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ILLUSTRATIONS OP THE GENUS CAREX. 
ginea medio viridi liervata angustioribus longioribus.— 
C. papulosa, Boott in Bing gold and Rodgers Exp. (Tab. 
DLXXXI.) 
Hab. In Japan.— Halcodadi, Wright, n. 48. 
Culmus bipedalis, gracilis, debilis, acutangulus, lsevis, inferne 
foliatus; pars spicigera 8 poll, longa. Folia 2-3 lin. lata, 
culmo multum breviora, plana, mollia. Bractece vaginatse, 
spiculis suis longiores. Vagina infima 1^ poll, longa. Pe- 
dunculi l-|-2ij poll, longi, scabri. Spicula mascula pollicaris, 
lg: lin. lata, bracteata, e spicula feminea superiore 2| poll, re- 
mota; feminece 9 lin. longse, 3 lin. latse, h se 5 poll, remotse, 
nutantes. Squamae conformes, masculse obtusse, muticse yel 
rarius nervo paulo extra apicem producto; infima cuspidata 
bracteseformis; omnes medio ( sub lente) papulosse. Perigy- 
nium 3-Po—rV lin. longum, T |- lin. latum. Achenium 1^ lin. 
longum, 1 3 0 lin. latum, ovale, acute triquetrum; basi styli 
persistente apiculatum. 
A C. Jackiana, Boott, inflorescentia differt spiculis femineis 
2 distantibus, longe exserte pedunculatis, nutantibus; brac- 
teis brevioribus. 
I have changed the name which I originally adopted to one 
more appropriate. 
402. C. fluviatilis (Boott); spica elongata cylindrica 
pluristachya densa pallida, e spiculis apice masculis nu- 
merosissimis (80 pluribusve) ovatis simplicibus congestis, 
infima subinde longe bracteata; stigmatibus 2 ; peri- 
gyniis late ovatis sensim acuminato-rostratis bidentatis 
compressis, marginibus alatis serratis, utrinque crebre 
nervosis pallidis membranaceis basi spongiosis, squama 
ovata obt.usa plerumque mutica pallida latioribus longio¬ 
ribus. (Tab. DLXXXII.) 
Hab. In India orientali.—In aquosis versus Wulloo- 
boor (Birmali ?), Griffith. 
Radix fibrosa. Culmus 1-^-pedalis, triqueter, scaber, flac- 
cidus, inferne foliatus, demum nutans. Folia 1^ lin. lata, 
culmo longiora, flaccida, plana, apice longe attenuata, flavida. 
Bractea infima angusta, rarius spicam superans, 1-2 alise spi¬ 
cula longioi’es. Spica 3 \—7 poll, longa, 5-7 lin. lata, apice 
ssepe nutans. Spiculae 4 lin. longae, lin. latse, omnes sim- 
plices congestse, vel 1-2 inferiores subinde discretse. Squamae 
conformes, muticse, rarius mucronatse, margine hyalinse. Pe- 
rigynium 1-V— 1 % lin. longum, T V-1 lin. latum, basi laxe spon¬ 
giosum. Achenium minimum T %-lin. longum, T %- lin.latum,ova- 
tum, plano-convexum, lucidum, olivaceum, basi styli sequali. 
A C. Thomsoni, B., differt spica longiore latiori densa; spi¬ 
culis pluribus congestis; pei’igyniis majoribus, alatis, longius 
rostratis, achenio minori; culmo altiore triquetro, scabro, 
debili; foliis flaccidis ; squamis plerumque muticis, obtusis. 
403. C. hebetata (Boott); spica longissima luride- 
purpurea concolori, e spiculis pluribus oblongo-cylindricis 
apice masculis obtusis densifloris extremis singulis, reli- 
quis fasciculatis longe exserte capillaceo-pedunculatis 
pendulis; bracteis inferioribus culmo brevioribus vagi- 
natis ; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis obovatis abrupte ros- 
tellatis, ore integro, compressis ventricosis nervatis mem¬ 
branaceis stipitatis olivaceis deciduis, squama lanceolata 
obtusiuscula mutica brevioribus. (Tab. DLXXXIII.) 
Hab. In America meridionali.—Obragilia, near Lima, 
Wilkes's Exped. ( Herb. Gray). 
