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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
natse, infima ssepe culmo brevior. Pedunculi filiformes, 
scabri, infirrms 1-24 poll., vagina infima 4~14 poll, longa. 
Spica mascula 4-1 poll, longa, 1 lin. lata, altera brevior con- 
tigua sessilis ssepe adest. Spicce femineae 3-10 lin. longm, 3 
lin. latee, approximate, vel inter se 24 poll, remotae. Squama 
conformes, masculse subinde muticae. Perigynium l- r fi (l —j-% 
lin. longum, T s o lin. latum. Achenium lin. longum, lin. 
latum, ovale, triquetrum, fuscum, punctulatum. 
Var. ft; perigyniis minus turgidis rostro paulo lon- 
giore subinde margine scabro. 
We are less familiar with the plant from the Azores than with 
the European one, but specimens kindly sent to me by Mr. H. 
Watson are not specifically distinct,—the stem at top and the 
peduncles are rough, as in the typical form ; I have not seen au¬ 
thentic specimens of C. rigidifolia, Hoch. 
[361. C. ampullacea. (Tab. DI.) 
The specimen figured is from Cumberland House, Arctic Ame¬ 
rica ( Dr. Richardson). I find no further information regarding 
this plate amongst Dr. Boott’s MSS.— J. D. Hi] 
[362. C. compacta, II. Brown in Sillim. Journ. 1835, 
p. 39. (Tab. 1911.) 
Hab. America arctica. 
I find no specimen nor description answering to this plate in 
Dr. Boott’s collections.—J". D. Hi] 
[363. C. crinalis, Boo11 in Linn. Trans, xx. p. 123. 
(Tab. DHL) 
Hab. Andes of Columbia and Peru. Antisana, 
Hartweg. Pilzhum, Jameson. Tungaragua, Spruce. 
The specimen figured is one of Spruce’s.— J. D. Hi) 
364. C. Darwinii (Boott); spica elongata composita 
stramineo-ferruginea, e spicnlis pluribus (15) cylindricis 
insequalibus masculis 3 terminali longiore inferioribus 
geminatis una abbreviata sessili, reliquis femineis in¬ 
sequalibus remotis longe pedunculatis nutantibus vel 
pendulis, superioribus (3) ternatis apice masculis, infe¬ 
rioribus (2) geminatis vel infima solitaria ; bracteis eva- 
ginatis inferioribus culmo longioribus ligula infima elon¬ 
gata ; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis ovalibus vel ovatis 
stipitatis sensim rostratis, ore integro utrinque 3-5 ner- 
vatis glabris tenuiter granulatis stramineis, punctis fer- 
rugineis notatis, squama lanceolata acuta cuspidata fer- 
ruginea nervo pallido latioribus brevioribus.—C. Dar¬ 
winii, Boott in Linn. Trans, xx. 120; ILook.f. FI. Ant- 
arct. 364, t. 145 ; Gay, FI. Chit. 212 ; Steudel, 213. C. 
nigricans, FLombron (non MeyerJ, Herb. Bans. C. eleo- 
psammoides, Steud. 213 ; Lechler, n. 1226 et 2392. (Tab. 
DIV.-DY.) 
Hab. In America meridionali.—Chonos archipelago. 
Darwin, n. 304. Straits of Magalhaen, Lechler; Hom- 
bron. 
Culmus tripedalis, acute triqueter, lsevis ; pars spicigera 
pedalis. Folia 3-4 lin. lata, culmum sequantia. Bructeae 
evaginatse, inferiores culmum longe superantes. Pedunculi 
triquetri, scabri, insequales, |-5 poll, longi. Spicula 1 . mascula 
2- 3, terminalis 14 poll, longa, 3 lin. lata, inferiores geminatse, 
3- 8 lin. longae, vel una (abbreviata sessili) feminea. Spicula 
feminece inmquales, 1-24 poll, longse, 3 lin. latsc ; superiores 3, 
ternatm, apice masculse, quarum una brevior subsessilis; in¬ 
feriores 2, longiores geminatse, pendulse, vel infima solitaria, a 
se 1^-34 poll, remotae. Squamae omnes lanceolatse, nervo in 
inferioribus plus minus producto. Perigynium (cum stipite 
To—fV Im. longo) l T 6 0 -2 lin. longum, rV-lrV b n - latum, gla- 
brum. Achenium nq lin. longum, T 6 T lin. latum, obovatum, 
castaneum, lenticulare, basi styli sequali. 
