ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
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chode, Steudel, Syn. Suppl. ined. n. 3055. C. involu- 
crata, Steud. n. 2975. (Tab. CCCCLXIV.) 
Hab. In America meridionali. — Chili, ad scaturiginem 
Sichahue. Cordillera de Raneo, decider, PI. Chilensis; 
Holienacker. 
Radix repens, fibris tenuibus Isevibus. Culmus 3-9-polli- 
caris, capillaceus, kevis. Folia capillacea, canaliculata, mollia, 
culmum subaequantia. Spica 1-2 lin. longa et lata, flosculis 
femineis 6-8, masculis paucioribus. Squamce ferruginese, 
nervo pallido, demum deciduae, masculge muticae; femineae in- 
feriores 2-3 plus minus longe foliacese, infirna 6-16 lin. longa, 
superiores sursum brevius cuspidatse, demum muticse perigv- 
nioque breviores. Perigynium 1 T 2 (T lin. longum, T fi - 0 - lin. latum, 
stipite —V On. longo clavato, antice planum, postice convexum, 
marginibus plus minus scabrum, pallidum, demum ferrugi- 
neum. Achenium T s 0 - lin. longum, T s o lin. latum, conforme, 
plano-convexum, pallidum, basi styli crassiore abrupte apicu- 
latum. 
332. C. oreophila (Meyer); spica ovata vel oblonga 
densiflora nuda fusco-ferruginea apice mascula; stigma- 
tibus 2 ; perigyniis ovalibus vel suborbiculatis plus 
minus cylindrico-rostratis, ore emarginato vel subbifido 
compressis estipitatis, enerviis vel obsolete nervatis su- 
perne marginibus acutis serrulatis imbricatis tenuissimis 
fusco-brunneis, squama • orbiculata vel oblonga obtusa 
fusco-ferruginea margine albido longioribus, racheola 
lineari inserta prsedita.—C. oreophila, Meyer, Enum. PL 
Cauca-s. St. Petersb.; Kunth, 371 ; Steud. 185 ; FI. Boss. 
266; Tchihatch. As. Min. 573. (Tab. CCCCLXV.) 
Hab. In Asia. — In regione alp. Cane. occ. et orient., 
Meyer. In regione alp. Mont. Argee, Cappadocia, Gay, 
PI. Balansce Exsicc. (1857). 
Radix repens. Culmus 6-8-pollicaris, scabriusculus. Folia 
canaliculato-filiformia, culmo breviora. Spica 4-6 lin. longa, 
2-3 lin. lata. Squamce concolores, conformes, feminea infirna 
subiude cuspidata. Perigynium l T q- T fi 0 bn. longum, T n~ a- 
lin. latum, rostro plus minus elongato, ore emarginato vel 
brevibifido, lobulis vel laciniis obtusis vel acutis, fimbriolatis 
vel subintegerrimis, marginibus quasi alatis, scabris. Ache¬ 
nium lin. longum, x %- lin. latum, orbiculatum vel ovale, len- 
ticulare, punctulatum. Racheola linearis, Isevis, achenium 
superans. 
A C. capit.ata, L., differt radice repente; spica oblonga, 
fusca; perigyniis appressis, marginibus scabris. 
The specimens figured are from Cappadocia, sent to me by M. 
Spach. Kunth describes the Caucasian plant “ setula ad basim 
exteriorem ovarii uncinata and Steudel copies him. Meyer de¬ 
scribes it as “ setiform," as in the specimens of Balansa. 
333. C. teretiuscula (Goodenough); spica oblonga cy- 
lindrica coarctata ferruginea, e spiculis parvis apice mas¬ 
culis, superioribus simplicibus congestis vel inferioribus 
compositis discretis sessilibus subiude femineis; bractea 
infirna rarius spicam sequante ; stigmatibus 2 ; perigyniis 
suborbiculato-ovatis plano-convexis rostratis rostro conico 
herbaceo, ore emarginato bidentato antice altissime secto 
uno margine eminente hyalino basi ssepe rotundato, 
superne marginibus acutis scabris lucidis pallide demum 
purpureo ferrugineis antice medio parce nervatis linea 
pallida centrali usque ad basin saepe notatis ad latera 
gib bis postice enerviis vel basi nervatis stipitatis paten- 
tibus, squama ovata acuta rautica ferruginea margine 
hyalino paulo longioribus.—C. teretiuscula, Good, in Linn. 
