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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
215. C. tenebrosa (Boott); spicis 3-4 fusco-olivaceis 
elongatis erectis remotis, terminali mascula, reliquis foe¬ 
mineis apice subdimidiatim masculis, inferioribus longe 
exserte pedunculatis; bracteis vaginatis, spiculis suis 
brevioribus vel submquantibus; stigmatibus 3, lsevibus ; 
perigyniis e basi acuta ovalibus obtuse triquetris sensim 
longe rostratis alte bicuspidatis marginibus superne ser- 
ratis crebro-nervatis glabris fusco-olivaceis, squauia late 
ovata obtusa truncata vel subemarginata apice ciliata 
hispido-cuspidata subduplo longioribus. (Tab. CCLYI.) 
Hab. Hongkong, China. Woods in the Happy Valley, 
Dr. Harland. 
Eusco-olivacea ! Radix fibris lignosis, lanuginosis vel lsevi- 
bus, validis. Culmus 2—4-pcdalis, gracilis, firmus, lie vis, tri- 
queter, inferne foliatus; pars spicas gerens 6-20 pollices longa. 
Folia 2-3 lin. lata, plana, firma, culmo longiora, fusco-olivacea. 
Bractece vaginatse, anguste; vagina infima 11-3 poll, longa. 
Pedunculus infimus 4-8 poll, longus, scaber. Spica mascula 
2- 31 poll, longa, 11 lin. lata: reliquse 11-31 poll, longse, basi 
6 lin. late, apice conspicue masculse, a se 3-6 poll, remote. 
Squamce omnes conformes, fuscse, punctis minntis nigrescen- 
tibus obscurate. Perigynium 41 lin. longum, 1 lin. latum. 
Aclienium, 2~ u - lin. longum, T y (7 lin. latum, atro-purpureum, 
ovale-triquetrum; angulis infra medium incisis; basi styli 
persistente elongata apice annulata conspicue apiculatum. 
Stylus exsertus ; ejus basis decidua, clavata. Stigmata fusca, 
lee via. 
A C. Bongardi, Boott, differt stigmatibus insigniter glabris; 
colore omnium partium fusco ; culmo graciliori, lsevi; vaginis 
bractearum sequalibus ; bracteis brevioribus ; squamis latiori- 
bus, brevioribus. 
216. C. Japonica (Thunberg); spicis 3-7 cylindricis, 
terminali mascula gracili sessili, fcemineis subcrassis 
squarrosis olivaceis contiguis clivergentibus densifloris 
sessilibus vel inferioribus pedunculatis; bracteis foliaceis 
culmo longioribus evaginatis; stigmatibus 3, longis, au- 
rantiacis ; perigyniis ovalibus subtrigonis subventricosis 
in rostrum ssepe apice serratum attenuatis, ore obliquo 
ciliato bidentato demum bifido vel bilobato, divergenti- 
bus vel etiam excurvatim-arcuatis nervatis, squama ovata 
truncata vel lanceolata acuta hispido-cuspidata alba nervo 
viridi latioribus longioribusque.—C. chlorostachys, Don, 
Lin. Trans, xiv. 330; Prod. PI. Nip. 43. C. Doniana, 
Spr. Syst. 825; Nees, 1.28 ; Kunth, 503 ; Drejer, Symb. 
26. t. 13. (Tab. CCLVII.) 
Var./3 .minor; spicis brevibus oblongis; culmo bre- 
viori; foliis angustis.—C. Japonica, Thunb. PI. Jap. 38; 
Wahl. Act. 161; WiUd. 270; Sc/d. TP. TP. /. 110; 
Kunth, 517. 
Hab. In Japan, Thunberg, Morroio, TPright; et in 
Himalaya centrali et orientali tropica. Nipal, TPallich. 
Sikkim, alt. 1-2000 ped., Dr. Hooker. 
Repens. Culmus 1-2-pedalis, acute triqueter, scaber, rigi- 
dus, basi foliosus; pars spicas gerens 3-5 poll, longa. Folia 
3- 5 lin. lata, plana, culmo longiora. Bractece evaginate, 
inferiores late foliacese, culmum longe superantes. Spica mas¬ 
cula 2-2| poll, longa, 1-2 lin. lata, demum straminea. Spicce 
fceminece 1-2 J,- poll, longse, 3| lin. late, omnes sessiles vel in¬ 
feriores pedunculate, evaginate, infima subinde paulo remota. 
