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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
tenuiter nervatis glabris, squama lanceolata vel spathulata 
emarginata vel subtruncata vel acuta cuspidata fusco- 
purpurea nervo pallido latioribus brevioribusque.—C. 
Banks!!, Boott, Lin. Trans, xx. 119; Hooker, FI. Antarct. 
ii. 365. t. 142. C. germana, Boott, FI. Antarct. ii. 386. 
(Tab. CXCV.) 
Hab. In America meridionali. Tierra del Fuego, 
Banks et Solander. “ C. atrata et C. magellanica ” 
(Herb. Banks). Banoin, n. 299, 300, 301 {Herb. 
Hensloio et Hooker). Port Famine, Anderson. Orange 
Harbour, Capt. Wilkes. Cape Tres Montes, Darwin, n. 
302. 
Stolonifera. Culmus 6-18-poll., triqueter, lsevis, apice inter 
spicas scaber, basi foliatus; pars spicas gerens 4-10 poll, 
longa. Folia 2-4 lin. lata, culmo breviora vel longiora, rigida, 
carinata, basi nervis carina marginibusque tuberculato-aspe- 
rima. Bractece inferiores late foliacese: superiores angustse : 
omnes vaginatae, saepe culmo longiores. Vagina; intus pur- 
reae: infima 14-24 poll, longa. Ligula elongata, pallida. 
Peclunculus infimus 1-5 poll, longus, laevis. Spica terminalis 
mascula 8-12 lin. longa, 2 lin. lata, rarissime spicula altera 
minori ad basin ejus sita: vel androgyna, basi mascula, 1-14 
poll, longa, 4-6 lin. lata. Spica; fceminece 4-14 poll, longa;, 
4-6 lin. latae, densiflorae: omnes pedunculatae: infima 1-5 
poll, remota, basi attenuata. Squama omnes conformes. 
Perigynium 2f u ~4p u lin. Ion gum, 1 T 2 —-y (T lin. latum. Ache- 
nium minimum, longe stipitatum (stipite \ lin. longo), 8 lin. 
longum, T 4 - ( y~n.- bn. latum, triquetrum, castaneum. Stylus 
stigmataque longa. 
Aflinis C. Mertensii, Prescott, quse spicis pluribus angustio- 
ribus longioribus abunde differt. 
Since the publication of the ‘ Flora Antarctica ’ of Dr. Hooker, 
I have seen a large suite of specimens (eighteen) collected in 
Orange Harbour, Fuegia, by Captain Wilkes, one half of which 
(nine) had the terminal spike male, agreeing thus with the plant 
from Cape Tres Montes, collected by Mr. Darwin. It is singular 
that all the specimens found by Sir Joseph Banks and Mr. So¬ 
lander have the terminal spike male at base. Of twenty-five 
specimens I find— 
6 with 3 spikes. 
11 „ 4 
I find the size of the perigynium to vary in the same specimen. 
The colour of the spikes is generally of a dull purple, but occa¬ 
sionally of a ferruginous colour. The perigynium in the dried 
state is compressed, but naturally is probably inflated. 
183. C. hsematostoma (Nees); spicis 4-10 cylindri- 
cis purpureis demum ferrugineis, superioribus 1-6 mas- 
eulis vel apice rarius basi masculis arete contiguis sessili- 
bus, reliquis (rarius omnibus) 3-6 foemineis, superioribus 
saepe apice masculis subremotis exserte pedunculatis, 
vel singulis, vel mediis, vel inferioribus (subinde omni¬ 
bus) geminatis, vel infima basi attenuata, saepe cornpo- 
sita; bracteis vaginatis culmum subsequantibus; stig- 
matibus 3, stylo pubescent!; perigyniis elliptico-lanceo- 
latis compresso-triquetris, ore obliquo bidentato, nerva¬ 
tis strigoso-birtis marginibus serratis purpureis basi pal- 
lidis, squama ovata acuta vel hispido-cuspidata purpurea 
margine albo-hyalina carina albida medio scabriuscula 
angustioribus longioribusque.—C. haematostoma, Nees, 
Wight, Contr. 125; Kunlh, 514. (Tab. CXCYI.) 
13 with terminal spike male. 
12 with terminal spike male at base. 
In one there was a small male spike at 
the base of the terminal one. 
