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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
viridi apice margine albo-byalina amplectente angustiori- 
bus longioribusque.—C. Essenbeckii, Boott, Lin. Trans, 
xx. {spec. Edgeworth ); non Kunth. (Tab. CXXXVI.) 
Hab. In Himalaya orientali alpina, ad Sikkim, alt. 
12-15,000 ped., J. D. Hooker. In Monte Choor, Edge- 
worth. Gurhwal, Strachey and Winterhottom. 
Csespitosa. Culmus subpedalis, obtusangulus, sulcatus, 
lmvis vel apice scabriusculus, firm us, basi foliatus, vaginisque 
foliorum reticulato-fissis tectus. Folia filiformia, involuta, 
marginibus scaberrimis, culmo longiora vel sequantia. Spica 
1 ^- 2 | poll, longa, 1-2 lin. lata; pars tertia vel quarta supre- 
ma mascula, laxiflora, basi attenuata. Squamce masculse ob- 
tus;e, muticrn: foeminese inferiores longius cuspidate, infima 
qnandoque bracteolam simulans: superiores subinde muticse. 
Perigynium 3 lin. longum, \ lin. latum. Achenium (cum sti- 
pite At bn- longo) lp ( r bn. longum, Ao bn. latum, longe ellip- 
ticum, pallidum. Racheola linearis, ligulata, serrata, vel in 
specimine altero magis maturo apice dilatata, ibique uno mar¬ 
gine ferruginea, acbenio brevior. Stylus latus, sulcatus, apice 
ferrugineus. 
In the paper in the Linnean Transactions, vol. xx., I referred spe¬ 
cimens of this species, given to me by Mr. Edgeworth, to 0. Fssen- 
bectcii, Kunth ( 0. trinervis, Nees), hut on comparing Mr. Edge¬ 
worth’s with Dr. Hooker’s more mature specimens, I find no 
difference between them, and the stigmata are three, not two. 
Dr. Royle’s very few specimens, on which Nees founded his G. tri¬ 
nervis , are dioicous, and have plane, not involute, leaves. I have 
not met with any specimens from the later collections which I 
could refer to Nees’s plant. 
126. C. Forsteri (Wahlenberg); spicis 5-8 cylindricis 
pallidis, terminalibus 1-3 masculis, vel suprema basi vel 
medio vel apice et basi mascula, spicula altera minore 
omnino mascula interdum ad ejus basin sita, reliquis (vel 
omnibus) androgynis ima basi masculis, superioribus 
apice sterilibus, approximatis, sessilibus, inferioribus re- 
motis longe exserte pedunculatis demum pendulis longis- 
sime bracteatis, infima rarius basi composita; stigmatibus 
3 , brevibus; perigyniis triquetro-fusiformibus rostratis, 
bifidis vel bifurcatis nervatis arcuato-deflexis vel recur- 
vatis pallidis ssepe maculatis, squama lanceolata acuta 
hispido-cuspidata ferruginea medio trinervi viridi longio- 
ribus.—C. Eorsteri, Wahl. Act. Holm. 154 ; Schk.p. 44 ; 
Willd. 248 ; Kunth, 502; Hook. FI. N. Zeal. 285. C. 
recurva, Schk. z. n. n. p. 120. C. debilis, Forster, Prod. 
{Herb. Banks). C. latifolia, Solander, MSS. {Herb. 
Banks). C. punctulata, Richard, Voy. Astrol. t. 22. 
(Tab. CXXXYII.) 
Hab. In Nova Zelandia. Charlotte Sound, “ C. de¬ 
bilis” Totaranui, “ C. latifolia” Banks et Sol. 1769, 
Stephenson, Colenso {Herb. Hooker). Akawa, Baoul, 
n. 213. 
Culmus 2-ped. vel altior, triqueter, validus, lands, inter spicas 
scaber; pars spicas gerens 7—12 poll, longa. Folia 2—3 lin. 
lata, culmo longiora, carina, marginibus, et (supra) nervis 
albidis scabris. Bractece inferiores vaginatse: infima ssepe bi- 
pedalis, sursum decrescentes. Vagina infima 1^-24 poll, longa. 
