ILLUSTRATIONS OP THE GENUS CAREX. 
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Hab. In Asia.—-Alp. Baical, Davuria, Altai. 
Culmus 9-13-pollicaris, obtusangulus, apice scabriusculus, 
basi foliatus, pars spicigera 9—18 lin. longa. Folia sub lineam 
lata, plana, summum subinde culmo longius. Bractece 2 in- 
feriores culinum superantes, evaginatse. Squama; atro-pur- 
purese, impunctatse. Spicules 4-8 lin. longse, 1—1J lin. latse, 
arete contiguge. Pedunculus infimus 4-6 lin. longus. Peri- 
gynium So-So lin. Ion gum, So~ts lin. latum, enervium vel 
basi obscure leviter parce nervulosum, biconvexum. Ache- 
nium conforme, So lin. longum, x % lin. latum, orbiculatum, 
biconvexum, ferrugineum. 
The coarctate inflorescence, and the 4-5 alternate leaves in the 
lower half of tlie culm, and entire vaginae separate this species 
from C. ccespitosa. It approaches 0. lenticularis, which has dis¬ 
tinctly nerved perigynia and a laxer inflorescence. 
305. C. vicinalis (Boott); spica subelongata ferru- 
gineo-purpurea, e spiculis 5-6 cylindricis, erectis, mas- 
culis 2-3 sessilibus, contiguis ferrugineis, reliquis ferni- 
neis, pedunculatis remotis atro- vel glauco-purpureis 
inferioribus bracteatis basi attenuatis ; bracteis evagi- 
natis, infima culmum superante; stigmatibus 2-3 ; peri- 
gyniis ( immaturis ) ellipticis, rostellatis, ore integro, su- 
perne granulatis, marginibus apice sabinde parce clen- 
tatis, trinerviis pallidis squamam oblongam obtusam 
muticam purpuream margine albo-hyalinam subsequan- 
tibus. (Tab. CCCCXXYIII. f. 2.) 
Hab. Ind. Orient.—Nilghiris, Schmidt (Herb. Hooker). 
Culmus l-l^-pedalis acute triqueter scaber rigidus, pars 
spicigera 8 pollices longa. Folia desunt. Bractea infima 
1- 11 lin. lata, 6-9 pollices longa, proxima spicula longior vel 
sequans. Spiculce masculae 2-3 extremse subpollicares, femi- 
nese 9-20 lin. longse, 2 lin. latse. Pedunculus infimus scaber 
8-20 lin. longus. Squamce obtusse impunctatse, nervo sim- 
plici infra apicem evanescente, ligula elongata. Perigynium 
1 x lin. longum, So—So bn- latum. Stigmatibus 2-3. 
A C. ccespititia, Nees, differt spiculis remotis, infima longe 
pedunculata, squamis nervo simplici infra apicem evanescente, 
stigmatibus 2-3. 
306. C. csespititia (Nees); spica oblonga pallida, e 
spiculis 4-5 sessilibus, terminali mascula cylindrica, reli¬ 
quis femineis oblongis bracteatis bracteis inferioribus 
culmum superantibus evaginatis ; stigmatibus 2; peri- 
gyniis ( juvenilissimis) ovalibus, ore integro apice glauco- 
granulatis basi brunueis enerviis squamam lanceolatam 
medio pallidam trinervem sequantibus.—C. caespititia, 
Nees, apud Wight, Contr.p. 127 ; Kunth, 412; Stand. 
212. (Tab. CCCCXXYIII. f. 3.) 
Hab. Ind. Orient.—Silhet, Wallich, Cat. 3392. 
Culmus subpedalis, triqueter, scaber, rigidus, pars spicigera 
2- 2| poll, longa. Folia 1 \ lin. lata, culmum superantia. 
Bractece angustse, infima culmo amplo longior, proxima eo 
subinde longior; suprema spiculam sequans. Spicula mas¬ 
cula 10 lin. longa, 1—1^ lin. lata, fulva ; feminese 6 lin. longse, 
1 lin. latse, superiores contiguge, infima remotiuscula. Squa- 
mce omnes trinerves, nervo usque ad apicem extenso; mas- 
culse obtusse, majores; feminese nunc acutse, inter nervos 
punctatge. Perigynium ( floriferum ) So b>i. longum, At lin. 
latum, erostellatum. 
All the specimens are too young for any satisfactory com¬ 
parison of this species-with its allies. It differs from C. vicinalis 
in its short female spiculas, its 3-nerved squamae, and small nerve¬ 
less perigynia. 