Trans.; Smith, Eng. FI. 91; Eng. Bot. t. 1065 ; Willd. 
244; Sckk. f. 19 et 69; Kunth, 390: Gaud. Agros. 
t. 88, et Helv. 6, 42 ; Koch, 867 ; Beich. t. 222 ; An¬ 
ders. 67, t. 3, /. 22 ; Lange, 39 ; Gren. et Godr. 396 ; 
Bertol. 67; FI. Boss. 276; Steud. 194; Dewey, 7, 
265; Sch/w. et Tor. 308; Carey, 511; Sartwell, Exs. 
n. 13. C. panieulata, /3, Wahl. Act. 143 ; Tor. Mon. 390. 
C. diandra, Schrank. C. fulva, Thuillier. 
Yar. /3. major, Koch, 867 ; Carey, 511.—C. Ehrar- 
tiana, Hoppe. (Tab.CCCCLXVI.) 
Var. y . ramosa. —C. prairea, Dewey; Woods Bot. 
750 (1861); Sartwell, Exsicc. n. 14. C. paradoxa, 
Boott; Hoolc. FI. Bor. Am. 213 ; Dewey, 4, 346 (1847). 
Hab. In Europa et America septentrionali.—New 
Zealand.—/3. Europa, Amer. sept. Kashmere.— y. Amer. 
sept. 
Radix repens, nee unquam densissime csespitosa. Culmus 
1-2-pedalis, gracillimus, triqueter, faciebus linea centrali pro- 
minente notatis, angulis superne scabris, basi rudimentis fo- 
liorum brevibus atro-purpureis integris tectis. Folia ^—1 lin 1 
lata, culmo demum plerumque breviora. Bractece squamse- 
formes, margine hyalinse, infirna cuspidata, spica partiali ple¬ 
rumque brevior, rarius spicam subsequans. Spica in a 8-12 
lin.longa, 3 lin. lata; in /3 pluristachya, 1-2 poll, longa, 3-4 lin. 
lata. Spicce partiales ssepius contiguse, inferiores ovatae, sessiles, 
nusquam elongatse,subinde discretae,4—6 lin. remotse. Squamce 
muticse. Perigynium 1 T 3 - 0 -- T 4 o bn- longum, - 7 , T lin. latum, ore 
alte secto, uno margine hyalino, usque ad basin rostri vel ad 
mediam partem corporis perigynii decurrente, basi ssepe ro- 
tundato quasi lobato, antice ssepe linea pallida usque ad basin 
inter nervos notatum, ad latera gibbum, medio parce vel 
utrinque nervatum, vel postice enervium vel basi nervatum, 
nervis superne evanidis. Achenium — lin. longum, yq lin. 
latum, obpyriforme, biconvexum, basi styli sequali. 
In speciminibus e Nov. Zelandia perigynia nunc prolifera, 
squamas masculas ferentia. 
Yar. /3; spica longiore; culmo validiore altiore; foliis la- 
tioribus. 
Var. ry; spica subinde basi ramosa; squamis acuminatis; 
perigyniis pallide ferrugineis, angustioribus, rudimentis fo- 
liorum lanceolatis, integris, longioribus—-ad C. paradoxam 
accedens. Differt colore stramineo; perigyniis minoribus, 
plano-convexis, nervatis, ut in forma typica; squamis margine 
hyalinis, persistentibus. 
I have not found any notice in authors of the anterior elongated 
fissure of the orifice of the perigynium, which is more marked in 
this species than in the other allied forms. Schkuhr represents 
hermaphrodite flowers in this species. The male florets are few, 
and at times wanting, at least in the lower spicuhe. I do not 
quote the figure of Goodenough, as it is not, I think, referable to 
C. teretiuscula, but to a depauperate form of C. panieulata. It 
perhaps misled Wahlenberg. Hoppe, from specimens he sent to 
me, rejected it, on his tickets accompanying the specimens. 
The specimens figured are from North America, with the C. 
Ehrartiana, y, Hoppe. 
334. C. Gaudiniana (Gnthnick); spica oblonga angusta 
ferruginea, e spiculis 2-4 contiguis terminal! cylindrica 
stepius apice vel basi et apice feminea, raro omnino mas¬ 
cula, reliquis femineis brevioribus nudis; bractea squamae- 
formi; stigmatibus 2 ; perigyniis ovato-lanceolatis sensim 
