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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
(1125); FI. Ross. 305; Steud. 228; Torr. Gyp. 424. 
C. spectabilis, Dewey, 29, 248; Torr. Cyp. 426 ; Steud. 
228. C. trichostachya, Fischer, mss. (Herb. Roott). C. 
excurrens, Chiantis. {fide Steudel). (Lc. ined. DCLXV.- 
DCLXVI. in Herb. Kew.) 
Hab. In Asia et America septentrionali.—Unalasbka, 
Meyer. Sitcha, Bongard. Kodiack Island, Barclay, 
Herb. Boott. Port Vancouver, Garry; and Lower Fraser 
River, Lyall, Herb. Hooker; Rocky Mountains, Drum¬ 
mond, {Herb. Hooker.) 
Radix repens, fibris lanosis. Cujrnus 1-2-pedalis, triqueter, 
scabriusculus, debilis, basi foliatus, pars spicigera 2-5 poll, 
longa. Folia 1-2 lin. lata; inferiora brevia; superiora nunc 
quasi opposita, culmo breviora vel sequantia. Bractece evagi- 
natse; infima culmurn sequans, auriculis obtusis. Spiculce i-1 
poll, longse, 2-3 lin. late, approximate vel infima 2-24 poll, 
remota, summa sessilis, reliquse pedunculate; feminese vel 
superiores vel omnes apice masculse, in uno specimine spicula 
media basi spicula altera brevi composita ; masculse 1-2, ssepe 
sessiles, inferior abbreviata. Squamce omnes atro-purpurese, 
plus minus longe aristate, nunc muticae, ssepe insequaliter 
truncate vel emarginatse, subinde subacute. Pedunculus in- 
fimus 1-11-poll., capillaceus, scabriusculus. Perigynium 1-A— 
2 t 3 o lin. longum, X 6 X lin. latum, compressum vel trigonum, 
superne vacuum; floriferum albidum, purpureo-tinctum, de- 
mum fulvum, antice nervis sub-5- postice 2-notatum, brevis- 
sime rostellatum, ore integro, achenium laxe vestiens. Ache- 
nium cum stipite Lo~Lo bn. longo, 1-1-V lin. longum, x £ 7) - lin. 
latum, trigonum vel lenticulare, oblongum. 
The affinity of this species is with G. Gmelini and the Limoscs. 
It differs from G. Gmelini in its slender culm, male spiculse, the 
lower female nutant, emarginate squamae, and gracile peduncles. 
Drummond’s specimens from the Rocky Mountains have short 
aristae, but do not otherwise differ from the other specimens. 
The original specimen of Richardson is in Herb. Banks, and I 
have the G. trichostachya from Mr. Fischer; most of the speci¬ 
mens we have are not mature. 
Tab. DCLXV. 
n. 1. From Unalashka, the G. trichostachya , Fischer, 
n. 2. Unalashka. A small authentic specimen of C. ma- 
crocluBta, from Meyer, sent by him to Reichenbach 
(Herb. Tuclcerman). 
n. 3. Fort Vancouver, Garry. 
n. 4. Kodiack Island, Barclay. 
Tab. DCLXVI., specimens of Drummond from the Rocky 
Mountains, not mature. 
470. C.pruinosa, var. /3 (Boott); spiculis 2-3, terminal! 
mascula, ad ejus basin subinde sqnamis 2 cnspidatis ste- 
rilibus (rudimentis spicularum) prope sitis, reliquis oninino 
femineis ssepe abbreviate crassioribus ; bractea infima cul- 
mum paulo superante ; perigyniis floriferis ellipticis levi- 
ter nervatis, maturis suborbiculatis enerviis marginibus 
saspe dentatis.—C. pruinosa, /3, C. picta, Boott, FI. 
Jcipon. Wriglitii (Herb. Gray). C. dimorpholepis ?, Steud. 
214. (Tc. ined. DCLXVII. in Herb. Kew.) 
Hab. In Japoniaet Korea.—Hakodadi, Wright. Nanga- 
saki, R. Oldham (Herb. Hooker.) Port Chusan, Wilford 
(Herb. Hooker). 
Since the publication of Tab. CLXXIV. I have, through the 
kindness of Dr. Hooker, had the opportunity of examining speci¬ 
mens of 0. pruinosa, collected by Griffith in Khasia, in which the 
female spiculse are male at apex, and the male are occasionally 
with female florets at base or in the middle, and the lower bract 
at times 15 inches in length. The plant from Japan and Korea 
has the lower spiculse entirely female, these are generally shorter 
and broader, and the mature perigynium larger ( 2 X 4 - X % liu. long, 
UWo bn. wide). In both, half the papillae are of a black colour, 
giving a spotted appearance to it. I had called the Japan speci¬ 
men of Wright in Herb. Gray G. picta, under which name it has 
been published by him in the report of the Japanese Garices , but 
I should refer it and the Korea plant to a variety of the Java and 
Khasia one. 