307. C. circinata (Meyer); spica simplici androgyna 
apice mascula oblonga laxa, fusco-ferruginea nuda vel 
bracteata; stigmatibus 3 vel 2; perigyniis lanceolatis 
sensim rostratis, ore albo hyalino integro piano, con- 
vexiusculis, superne ad margines scabris leviter nervatis 
erectis flavidis apice ferrugineis, squama oblonga obtusa 
mutica, vel infima cuspidata fusco ferruginea margine 
pallidiore longioribus.-—C. circinata, Meyer. Cyp. Nov. 
15. t. 6; Kunth, 426; FI. Boss. 268; Steud. 186. 
(Tab. CCCCXXIX.) 
Hab. In Asia.—In rupibus Unalaschkse, Meyer. 
Radix repens. Culmus 6—8-pollicaris, triqueter, scaber, 
ssepe incurvus. Folia canaliculata, filiformia, firma, curvata, 
culmum subsequantia. Spica subpollicaris, 2 lin. lata; flos- 
culis masculis 8—10; femineis 8—12, basi subinde interrupta. 
Squamce obtusse, infima nunc cuspidata. Perigynium (imma- 
turum ) 2So lin- longum, x % lin. latum, ore scarioso demum 
fisso, truncato. Achenium 1 lin. longum, So lin. latum. In 
uno flore vel racheola stipitata (vel perigynium ?) linearis, 
exserta, apice hyalina, adest. Stigmata ssepius 3, rarius 2. 
All the specimens I have seen of this species are young, and it 
is impossible to say whether the perigynia maintain eventually 
their erect direction. The affinity seems to me to incline more 
to the Pyrenaicm than to C. polytrichoides and C. pulicciris, to 
which Meyer allied it, or than to C. rupestris, to which, in the 
‘ Elora Rossica,’ it is considered to be near. 
I have copied Meyer’s figure, n. 1, and given others from my 
own herbarium, for which I am indebted to M. Eischer and M. 
Kunze. 
308. C. hordeistichos (Villars) ; spicis 5-7, masculis 
2-3 rarius 4 approximates vel infima remota bracteata 
oblongis gracilibus, femineis ovatis vel oblongis crassis, 
inferioribus remotis inserte vel exserte pedunculatis; 
biacteis culmo longioribus; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis 
ellipticis longe rostratis, ore bilobato, rectis vel curvatis 
piano-convexissimis inaequaliter trigonis marginibus ple- 
rumque plus minus alatis serratis nervatis scabris vel 
glaberrimis, nervis obsoletis, coriaceis fungosis pallidis 
vel l ubescentibus, squama ovata obtusa mutica vel acuta 
mucronata pallide castanea margine albo-hvalina lon¬ 
gioribus. 
Yar. a. C. hordeistichos, Villars, PI. Dauphin. 220. 
t. 6 (1/8/); Link, 364 ; Koch, 883 ; Beich. 24, t. 257 ; 
Cosson et Germ. 601; Grenier et Godron, 423, C. hor- 
deiformis, Wahl. Act. 152; Schk.f. 121 (Icon. Villars)-, 
TVilld. 310; Kunth, 486; lierlol. 154. C. secalina, 
Hoppe, t. 103 ; Smith, Eng. FI. 126; Steudel, 236. C. 
Secale, FI. Boss. 300. (Tab. CCCCXXX.-CCCCXXXI.) 
Yar. /3. secalina.— C. secalina, Wahl. Act. 151 ; Schk. 
S.f. 65 ; Willd. 309 ; Kunth, 486 ; Link, 364 ; FI. Al- 
taica, 232. (Tab. CCCCXXXII.-CCCCXXXV.) 
Hab. In Europa, Asia, et Africa.— a. In paludosis Gal- 
lise, Germanise, Corsicae. In subalpinis Mont. Bceticse 
Sierra Nevada, Bouryeau). Tauria, In Mont. Cappa- 
dociae, Aucher-Fooy (Herb. Mus. Par.) Algeria._ t S. In 
uliginosis Austriae,■ Hungarian Rossiae, Altai. 
Var. a. Culmus J-8-10-pollicaris altus,l£evis. Folia carinata, 
firma, culmo longiora. Squamce masculm obtusm, muticse’ 
margine albo-hyalinm subinde ciliolatEe ; feminem inferiores 