Squamce masculce lanceolate, mucronate; fceminece inferiores 
ssepe obtusse, truncate, hispido-cuspidate, albse, nervo viridi 
in superioribus excurrente, subulato. Perigynium 2 lin. 
longum, fg lin. latum, glabrum vel apice scabrum; ore obliquo, 
demum bifido; laciniis obtusis vel acutis fimbriolatis. Ache- 
nium T °;j lin. longum, \ lin. latum, ellipticum, triquetrum, basi 
styli ssepius recta vel obliqua, apiculatum. Stylus papuloso- 
velutinus. Stigmata longa, aurantiaca, laxe pilosella. 
I am indebted to Dr. Gray for a specimen collected by Wright 
in Japan, in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, which 
exactly resembles the figure given by Schkuhr of C. Ja-ponica, 
and, like that figure, in a young flowering state. I have therefore 
adopted the name of Thunberg. Specimens collected by Dr. 
Morrow, and others by Wright in Japan, are identical with those 
from Nipal and Sikkim. The affinity of the species is with C. 
Forsteri and C. Pseudocyperus. 
217. C. alopecuroides (Hon); spicis 4-6 cylindricis 
densifloris contiguis pallidis, terminali mascula rarius basi 
mascula vix spicam fcemineam supremam sequante, foemi- 
neis subgracilibus erectis squarrosis, inferioribus vel om¬ 
nibus breve pedunculatis, una alterave interdum basi 
composita, infima subinde remota breve vaginata; brac¬ 
teis anguste foliaceis culmum longe superantibus; stig¬ 
matibus 3, longis; perigyniis ovatis vel ovalibus obtuse 
trigonis in rostrum breve attenuatis superne ad margines 
serratis, ore albido bidentato vel bilobato, laciniis lrnvi- 
bus vel ciliatis nervatis divergentibus vel subarcuatis, 
squama ovata acuminata acuta hispido-cuspidata alba 
medio viridi dorso ssepe scabra latioribus longioribus vel 
sequantibus.—C. alopecuroides, Don, Lin. Trans, xiv. 
332 ; Prod. PI. Nip. 43 ; Nees, 128 ; Drejer, Symb. 26. 
C. Emodorum, Spr. Syst. 818 ; Kunth, 516. (Tab. 
CCLVIII.) 
Hab. In Himalaya centrali et orientali. Nipal, Wal- 
lich, Griffith. Sikkim, alt. 1-2000 ped., Dr. Hooker. 
Repens. Culmus 1-2-pedalis, acute triqueter, scaber, rigi- 
dus, basi foliosus, vaginisque pallidis laceratis tectus; pars 
spicas gerens 1^-4 poll, longa. Folia 1-2 lin. lata, culmo 
longiora, marginibus revolutis. Bractece inferiores sublineam 
latse, culmum longe superantes, subinde breve vaginatse, basi 
transversim corrugate. Spica mascula 1-1 \ poll, longa, sub¬ 
lineam lata, sessilis, rarius apice foeminea. Spicce fceminece 
1-2| poll, longse, 2 lin. latse, pallide olivacese. Squamce om¬ 
nes lanceolate, acute, hispido-cuspidate. Perigynium l-fV - -ro 
lin. longum, \ lin. latum; (dempto achenio) luci subjectum, 
intus punctis ferrugineis maculatum, lucidum, pallidum. Ache- 
nium perigynio laxe tectum, T 8 0 lin. longum, T 4 - Q - lin. latum, 
ovali-triquetrum, punctulatum, ferrugineum, basi styli obliqua 
vel depressa crassiore apiculatum. Stylus lsevis. 
C. Japonicce arete affinis ! Differt foliis bracteisque angus- 
tioribus; spicis foemineis gracilioribus, erectis, subinde omni¬ 
bus pedunculatis; squamis acutis; perigyniis minoribus nec 
ventricosis, ore rarius subobliquo, minus alte fisso, plerumque 
glabro; stylo lsevi. 
218. C. Petitiana (Richard); spicis 8 cylindricis lon¬ 
gis crassis multi-densifloris subcomosis remotis ferrugi- 
neis, terminali basi mascula sessili, foemineis superioribus 
approximate cernuis, inferioribus remotis longe exserte 
pedunculatis pendulis basi subattenuatis; bracteis infe¬ 
rioribus latis longe vaginatis culmo brevioribus ; stig¬ 
matibus 3 ; perigyniis ovalibus vel ellipticis turgidis 
stipitatis sensim vel abrupte rostellatis, ore integro vel 
emarginato ciliato, pallidis, rostro ferrugineo, enerviis vel 
leviter nervatis pellucide demum undique ferrugineo- 
punctatis, squama lanceolata acuminata vel obtusa ab- 
