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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
Solander, 1769; Auckland, Sinclair, JRalph ; Bay of 
Islands, Captain Wilkes. 
Culmus valutas, l®vis, vel apice scaber; pars spicas gerens 
4-12 poll, longa. Folia 3 lin. lata, culmo longiora, rigida. 
Bradece vaginat®, culmo longiores. Vagina infima 1-2 poll, 
longa. Pedunculi validi, scabri: inferiores s®pe longe exserti: 
infimus 3 poll, longus. Spica mascula 7-12 lin. longa, 1-2 
lin. lata, clavata: reliqu® cylindric®, \-2 poll, long®, 3-4 lin. 
latse, stricte erect®, a se 1-4 poll, remotse. Squamce omnes 
emarginat® (sinu lato), hispido-cuspidat®. Perigynium (in 
una eademque spica) ssepe insigniter varians; ovale vel obo- 
vatum, 1-,-ty lin. longum, Ao bn. latum, squama brevius : vel 
lanceolatum, lAr - 21 lin. longum, -A- lin. latum, squama lon- 
gius: bifidum, laciniis scabris: nervatum, glabrum vel mar- 
ginibus plus minus scabris. Achenium Ao- bn. longum, \ lin. 
latum, triquetro-obovatum vel 1| lin. longum, lineare: basi 
styli contorta apiculatum, ferrugineum, punctulatum. 
A C. dissita diflert, culmo validiori; foliis latioribus; spicis 
cyliudricis, stricte erectis, mascula unica; perigyniis minus 
alte bifidis, s®pe lanceolatis; squamis majoribus, sinu latiori. 
I received this species in 1837 from the late A. B. Lambert, 
Esq., before I had seen the descriptions of the New Zealand Gari- 
ces by Solander in Herb. Banks. Whether future observation 
will establish its specific distinction from 0. dissita I am in doubt. 
If it should merge into that species it should be considered as the 
typical form, from its ampler development. I have never seen more 
than one male spike. The perigynia are less deeply bifid, and are 
often glabrous. Solander, in his description of C. dissita, takes no 
notice of the male florets at the base of the lower spikes, a charac¬ 
ter that is common to several of the New Zealand Carices, and to 
C. paleata of Juan Fernandez. 
165. C. sequabilis (Boott); spicis 7 cylindricis elongatis 
gracilibus erectis pallidis concoloribus laxiuscule floriferis, 
terminalibus 8 basi masculis sessilibus contiguis, reliquis 
foemineis deorsum remotioribus longiusque exserte pe- 
dunculatis basi attenuatis ; bracteis culmo brevioribus; 
stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovali-lanceolatis sensim acumi- 
nato-rostratis bifurcatis plano-subconvexis crebre sequali- 
terque nervosis pallidis purpureo-maculatis glabris erectis, 
squama ovata acuminata vel cuspidata pallida, purpureo- 
maculata nervosa longioribus.—C. longifolia, Herb. D. 
Turner! “csespitosa, culmi foliis breviores.” (Tab. 
CLXXVIII.) 
Hab. In insula St. Helena, in umbrosis sylvaticis mon- 
tis High Peak {Herb. Hooker). 
Culmi sub-3-pedales, rigidi, l®ves; pars spicas gerens 18 
poll, longa. Folia 3 lin. lata, culmo longiora. Bradece vagi¬ 
nat® : inferiores spicis suis longiores. Vagina infima 2 poll, 
longa. Pedunculus infimus 6 poll, longus, Levis. Spicce 1-3 
poll, longm, 11 lin. latse, pallide straminese, concolores. 
Squamce pallidse, nervosse : foeminese ovatse vel ovales: mas- 
culse lanceolatse. Perigijnium 2 lin. longum, -/v lin. latum. 
Achenium L lin. longum, \ lin. latum, plano-subtriquetrum, 
stipitatum, fuscum, angulis pallidis. Stylus rectus, basi in- 
crassatus. 
Allied in some respects to the simpler forms of C. Boryana, Schk., 
but differing essentially from that variable species in the terminal 
spikes being male at base, and the lower ones all female, and in 
the incrassate base of the straight style. 