Culmus 4-pedalis et ultra, validus, triqueter, lsevis; pars 
spicigera 2| pedes longa. Folia 3-5 lin. lata, rigida, demum 
flavida. Bractece inferiores longe vaginatse, sesquipedalise; 
superiores semipollicares, summse squamseformes. Pedunculi 
capillacei, insequales, plus minus contorti, scabri; inferiores 
4-8 poll, longi. Vagina infima 8 poll, longa. Spiculae (21) 
concolores, omnes apice masculse, sequilatse, 10-18 lin. longse, 
3-4 lin. latse; summce 3, singulse, contiguse; mediae fascicu- 
latse, fasculis 2-6 spiculiferis; inferioribus remotis. Spicula 
infima singula. Squamae conformes ; masculae imbricatse ; 
feminece deciduse ; omnes muticse. Perigynium 1^- lin. 
longum, yy lin. latum; ore integro denticulato. Achenium 
•po lin. longum, To* lin- latum, oblongo-triquetrum, stipitatum, 
angulo centrali postico, basi styli sequali apiculatum. 
I have only seen this species in Herb. Gray, found near Lima 
by the naturalist in Commodore Wilkes’s expedition ; and the so¬ 
litary specimen, through the kindness of Dr. Gray, is here figured. 
In inflorescence it resembles C. Jcimesoni, hut differs in the vagi- 
nate bracts, obtuse spiculse, muticous squamae, and obovate peri¬ 
gynium. 
404. C. stricta (Goodenougli); spica oblonga vel sub- 
elongata glauco-purpurea, e spiculis ssepius 4 vel 3-6 cy- 
lindricis stricte erectis, masculis 2 vel 1-3, femineis 2 vel 
1-4 denisfloris sessilibus, superioribus plus minus apice 
masculis vel infima subinde brevi pedunculata omnino 
feminea ; bractea infima srnpe spicula semper, culmo 
breviore; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis ovalibus vel ovatis 
vel lanceolatis compressis rostellatis, ore integro vel sub- 
emarginato, nervatis, nervis antice 4-6 postice 3-5 rarius 
obsoletis, granulatis glaucescentibus ssepe demum ferru- 
gineo-punctatis intus violaceis stipitatis deciduis, squama 
lanceolata vel ovata obtusa vel acuta atro-purpurea, nervo 
viridi latioribus brevioribus vel longioribus.—C. stricta, 
Good. Linn. Trans, ii. 196, t. 21,/. 9 ; Eng. Rot. t. 914 ; 
Smith, Eng. FI. 118; Willd. 287; Schk.f. 73; Wahl. 
Act. 165 ; Kunth, 414; Gaudin, Agrost. 121; FI. Llelv. 
71; Koch, 872; Fries, Mant. 3, 150; Summa, 226; 
Anders. 42, t. 6,/. 60; Lange, 69; Gren. et Godron, 
402; Reich. 14, t. 230; Bertol. 135; FI. Ross. 311. 
C. acuta, var. ruffa, L. sec. Fries; Good. C. csespitosa, 
Ends. ; Light.; Gay , Ann. Sc. Nat. 2nd ser. 11, 196. 
C. caespitosa, c, Bentham, 562. C. elata, All. ( fide 
Bertol.). C. melanochloros, Thuill. C. compressa, 
Gaudin, Etr. C. Buckii, Wirnnier. (Tab. DLXXXIV.- 
DLXXXY.) 
Yar. minor; spiculis subpollicaribus.—C. bomalo- 
carpa, Feter.; Reich, t. 228,/. d-g. 
Hab. In Europa et Asia.—Norway. Sweden to Italy. 
Caucasus. 
Densissime csespitosa. Culm.us 1—4-pedalis, acute triqueter, 
scaber, strictus, validus; basi vaginis foliorum glabris, foliis- 
que carinato-plicatis reticulato-fissis marcidis tectus ; pars 
spicigera 2|—8 poll, longa. Folia glaucescentia, 1—3 lin. lata; 
sterilia apice flaccida, elongata; caulinia culmo breviora, 
stricta. Bractece evaginatse, vel infima ssepe spicula (culmo 
semper) brevior rarissime breve vaginata. Spiculae longitu- 
dine et latitudine insigniter variantes, 1-3| poll, longse, 11-4 
lin. latse. Squamae omnes obtusse vel acutse, muticse; feminece 
perigynio angustiores, nunc eo breviores, vel longiores, atro- 
purpurese, nervo pallido, vel masculse fusco-ferruginese. Pe¬ 
rigynium seque variabile 1— 2fo lin. longum, f— 1 lin. latum, 
intus (dempto achenio) violaceum, plerumque 4-6-nervatum, 
