ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
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foliatus; pars spicigera 3-10 pollices longa. Folia 3-5 lin. 
lata, elongata, culmo breviora, plana, scabra, graminea. 
Bractece evaginatse, vel infima 2-4 lin. lata, vagina 3 lin. 
longa, rarius praedita, subinde sterilis remota; inferiores culmo 
longiores. Ligula rotundata, amplectens. Pedunculus infimus 
1-4 poll, longus, rigidus, scaber. Spicula mascula 8 lin.- 
1| poll, longa, \ \-2 lin. lata, sessilis vel pedunculata; feminece 
■g-2^ poll, longse, 3 lin. latse, superiores interdum abbreviate 
arete contiguse. Squamae ciliatse, fulvse, masculse majores, 
lanceolate, mutice. Perigynium l x 8 o—2 lin. longum, -p 6 —1 
lin. latum; ore membranaceo, ciliato, pallido vel ferrugineo, 
alte oblique secto, demum rupto. Achenium 1 lin. longum, 
ovale vel obovatnm, triquetrum, angulis medio incrassatis, 
faciebus concavis, fulvum; basi styli incrassata, decidua. 
379. C. Sitchensis (Prescott); spicis 5-8 cylindricis 
atro-pnrpureis, masculis 2-3 rarius 4 sessilibus erectis, 
femineis 3-5 superioribus conspicue (raro omnibus) 
apice masculis inferioribus pedunculatis erectis vel nutan- 
tibus evaginatis basi ssepe laxifloris; bracteis inferioribus 
culmum superantibus ; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis ovali- 
bus vel obovatis vel subrotundis rostellatis biconvexis, 
ore integro glabris vel ad margines apice subinde parce 
denticulatis flavidis dense spongiosis, squama ovato-lan- 
ceolata acuminata acuta vel aristata saepe obtusa pellucide 
lineata, angustioribus duplo brevioribus.—C. Sitchensis, 
Prescott in Bongard, Obs. Site!/,a. Acad. Sc. de St. Be - 
tersb. ser. 6, tome 2, p. 168 (1831); Boott in FI. Bor. 
Amer. p. 220, t. 221; Tor. Cyp. 401. C. acuta, y, FI. 
Boss. 313. (Tab. DXVIII.-DXIX.) 
Hab. In America septentrionali ad ripas fl. Columbia, 
Douglas et Scouler. Sitcha, Bongard. Gray’s Harbour 
and Paget’s Sound, Nasqually, n. 243 et 660 ; Wilkes 
Fxp. San Francisco, California, Mr. Breiver. 
Radix crassa, fibris validis, lignosis. Culrnus l-4Upedalis, 
triqueter, rigidus, apice scaber, basi foliis vestientibus, vaginis- 
que purpureis, reticulato-fissis, tectus; pars spicas gerens 5-8 
poll, longa. Folia 3-4 lin. lata, culmo breviora; sterilia 
culmo longiora, rigida, marginibus revolutis. Bractece evagi- 
nate, inferiores culmum superantes. Ligula amplectens, In¬ 
tegra, atro-purpurea. Spiral masculce 1^-3 poll, longse, 2-3 
lin. latse, sessiles. Spicce feminece 1-3^ poll, longse, 4-5 lin. 
late, a se 9 lin.-2^ poll, remotse, erectse vel nutautes, plus 
minus pedunculatse. Pedunculi 2-12 lin. longi, scabriusculi. 
Squamae atro-purpurese (luci subjecte), lineolis pellucidis 
notatse; masculce obtusse, muticse; femineae apice involutse, 
decolores, inferiores subinde aristatse, vel omnes obtusse, mu¬ 
ticse. Perigynium l T y—lin. longum, to— ro bn. latum, stra- 
mineum, rostello purpureo, glabrum, vel ad margines apice 
parce dentatum. Achenium 1-1^ lin. longum, lin. latum, 
fusco-olivaceum, subinde impressum, racheola capillacea, al- 
bida, quandoque instructum. 
Besides the larger size, I know of no specific character separa¬ 
ting this plant from C. salina, of which I think it is the fuller de¬ 
velopment. It differs from 0. cryptocarpa in the sessile male 
spikes and nerveless perigynium, and from C. acuta in the dense 
spongy texture of the perigynium. 
