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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
2 poll, longa. Folia culmo breviora. Spicce mascula 5-10 lin. 
longa, 1-1| lin. lata, pallida. Spicae famines 4-5 lin. long*, 
3 lin. lat*. Squamae masculae lanceolat*. Perigynium 1-^ lin. 
longum, t A lin. latum. Achenium T S (T lin. longum, T fi ir lin. 
latum ovali-orbiculatum, basi styli persistente, lenticulare. 
This species is the only one, of those described by Miehaux, 
which has not been satisfactorily ascertained by recent observers. 
My friend, the late Charles Lemann, Esq., kindly interested 
M. Heldreick, then resident in Paris, about it, and he had the 
two specimens, here figured, drawn by Thiolat, from the herbarium 
of Miehaux. M. H. says in a note: “ II y a trois echantillons du 
G. miliaris dans l’herbier d’Achille Richard, et les etiquettes de 
1 ecriture de Richard pere disent: £ Spica mascula, squamis an- 
guste linearibus, urceoli turgidi ovati lseves glabri, rostello mutieo, 
stigmatibus 2.’ La tige est trigone, a angles non tres aigues. 
J ai observe un caractere curieux, que les m’ceoli sont converts en 
partie, surtout vers le kaut, de glandes ou poils glanduleux, qui 
le plus souvent disparaissent sur le fruit mar, et se detachent par 
le frottement.” 
I have not had an opportunity of examining the specimens, and 
the plant must be left to the judgment of those who may hereafter 
find it in Canada, but I suspect that it will be found inseparable 
from 0. saxatilis, L. (C. pulla, Good.). 
CORRECTION. {Vide p. 13.) 
C. Chinensis (Retz); spica elongata e spiralis 5-6 cy- 
lindricis pallidis pedunculatis erectis remotis composita, 
terminali mascula, reliquis foemineis, ima basi parce mas- 
culis comosis exserte pedunculatis; bracteis (nisi infima) 
spicis suis plerumque brevioribus vaginatis, vaginis in- 
flatis glabris; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ellipticis basi 
productis sensim longiuscule rostratis, ore albo membra- 
naceo obliquo bidentato, triquetris angulis medio magis 
prominentibus crebre nervosis pubescentibus flavide vi- 
ridibus divergentibus, squama lineari-lanceolata acumi¬ 
nata acuta rarius truncata longe hispido-cuspidata alba 
nervo viridi latioribus longioribus {cuspide) saepe duplo 
brevioribus. (Tab. XXXYI.) 
Hab. Hongkong, China, Wriglit , American North 
Pacific Expedition under Captains Ringgold and Rogers, 
1853-1856. 
Culmus subpedalis, triqueter, scaber, basi foliis brevibus 
angustis munitus; pars spicas gerens 6-10 poll, longa. Folia 
sterilia 1-3 lin. lata, culmo longiora, rigida, carinata, margi- 
nibus revolutis, supra vesiculis minimis albis sparsis asperata. 
Bractece omnes vaginatse, august*: infima quandoque elon¬ 
gata ; vaginse inflat*, glabrse, 6-8 lin. long*. Pedunculi -?>-2 
poll, longi, omnes exserti, scabri. Spica mascula 1-1 \ poll, 
longa, 1-21 bn- lata: ali* a se 1J-3 poll, remot*, omnes basi 
parce mascul*. Squamae omnes coriformes: mascul* longi- 
ores. Perigynium lyy-l f’ 0 bn. longum, yg— T G o bn. latum. 
Achenium conforme, pallidum, demum nigrum, 1 lin. longum, 
-A- lin. latum, acute triquetrum, angulis medio prominentibus, 
faciebus ibi linea elevata transcursis, supra lineam et infra 
concaviusculis, basi styli persistente apiculatum : basis decidua 
incrassata. Racheola linearis, brevissima, 1 lin. longa. 
I am indebted to Dr. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, U. S. A., for a 
specimen of this plant, gathered by Wright at Hongkong, which 
has enabled me to correct my account of it. I had overlooked the 
male florets at the base of the female spikes, a character peculiar 
to several New Zealand species. 
THE END. 
FEINTED EY JOHN EDWAED TAYLOR, 
LITTLE QUEEN STBEET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS, LONDON. 