Hab. In Himalaya temperata et alpina, ad Kuna- 
wur, Boyle, n. 116 ; Jacquemont, n. 481, etc. Kumaon, 
Strachey et Winterbottom. Sikkim, alt. 10-17,000 ped., 
■7. D. Hooker. 
Csespitosa. Culmus 1-3-ped., teres, lsevissimus, basi folia¬ 
tus; pars spicas gerens 3-9-pollicaris. Folia 4-1 4 lin. lata, 
culmo breviora. Bractece vaginatse, culmo breviores vel lon¬ 
giores. Vagina infima 14 poll, longa. Pedunculi scabri. 
Spicules 2-14. Spicce 6-15 lin. longse, 1-3 lin. latte : supe¬ 
riores mascuke, vel apice masculse, vel rarius spica terminalis 
basi mascula : foeminese superiores ssepe apice mascula;: om¬ 
nes singula; vel geminatse vel inferiores vel infima [scope sin¬ 
gula) basi spiculis 1-4 sessilibus minoribus composita. Squa¬ 
ma; omnes conformes. Perigynium 2-3 lin. longum, gg— f y 
lin. latum. Achenium (cum stipite T 4 6 lin. longo) l-.y lin. 
longum, 4 lin. latum, compresso-triquetrum, pallidum. Sty¬ 
lus pubescens. 
This species, which Nees founded on a specimen of Dr. Royle’s, 
with six female spikes, and which he considered approached C. 
atrata , belongs to the Ferruginece. In its simpler forms it has 
commonly a terminal male spike, and three or four female ones ; 
but in the more developed forms the number of male spikes is in¬ 
creased, and the female ones are geminate or compound. The 
position of the male florets is often capricious. It is allied to C. 
oltusa, but differs from it in its cuspidate squamae and compound 
inflorescence. 
184. C. eburnea (Boott); spicis 3-5 albidis parvis 
paucifloris erectis approximatis, terminali mascula ovali 
sessili, reliquis foemineis ovatis exserte pedunculatis, su¬ 
perioribus vel omnibus masculam superantibus, infima 
subremota; vaginis aphyllis; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis 
triquetro-ovalibus demum obovatis rostratis, ore liyalino 
obliquo nitidis leviter nervatis pallidis demum fusco-oli- 
vaceis, squama hyalina obtusa angustioribus longiori¬ 
busque.—C. eburnea, Boott, FI. Bor. Am. 226. t. 225 ; 
Carey, 524; Sarttoell, Fxs. n. 101. C. alba, Bewey, 
Sill. vii. 266 ; Seim, et Tor. 341 ; Beck, 439. C. alba, 
var. setifolia, Bewey, xi. 316. C. paupercula, Tor. Mon. 
415 {non Michaux). (Tab. CXCVII.) 
Hab. In America septentrionali. Arctic America 
and Rocky Mountains to Kentucky. 
Csespitosa. Radix repens. Culmi plures ex eadem csespite, 
setacei, obtusanguli, keves, 4-15-pollicares; pars spicas gerens 
4-24 poll, longa. Folia setacea, involuta, culmo breviora. 
Vagina spicigerm aphyllse, pallide castanem, apice albo-hya- 
linae, muticse : rarius infima brevissime cuspidata. Pedunculi 
2-14 lin. longi, keves, stricte erecti. Spica mascula 2-3 lin. 
longa, 4 bn- lata, inserte vel breve exserte pedunculata. Spicce 
fceminece 3-6'-florae, superiores vel omnes masculam superantes, 
infima subinde 1-14 poll- remota : 2-3 lin. longm, 1 lin. lata;. 
Squamce mascula; arete imbricatse, oblongse, obtusa;, albge, con- 
colores : foeminem ovata;, obtusse, hyalinse, nervo pallide casta- 
neo. Perigynium -g--! bn. longum, lin. latum. Achenium 
perigynio conforme, fuscum, basi styli incrassata apiculatum. 
Habitus omnino C. albce, Scop., sed graeilior et omnibus 
partibus minor. 
This elegant species extends from the Mackenzie River and the 
Rocky Mountains to Kentucky. 
185. C. Lemanniana (Boott); spica ferrugrneo-pur- 
purea, e spiculis pluribus androgynis apice acutato-mas- 
culis insequalibus cylindricis composita, superioribus 
sessilibus sirnplicibus congestis, reliquis in spicas par- 
