ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
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384. C. salina (Wahlenberg) ; spicis 4-8 cylindricis 
ferrugineis vel purpureis approximate erectis, masculis 
1-3, reliquis femineis pednnculatis, supcrioribus apice 
masculis, infima ssepe nutante interdum subradicali basi 
attenuata rarius composita; bracteis (nisi subinde infima) 
evaginatis culmum subaequantibus ; stigmatibus 2, rarius 
8; perigyniis ovalibus vel subrotundis rostellatis, ore in- 
tegro vel emarginato plano-convexis obsolete vel parce 
nervatis pallidis granulatis, squama lanceolata acuminata 
acuta mutica vel cuspidata medio viridi 1-3-nervata 
brevioribus.—C. salina, Wahl. Act. 164; FI. Lapp, ad /3, 
246; Willd. 301; Schk. 185; Kunth, 416; Fries, 
Mant. 3, 145; Anders. 49, t. 5, /. 50; Lange, 73; 
FI. Foss. 313. C. cuspidata, Wahl. Act. 164. C. recta, 
Boott, FI. Bor. Am. 220, t. 2.22. C. hsematolepis, 
Drejer, lieu. 44. C. vacillans, Drejer?; Anders. 47, 
t. 2 ,f. 36. C. halophila, Nyl.; Fries, Sum. 231 ; An¬ 
ders. 48, t. 5,/. 51; Lange, 74. C. ambusta, Boott, 
Lllust. 64, t. 172. (Tab. DXXV.) 
Yar. /3. minor. —C. lanceata, Dewey, Sill. 29, 249. 
C. reducta, Drej. Bev. 36. C. Hoppneri, Boott, FI. 
Bor. Am. 219, t. 220. C. subspatfiacea, Worms. FI. 
Dan. t. 1530; Drejer, Bev. 34; Fries, Mant. 3, 148; 
Sum. 231; Anders. 50, t. 5, f. 49 ; Lange, 74 ; Kunze, 
98, t. 24; FI. Boss. 304. C. salina, Boott, FI. Bor. 
Am. (spec. LLorn. e Grcenlandia). C. bracteata, Giesec/ce 
(fide Drejer). C. discolor, Nyl. ; Andersson, 54, t. 2, 
/. 38; FI. Boss. 309. C. epigejos, Fr. Sum. 233. (Tab. 
DXXV.-DXXX.) 
Hab. In Europa et America septentrionali.—Lapland 
to Sweden. Gottenburg. Massachusetts. Hudson’s 
Bay to Canada. 
Stolonifera. Culmus 1-11-pedalis, firmus, obtusangulus, 
1 ec vis, vel apice acutangulus (infra spicas), scaber, basi foliatus 
vaginisque foliorum rubro-purpureis tectus; pars spicas ge- 
rens 2^-8, etiam 15 poll, longa. Folia 1-2 lin. lata, culmo 
breviora ( sterilia culmum sequantia), marginibus revolutis. 
Bractece evaginatse, vel infima rarius vaginata. Ligula elongata 
vel subrotunda. Spicce 1-2 poll, longse, 2—8 lin. latte; masculse 
1-8, intermedia sessilis, erecte; feminese superiores rarius 
omnes apice masculse, pedunculatse vel suprema sessilis, infima 
ssepe nutans subinde remote, basi composite. Squamce fer- 
ruginese, vel rubro- vel fusco-purpurese, medio viridse 1—3 
nervate ; masculis pallidiores, plerumque muticae, vel mucro- 
nate; feminece lanceolate acuminate acute, rarius obtusae, 
truncate vel emarginate, muticse vel plus minus longe cus¬ 
pidate, cuspide laevi vel serrata, valida vel setacea ; perigynia 
omnino tegentes vel iis angustiores. Perigynium 1 t o —tV lin. 
longum, t 7 -o-t 9 o bn- latum, orbiculatum vel subobovatum, 
ahrupte vel ovale sensim rostellatum, ssepe distincte nervatum, 
punctis pallide castaneis ssepe demum notatum. Achenium 
1 lin. longum, t 7 -,t fin. latum, oblongum, basi productum, 
brunneum, semper? transverse sulcatum, basi styli abrupte 
apiculatum. 
Yar. /3; culmo foliisque gracilioribus; spicis paucioribus, 
ssepe sessilibus ; perigyniis ellipticis; squama obtusa, mutica, 
vel mucronata, subinde longioribus. 