166. C. prssalta (Boott); spicis 9 cylindricis erectis 
densifloris, terminalibus 4 masculis pallidis, reliquis foe¬ 
mineis apice masculis viridibus, suprema sessili, proximis 
3 contiguis incluse vaginatis, infima remota longe exserte 
pedunculata; bractea infima culmum superante; stigma¬ 
tibus 3 ; perigyniis lanceolatis sensim acuminato-rostratis 
bifurcatis plano-subtriquetris crebre nervosis viridibus 
basi rostroque pallidis glabris demum oblique divergen- 
tibus, squama ovata acuta hispido-cuspidatajpallida ner¬ 
vosa longioribus.-—C. elata, Herb. D. Turner! “culmi 
graciles, 4-6-pedales, foliis longiores.” (Tab. CLXXIX. 
et CLXXX.) 
Hab. In insula St. Helena, in umbrosis sylvaticis mon- 
tium Diana’s Peak et ITalley’s Mount {Herb. Hooker ).— 
Var. /3. (C. peduncularis et C. pedunculata, Pritchard’s 
List.) “ among grass on the summit of Diana’s Peak, 
3000 feet, rare, February, 1849,” J. J). Hooker CHerb. 
Hooker). 
a. Culmus firmus, lsevis; pars spicas gerens 12 poll, longa. 
Folium culmi supremum solum adest, 3 lin. latum. Bractea 
infima 2 lin. lata, culmum paulo superans : supcriores august®, 
spicis suis longiores, omnes nisi suprema vaginat®. Vagince 
2 lin. ad 11 poll. long®. Pedunculus infimus 3 poll, longus, 
l®vis. Spicce masculce 7 lin. ad 2 poll, long®, 1-11 lin. lat®, 
extrem® longiores, 3 superiores contigu® : infima subremota, 
breve bracteata. Spicce fceminece 1 i-23, poll, long®, 3 lin. 
lat® : superiores contigu®, iucluse pedunculat®: infima 6 
poll, remota, omnes, nisi suprema (qu® conspicue), apice paree 
mascul®. Squamce mascul® longiores, acuminat®, hispido- 
cuspidat® : fcemine® superiores, lanceolat®, euspidat® : infe¬ 
riores breviores. Perigynium /y lin. longum, Ay hn. 
latum, nervis quibusdam s®pe confluentibus. Achenium 1 T “ 0 
lin. longum, Ay—fV lin. latum, ellipticum, triquetrum, stipita¬ 
tum. (Tab. CLXXIX.) 
Var. /3; spicis 8, terminalibus 4 masculis, reliquis 
apice plus quam dimidiatim masculis, infima apice et 
basi mascula vel sterili; perigyniis brevioribus latioribus 
l/o-fi, hn. longis ro~io H n - latis; foliis 21-3 lin. latis 
vix culmum aequantibus basi involutis vaginantibus fusco- 
rubris margine filamentosis. (Tab. CLXXX.) 
This species more nearly approaches some forms of G. Boryana , 
in which the terminal spikes are male, but it seldom has any so 
rigidly erect. 
167. C. tumida (Boott); spicis 3-5 linearibus cylin¬ 
dricis teretibus elongatis erectis, terminali mascula gra- 
cillima sessili pallida, reliquis foemineis exserte peduncu- 
latis longe bracteatis, inferioribus remotis fusco-olivaceis; 
stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis triquetro-ovalibus longe rostra- 
tis, rostro medio tumente, ore pallido emarginato, nerva- 
tis oblique adscendentibus, squama pallida lanceolata 
acuta vel obtusa longe hispido-aristata latioribus brevi- 
oribusque. (Tab. CLXXXI.) 
Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata. Sikkim, alt. 
8-10,000 ped., J. JD. Hooker. 
Culmus 2-2-Aped., triqueter, subgracilis, scaber, inferne 
foliatus; pars spicas gerens 6-15 poll, longa. Folia 2-3 lin. 
lata, plana, culmo longiora. Bractece vaginat®, 2-3 lin. lat®, 
culmo longiores : infima subpedalis. Vagina infima 1-2 J,- poll, 
longa : suprema 4 lin. longa. Ligula pallida. Pedunculus 
infimus 2-4 poll, longus, rigidus, scaber. Spica mascula 1-2 
poll, longa, f lin. lata, bracteata: foemine® H-3 poll, long®, 
2 ; ( lin. lat®; superiores contigu®, vel omnes a se 21-6 poll, 
rernot®. Squamce omnes aristat® : mascul® inferiores longius 
aristat®. Perigynium lAr h«- longum, V lin. latum, fusco- 
olivaceum; rostro superne pallido, medio demum tumido: 