Ligula ferruginea. Spica pallidse: masculse 1-3 : terminalis 
interdum 3 ^ poll, longa: reliquse minores: vel omnes basi 
masculse 9 lin. ad 2\ poll, longse, 3-5 lin. late, ssepe, vel supe¬ 
riores solum, apice flosculis sterilibus instructs. Pedunculi 
laeves vel scabriusculi : infimus 3-6 poll, longus. Squamce 
lanceolate, acuminate, hispido-cuspidate, ferruginese, medio 
trinervi virido. Perigynium 2-2-y lin. longum, At lin. latum, 
bifidum vel bifurcatum, laciniis scabris, crebre leviter nerva- 
tum, ssepe punctis ferrugineis minimis conspersum, divergens 
vel arcuato-deflexum, vel demum recurvatum. Achenium sti- 
pitatum, At hn. longum, Ar lin. latum, triquetro-ovale vel ob- 
ovatum, basi styli apiculatum, ferrugineum. 
This species varies remarkably in the position of the male florets 
in the terminal spikes. The figure of C. punctulata, Rich., exhibits 
one terminal male spike, and that of Schk. N. three; and in the 
description of 'Wahlenberg two are mentioned, and in that of 
Solander two rarely three. In later specimens in Herb. Hooker, 
all the spikes are frequently male at base, or the terminal one male 
in the middle, while in Herb. Banks the G. debilis from Charlotte 
Sound has the terminal spike male at base, or at the base and apex, 
with a small male spike beneath. Solander does not allude to the 
basal male florets on the lower spikes, though they exist in all the 
specimens in Herb. Banks, nor does Richard in his G. punctulata. 
The perigynium is recurved only in the pendulous spikes, and the 
spots are only visible as it becomes mature. The orifice is bifid 
or ultimately bifurcate,—“ apice bifurca,” Sol. MSS. 
127. C. Courtallensis (Nees); spicis 4-5 androgynis 
apice subdimidiatim masculis linearibus elongatis remotis 
pallidis concoloribus, terminali nuda, inferioribus longe 
bracteatis vaginatis, infimis radicalibus breve exserte pe¬ 
dunculatis ; stigmatibus 3, brevibus; perigyniis ellipticis 
trigonis rostratis, ore obliquo bidentato, creberrime stri- 
ato-nervosis, marginibus acutis ciliatis postice puberulis, 
squama late ovata acuta vel subrotunda obtusissima stri- 
ato-nervata pallida margine albido-membranacea duplo 
longioribus.—0. Courtallensis, Nees, MSS. in Herb. 
Arnott! (Tab. CXXXVIII.) 
Hab. In India Orientali. Courtallum, Penins. Ind. 
Or., Wight, n. 991! Aug. 1835. 
Csespitosa. Radix fibris pluribus lignosis. Culmus sesqui- 
pedalis, gracilis, erectus, acute triqueter, scabriusculus, basi 
foliis vaginantibus tectus. Folia 3-4 lin. lata, culmo longiora, 
plana. Bractece breve vaginatse, longissimse, 2-3 lin. late. 
Vaginae 4-5 lin. longse. Spicae l|-3 poll, longse, 3 lin. latte; 
pars staminifera 1 — 2 ), poll, longa: infinite radicales, breve ex¬ 
serte pedunculate. Squamce conformes: foeminese inferiores 
acute, superiores obtusissimse: masculse angustiores. Perigy¬ 
nium 3 lin. longum, 1-Ar lin. latum. Achenium 1 T V lin. lon¬ 
gum, 1 lin. latum, obovatum, trigonum, fuscum, angulis palli¬ 
dum, punetulatum. Stylus insertus, articulatus, scabriusculus, 
basi triquetro-incrassatus. Stamina 3, brevia. Stigmata 3, 
brevia. 
Variat, spica radicali (in uno specimine) basi spicula altera 
minima ahcta. 
Var. /3. angustifolia. 
Gracilior. Spicae 2-3, subpollicares, lineam late. Folia 
1-2 lin. lata. 
Pulmy Mountains, Wight, n. 3175. Moflung, J. H. 
Hooker. 
An a C. speciosa, Kunth, distincta ? Differt, spicis 4-5, cul- 
meis, alternis, longioribus, apice conspicue masculis, inserte et 
breve exserte pedunculatis; perigyniis majoribus, postice plane 
pilosiusculis; culmo validiori; foliis minus longe acnminatis. 
I have adopted the name which I find given to this plant by 
Nees in Herb. Amott, and which is noticed by Drejer in his 
‘ Symbol®,’ p. 25; but notwithstanding the striking difference 
between it and the G. speciosa, Kunth, I have strong doubts as to 
its specific distinction. Neither Nees nor Kunth appear to have 
seen specimens of G. speciosa like those in Wallich’s herbarium, 
and I add a description of them, that Indian botanists may have 
their attention directed to the peculiar characteristics of the Raje- 