The var. /3 passes insensibly, through G. reducta and O. lan¬ 
ceata, to the typical form,—as I think is obvious from the figures 
I have given. My own observations confirm those of Lange. 
He says, “ Glumse variant, uno eodemque loco legi specimina. 
glumis obtusis et mucronatis, cuspidatis et serrulato-aristatis ; in 
uno eodemque specimine vidi glumas muticas et mucronatas, cus- 
pidatas, cuspide integerrimo et aristatas serrulatas. Yarietates 
cuspidata et mutica itaque non amplius statuendae sint.” 
O. recta, from Labrador, like C. hcematolepis, from Greenland, 
has stigmas 2 and 3, both in other respects typical in size and 
habit, but differing remarkably from the extreme form of G. sub- 
spathacea, which has the same number of stigmas. There is 
nothing constant in the three nerves of the squamae of C. subspa- 
thacea, and the same character is often observable in the lower 
squamae of the typical form. The occasional dentation on the 
margins of the perigynium of G. reducta may be observed in other 
forms. It is seen in G. ambusla , Boott (Tab. CLXXII.) which I 
think is inseparable from G. salina. 
Tab. DXXV. 
n. 1. Norway, 
n. 2. Sweden. 
Tab. DXXVI. 
n. 1. North America, 
n. 2. Greenland. 
Tab. DXXVII. Sweden. 
Tab. DXXVIII. G. lanceata, Dewey. Cumberland River, Sir 
L. Richardson. 
Tab. DXXIX. 
n. 1. Hudson’s Bay. 
n. 2. Greenland. 
Tab. DXXX. 
n. 1 and 2. Greenland, 
n. 3. Finmarlt. 
385. C. Bongardi (Boott); spicis 4-7 stramineo-pal- 
lidis elongatis erectis, terminali mascula, reliquis femi¬ 
neis apice masculis, inferioribus remotis longe valideque 
exserte pedunculatis ; bracteis vaginatis, infima culmo 
longiore, vaginis basi tumidis triquetris glabris ; stigma¬ 
tibus 3, plumosis ; perigyniis (immaturis) lanceolatis 
rostratis alte bicuspidatis, marginibus superne serratis 
crebre nervatis glabris, squama lineari-truncata vel 
emarginata albo-hyalina longe Mspido-cuspidata paulo 
longioribus (cuspide) brevioribus.—C. Bongardi, Boott in 
Linn. Trans. 20, 144. C. Boottiana, Hooker, Beechey s 
Voy. (Tab. DXXXI.) 
Hab. Bovin Island, Loochoo, Bongard (Herb. Hooker) ; 
Wright, N. Pacific Fxp. U. S. (Herb. Gray). 
Stramineo-pallida. Radix fibris lignosis lsevibus validis. 
Culmus G-pedalis, triqueter, validus, lsevis, basi foliatus, reli- 
quiis foliorum fibratis nigris tectus; pars spicas gerens 10-14 
poll, longa. Folia 2-5 lin. lata, plana, firma, culmo longiora, 
lutescenti-viridia. Bractea infima angusta, sesquipedalis, re- 
liquse setacese, spiculis breviores. Vagina infima 21 lin. 
longa, basi purpurea tumida. Pedunculus infimus 4 poll, 
longus, scaber. Spica mascula 3 poll, longa, 4 lin. lata. 
Spicce feminece ?J 2 poll, longse, 4-5 lin. late, basi attenuate; 
pars tertia suprema apice mascula, a se 1|—4 poll, remotse. 
Squamce conformes. Perigynium (immaturum) 3jolin. longum, 
-Sg.-jSg- lin. latum. Achenium oblongum, basi styli incrassata. 
Stylus ad basin stigmatorum ampliatus. Stigmata plumosa. 
Racheola linearis, achenium subsequans. 
The specimens of this species do not afford mature perigynia, 
and their xdtimate form and that of the achenium cannot be satis¬ 
factorily ascertained to admit of a comparison with those of C. tene- 
brosa, Boott. The two plants are closely allied, and the most 
striking distinction is in the stigmata, which in G. Bongm-di have 
the usual plumose character, while they are smooth in O. tene- 
brosa. The male portion of the spike is broader and shorter than 
in C. tenebrosct, the spikes more attenuate at base, and the colour 
of the entire plant pale; the scales longer, narrower, and of a 
white hyaline colour. 