For Lecliler’s specimens I am indebted to M. Sonder, of Ham¬ 
burg. No. 1226 has twelve approximate spiculse; the specimen 
not fully mature. No. 3293 has no name on the ticket; the spi¬ 
culse oblong. In both they are ternate and geminate, on the 
lover spicula solitary, with a peduncle eight inches in length, 
with two remote sterile squamae below the spicula; and the 
squamae often have elongate cuspides, and the perigynia are 
smooth. 
The immediate affinity of this species is with G. decidua (Tab. 
CLXX.), from which it differs only in its elongate pendulous 
spiculse, acute cuspidate squamae, which are longer than the 
smooth dotted perigynia. 
Tab. DIV. is Hombron’s specimen, from the Herb. Mus. Par., 
not mature, but showing the inflorescence. 
Tab. DV. is Darwin’s specimen, from the Cambridge Herb., 
for which I was indebted to the late excellent Professor Henslow. 
The upper part of the spike is wanting. 
365. C. diapbana (Boott); spica lineari angusta pal¬ 
lida, e spiculis 12-15 androgynis apice masculis ro- 
tundis vel oblongis appressis, superioribus contiguis, infe¬ 
rioribus discretis; bractea capillacea brevi; stigmatibus 
2; perigyniis ovalibus rostellatis, ore emarginato piano, 
vel biconvexiusculis marginibus superne acutis scabris 
utrinque nervatis divergentibus membranaceis olivaceis, 
squama ovata albo-hyalina latioribus et longioribus. (Tab. 
DVI.) 
Hab. In Australia. — Sydney, Wilkes, Exp. {ILerb. 
Gray). 
Culmus 3-pedalis,ima basi foliatus,subvalidus,triqueter, angu- 
lis dentato-scabris, dentibus {et ad margines foliorum) deorsum 
spectantibus. Folia 3 lin. lata, plana, subsesquipedalia, firma. 
Bractea infima capillacea pollicaris aculeato-asperrima, aculeis 
sursum spectantibus. Spica 24 pollices longa, 2 lin. lata. 
Spicula inferiores 3-4 lin. longsc, alise rot and atm breviores. 
Squamae conformes. Perigynium 1-1-fV bn. longum, To—vs 
lin. latum, late ovale, vel angustius ellipticum, utrinque 
acutum, nervis fuscioribus. Achenium conforme, T \ lin. 
longum, to-ta bn- latum, lenticulare, ferrugineum. 
I am indebted to Dr. Gray for a knowledge of this species, and 
for the figure of it by his artist, Mr. Sprague. It has escaped the 
observation of the Australian botanists, for in all their collections 
it is wanting. At the base of the inferior oblong spiculse, on one 
of the two specimens in Herb. Gray, there are two smaller spi- 
culse about a line distant, as if the three were a compound spicula 
on a rachis incorporated with the culm. The aculei on the bract 
are longer than the teeth at the angles of the culm and margins 
of the leaves, with a direction towards the apex of the bract, 
while the teeth point downwards. 
[366. C. fuirenoides, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. 412. (Tab. 
DVII.) 
Hab. Ins. Pacific.—Mariae Annse, Gaud. 
I find no reference to the figure here given amongst Dr. Boott’s 
MSS. It probably represents the original specimen in Herb. 
Mus. Paris.— J. T>. Hi] 
367. C. Archeri (Boott); spica simplici apice mascula 
3-4-flora demum fusco-purpurea laxiflora involucrata 
