ILLUSTRATIONS OR THE GENUS CAREX. 
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This species belongs to the group of the Laevigata. Solander, 
in his mss. in Herb.Banks, describes the male spikes, “2-3, raro 4.” 
I have never seen so many. He takes no notice of the basal male 
florets in the other spikes, a character common to several New 
Zealand species. The spikes vary in length, but from the deci¬ 
duous habit of the squamss and perigynia, many specimens, larger 
than those figured, are wholly deprived of these organs. The 
perigynia equally vary. In Hr. Hooker’s specimens they are 
occasionally only 1-^ lin. in length, while in those of Ralph, from 
"Wellington, they are 1™- long, and in one of his speci¬ 
mens there are others 4 lin. long, in the same spike with those 
of the medium length, apparently rendered morbid from some 
cause. The achenium in these is occasionally abortive, or equally 
elongated, 1^- lin. longum, lanceolatum, stylo contorto. 
484. C. villosa (Boott); spica oblonga fulvo-olivacea, e 
spiculis 3-4 subapproximatis erectis, terminal! mascula 
cylindracea peduiiculata fulva, reliquis femineis oblongis 
subcrassis evaginatis vel infima exserte peduiiculata oli- 
vaceis; bracteis culmo paulo longioribus vel brevioribus, 
infima nunc vaginata; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis lanceo- 
lato-ovatis triquetris sensim breve rostratis, ore obliquo 
bifido, laciniis scabris crebre nervatis glabris olivaceis, 
squama ovata emarginata vel acuta late cuspiclata ciliata 
fulva medio viridi nervata longioribus. — C. villosa, 'Boott 
in Perry s Kxp. 2, 327. ( Ic. ined. DCLXXXIII. in 
Herb. Kew.) 
Hab. In Japan, Dr. Morrow, Wright, Ringgold and 
Rodgers Kxp. 
Culmus l-li-pedalis, triqueter, gracilis, superne scaber, 
inferne foliatus, pilosus; pars spieigera 3 .>—5 pollices longa. 
Folia 2-3 lin. lata, culmo breviora, plana, graminea. Bractece 
1-3 lin. latao, in speciminibus spiculis femineis 2, culmo bre- 
viores, evaginatse; in altero spiculis 3, latiores, eo paulo longi- 
ores, infima vaginata. Vagina 6 lin. longa, villosa. Pedun- 
culus infimus 3-15 lin. longus, lsevis, villosus. Spicula mascula 
10-13 lin. longa, sub lineam lata; feminea 6-12 lin. longa:, 
4-5 lin. latse, a se 1-2 pollices remotse. Squama mascula ob- 
tusse, rnuticEC, ciliatse, fulvse, margine albo-hyalinse. Perigy- 
nium 2Ao-t 0 bn. longum, T 7 --l lin. latum, superne vacuum, 
glabrum. Achenium (cum basi styli persistente -,--1- lin. longa) 
1, 6 0 - lin. longum, -p- 0 — T s v lin. latum, obovatum, triquetrum, 
abrupte basi styli sequali apiculatum, pallidum, punctulatum. 
In its habit this species is like C. Gunniana 13, and in its pilose 
character like G. pilosa, Scop., but differing in the leaves of the 
culm and form of the perigynium from Scopoli’s plant. 
485. C. Vulcani (Hochstetter); spica elongata viridi- 
olivacea, e spiculis 4-5 rarius 3-6 cylindricis gracilibus 
erectis pallidis, masculis 1-2, femineis superioribus con- 
tiguis inferioribus remotis longe exserte pedunculatis, 
infima subinde composita; bracteis spiculis vel culmo 
longioribus vaginatis; stigmatibus 2-3 longis; peri¬ 
gyniis ellipticis vel obovatis lenticularibus vel plano- 
triquetris longe rostratis, rostro scabro ore hyalino bifido, 
enerviis vel antice basi obscure leviter nervatis mem- 
branaceis olivaceis demum ferrugineo-punctatis, squama 
elliptica acuminata vel cuspidata alba medio nervata 
viridi longioribus vel subsequantibus.—C. Vulcani, RIocJi. 
in Seubert, FI. Azorica, t. 3 ,/. 2; Steud. 210. C. Wat- 
soni, Boott, mss. (Ic. ined. DCLXXX1V. in Herb. Kew) 
Hab. In Ins. Pico, Payal, Watson. 
Var. /3. minor. —C. Floresiana, Hoch. 1. c. t. 3, f. 1 ; 
Steud. 210. 
Hab. In Ins. Flores, Watson. 
Culmus l-2|-pedalis, gracilis, lsevis, firmus; pars spicas 
gerens 9-18 poll, longa. Folia 1-2 lin. lata, elongata. 
Bractece inferiores vaginatfe. Vaginae 1-21 poll, longse. Pe- 
clunculi inferiores 3-8 poll, longi, scabri. Spicula mascula 
1-2 poll, longa, § lin. lata; rarius altera brevior, sessilis, con- 
tigua adest. Spicula feminea 8 lin.-2 pollices longse, lf-2 
lin. latte, infima subinde basi spicula brevi composita, basi 
laxiflora. Perigynium Wdrdr, fin. longum, Aj fin- latum, in 
eadem spica lenticulare vel piano-triquetrum, achenium arete 
vestiens, rostro cylindrico marginibus scabro. Achenium 1— 
1 T \ lin. longum, fin- latum, ellipticum lenticulare vel tri¬ 
quetrum fusco-brunneum, basi styli decidua crassiore. Stig¬ 
mata 2-3, elongata. 
Var. /3; spicis perigyniisque brevioribus. 
I am indebted to Mr. IT. Watson for specimens of this species, 
which I had proposed to name after him, in ‘ Hooker’s Journal 
of Botany,’ iii. 610, before I had met with the ‘ Elora Azorica ’ of 
Seubert. It belongs to the Sylvaticce, in the form of the peri¬ 
gynium resembling C. longipes and G. sylvatica. 
[.The following descriptions of Species, of which no drawings were prepared, complete the series of 
materials left by Dr. Boott for his ‘ Illustrations of the Genus Gar ex)- —4. D. H.] 
486. C. brachysfachys (Schrank); spica subelongata 
castaneo-viridi, e spiculis 3-5 gracilibus cylindricis pe¬ 
dunculatis, terminali mascula, reliquis femineis laxifloris 
remotis longe exserte pedunculatis nutantibus subinde 
basi compositis ; bracteis vaginatis spiculis brevioribus ; 
stigmatibus 3; perigyniis lanceolatis triquetris sensim 
in rostrum attenuatis, ore bidentato ciliato, nervatis gla¬ 
bris vel apice ad margines parce dentatis viridibus mem- 
branaceis, squama ovata subacuta vel obtusissima vel 
emarginata mucronata castanea nervo pallido subduplo 
longioribus.—C. bracliystachys, Schrank, PI. Baier. 294 
(1789); Wahl. Act. 154; Dec. FI. Fr. 3, 123; Willd. 
276; Schk. f. 58; Kunth, 467; Gaud. Agr. 170, et 
Helv. 120; Hoppe, Ic. 95; Steud. 229. C. compressa, 
Kit.-, Willd. 276. C. tenuis, Host. Gram. 51, t. 9.2; 
Koch, 883; Reich. 18, t. 241; Bertol. 115; Gren. et 
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