The specimens figured are Californian. 
380. C. trinervis (Degland); spica oblonga pallida, e 
spiculis 5-7 spicatim dispositis erectis sessilibus, mas¬ 
culis 2-3 rarius 1-4, femineis 3-4 rarius 5, superioribus 
ssepe apice masculis, inferioribus basi acutis ; bracteis 
evaginatis involutis, inferioribus culmum superantibus; 
stigmatibus 2 ; perigyniis oblongo-ellipticis vel obovatis 
rostellatis, ore integro compressis 5—8 utrinque nervatis 
resinoso-punctatis demum cinnamomeis, squama ovata 
mutica vel plus minus cuspidata subinde emarginata 
purpurea medio pallida trinervi margine hyalino latiori- 
bus longioribus.—C. trinervis, Degl. in Lois. Gall. i. 
731 (1807), ed. 2, 294 (1828) {non Wees); Dec. Fl. 
Franc. 6, 291; Kunth, 414; Kunze, 6, t. 1; Drejer, 
Symb. 20, t. 7 ; Lange, 81 ; Gren. et Godr. 403 ; Steud. 
215. C. Friesica, Koch, Bot. Zeit.; Steud. 215. (Tab. 
DXX.-DXXI.) 
Hab. In Europa. In arenosis maritimis.—France, 
Germany. 
Rhizoma longe repens, fibris radicalibus validis, lanatis. 
Culmus 6-15-pollicaris ?, gracilis, he vis, obtuse triqueter; pars 
spicigera 2^-4| poll, longa. Folia involuta, sub lineam lata, 
culmo longiora. Bractece aginatse, inferiores culmum supe¬ 
rantes. Spicce mmculce sepius 2-3, summa subinde 1| poll, 
longa, 11 lin. lata; feminece 3-4, superiores apice mascule, 
6-15 lin. longse, 3-4 lin. late, inferiores basi attenuate, subses- 
siles. Squamce masculce cinnamomee, obtusse, muticse ; fe¬ 
minece acutse vel obtusse,nunc truncatse vel subemarginatse,pur- 
purese, medio late viridi, nervo infra apicem evanescente vel 
plus minus extra producto. Perigynium 1to~2to lin- longum, 
T %-1 lin. latum, supra achenium lenticulare superne com- 
pressum, nervis utrinque 5-8 validis, ssepe superne plus minus 
evanidis, punctis resinosis ferrugineis notatum, breve stipi- 
tatum. Achenium 1 lin. longum, T '( ; lin. latum, obovatum, 
lenticulare, basi styli abrupte apiculatum. 
Yariat spica terminali apice et basi mascula; spicula in¬ 
fima in uno specimine brevi exserte pedunculata; bractea in¬ 
fima vagina 4 lin. longa instructa; perigynio margine parce 
dentato. 
Drejer allies this species to O. glauca and C. hispida. The affi¬ 
nity is, I think, with the last.. I have copied the beautiful figure 
of it in Drejer’s ‘ Symbolse,.’ 
The other figures are from Bordeaux, which I owe to the 
kindness of Mr. Bentham. The right-hand figure has the termi¬ 
nal spike with male florets above and below, and the lower bract 
is vaginate. 
[381. C. viridis, Schlecld. in Linnaia, vLp. 30. (Tab. 
DXXII.) 
Hab. Mexico. 
I find no specimen nor description of this plant in Herb. Boott, 
and I suspect that the drawing was made in Berlin from the ori¬ 
ginal specimen, as I recognize the late Dr. Klotzsch’s handwriting 
in an accompanying sketch and analyses.— J. JD. Hi] 
[382. C. viridula, Michaux. — C.GMeri, Herb. J. Carey. 
(Tab. DXXIII.) 
Hab. Massachusetts, Herb. Carey. 
I find no observations on this species in Dr. Boott’s collections, 
the drawing of which was made from Massachusetts specimens in 
his own herbarium.— J. JD. -Hi] 
[383. C. spiculosa, Fries, Sum. Veg. Scand. 226. (Tab. 
DXXIV.) 
Hab. Lapponia. 
There are no specimens of, nor observations on, this species 
amongst Dr. Boott’s collections.— J. JD. Hi] 
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