ 
drogynous, approximating male at top, capfules comprefT- 
ed, root creeping'filiform. 68. Carex heleonafles : fpike 
compound, fpikelets androgynous, approximating, female 
at top, capfules imbricated, with tiie (ides quite entire. 
Natives of Sweden. 
VIII. 69. Carex prof 1 rata: braCtes membranaceous, 
almoft leaflels, fheathing.; female fpikes remote, fcarcely 
lurpafling the (heath; the calyx very large; flcm, when 
old, 