471. C. pulicaris (L.) ; spica simplici apice mascula 
cylindrica ferruginea demum inferne laxiflora ; stigma- 
tibus 2 longis; perigyniis oblongo-ellipticis utrinque 
acutis, ore hyalino integro, plano-convexiusculis enerviis 
glabris membranaceis stipitatis demum fusco-ferrugineis 
retroflexis pendulisque, squama ovata obtusa vel acuta 
ferruginea margine superne albo-hyalina mutica decidua 
longioribus. — 0. pulicaris, Linn. Sp. PL; Good. Linn. 
Trans. 2, 142; Willd. 213; Schk. f. 3; Kunth, 370; 
Fng. Bot. t. 1051 ; Smith, Eng. FI. 78 ; Drejer, Rev. 
20 ; Koch, 862 ; Gaudin, Agrost. 73, et Helv. 28 ; Ber- 
tol. 35 ; Reich, t. 195 ; Gren. et Godr. 386; FI. Ross. 
265 ; Anders. 72, t. 3, /. 7; Lange, 18 ; Benth. 557 ; 
Steud. 184. C. psyllopliora, Ehrh.; Wahl. Act. 139. 
(Lc. ined. DCLXVIII. in ILerb. Kew.) 
Hab. In Europa et Asia.—Faro Isl. Denmark. 
Norway. Sweden to Switzerland and the Pyrenees. 
Caucasus, Ural, Altai, Baikal, FI. Ross. 
Stolonifera, csespitosa. Culmus 2-12-pollicaris, teres, fili- 
formis, Itevis. Folia capillacea, canaliculato-convoluta, culmo 
breviora vel sequantia. Spica 6-12 lin. longa, 2 demum 5 
lin. lata, flosculis femineis imbricatis, demum laxis 6-12 in- 
structa, apice anguste subinde subdimidiatim mascula. Squamce 
conformes; masculce arete imbricate ; femineee deciduae. Pe¬ 
rigynium 2-jV—A- lb' 1 - longum, Vo h n - latum. Achenium con- 
forme, 1 t 3 s —jV lin. longum, -A _ tV lm. latum, oblongum, plano- 
convexiusculum, punctulatum, griseum, basi styli clavata ab- 
rupte apiculatum. Racheola linearis, viridis, achenium supe- 
rans, apice squamae rudimento apiculata, vel rarius squamam 
masculam cum staminibus exsertam ferens, subinde adest. 
472. C. remota (L.); spica elongata gracili interrupta 
pallide viridi, rachi recta vel flexuosa, e spiculis 4-10 
ovalibus basi masculis, superioribus contiguis, inferiori- 
bus plus minus remotis; bracteis inferioribus elongatis; 
stigmatibus 2 ; perigyniis elliptico-lanceolatis rostellatis, 
ore bidentato, plano-convexis superne margine serrulatis 
utrinque leviter nervatis, nervis antice convergentibus 
basi spongiosis viridibus, squama ovata vel lanceolata 
acuta mutica alba demum straminea longioribus.—C. re¬ 
mota, L. Sp. FI. 1383 ; Good. Linn. Trans. 150 ; Wahl. 
Act. 48; Willd. 239 ; Schk. f. 23 ; Kunth, 404 (excl. 
syn. Richard.)-, Eng. Bot. t. 832 ; Eng. FI. 84; Gaud. 
Agrost. 99, et Helv. 59; Koch, 869 ; Anders. 56, t. 4, 
/. 40 ; Lange, 47 ; Reich, t. 212 ; Gren. et Godr. 399 ; 
Bertol. 69 ; Biebst. 1, 384 ; 3, 614; FI. Ross. 283; 
Nees, apud Wight, 121; Gay, Sc. Nat. 10, 365 (1838); 
Steud. 200. C. axillaris, L. Sp. FI. 1382 (fide Smith). 
(Lc. ined. DCLXIX.-DCLXX. in Herb. Kew.) 
Hab. In Europa, Asia, et America septentrionali.— 
Norway to Italy. Caucasus, Ural, Altai. Himalaya, 
Boyle, Munro, Thomson. Sikkim, Dr. Hooker. Japan, 
Wright. Newfoundland, Gay. Sitcha, FI. Ross. 
