nonnullisque apice rnasculis. Squama ferruginea?, nervo pallido, inferiores Hspido-cuspidatae ; (spicarum terminalhun basis solum unius inferioris mascula sessilis adest, cetera? disrupta?.) Perigynium If lin. longum, f lin. latum, ellipticum, breve aciuniuato-rostratum, ore integro, utrinque 4-5-nervatuin, papilloso-asperatum, maeulis ferrugineis notatum, stramineo-pallidum. Acltcenium 7-9 lin. longum, f lin. latum, orbiculato-obovatiun, lenticulare, castaneum, basi styli aequali terminatum. Boott.
A C. decidua et C. Andersono spicis ferrugineis, elongatis, longe pedunculatis, nutantibus, remotis ; squamis acutis, hispido-cuspidatis ; perigyniis glabris, squama duplo brevioribus, satis distincta ! Boott.
Plate CXLV. Fig. 1, scale and stamens of male spike; fig. 2, scale and female flower; fig. 3, perigynium; fig. 4, the same cut open, showing the achsenium : — all magnified.
8. Caeex Magellanica, Lamk.; spicis 3-4 androgynis basi masculis atro-purpureis concoloribus oblongis pedunculatis nutantibus bracteatis approximate vel infima subradicab vaginata, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis suborbiculatis stipitatis rostellatis ore integro papulosis squama lanceolata apice acuminata involuta vix duplo brevioribus. Boott. C. Magellanica, Lam. Encycl. vol. iii. p. 385. Schkuhr, Caric. vol. i. p. 52. vol. ii p. 42. t. N. f. 51. Kiint/i, En. Plant, vol. ii. p. 435. C. atrata, /3. Magellanica, Vahl, Act. Hafu. 1803. (Tab. CXLIII.)
Hab. Strait of Magalliaens, Commerson; Port Famine, Capt. King; Good Success Bay, Banks and Solander.
Radix e fibris luteseente-lanatis. Culmns 6-9-poll., acute triqueter, gracilis, firmus, apice scabriusculus, filiformis, pars spicas gerens plerumque 2-2f poll, longa. Folia 1-lf lin. lata, culmo breviora vel aequantia, margine carinaque scabra. Bractea infima foliacea, culmum sequans, reUqua? angusta?, spicis suis breviores, demum setacea?, basi ligula ferruginea amplectente. Spica 6-9 lin. longa?, 5 lin. lata?, basi flosculis masculis paucis instructa?. Squama lanceolata;, acuminata?, apice involuta?, atro-purpurea?, concolores vel ad margines rufae, eximie papulosa?, dorso trinerves. Pedunculi 8-14 lin. longi, capillares, apice infra spicam clavati, scabriuscidi. Perigynium If lin. long., 1 lin. latum, suborbiculaiimi, basi productum vel latiuscule stipitatum, minime rostellatum, ore integro, obsolete vel utrinque leviter 4-5-nervatum, stramineo-pallidum, superne atro-purpureo tinetum, papillosum ; stylo persistente porrecto. Achanium lineam longum, f lin. latum, oblongo-triquetnun (uno specimine rarius 4-angulimi). Affinis C. limosa, L., et congeneribus, pra?sertim C. irrigua, Sm. Plate CXLIII. Fig. 1, scale and stamen of male spike ; fig. 2, scale and female flower; fig. 3, perigynium; fig. 4, acha?niuin : — all magnified.
9. Cap.ex Banksii, Boott ; spicis 3-5 atro-purpureis oblongis basi cuneatis crassis exserte pedunculatis nutantibus terrninali androgyna basi mascula rebquis foemineis mfkna remota, stigmatibus 3, perigyniis hyabno-tenuissimis albidis compressis nervosis late ovatis cylindraceo-rostratis ore obbquo bifido glabris squama atro-purpurea oblongo-spathulata emarginata aristata brevioribus latioribusque. Boott. (Tab. CXLII.)
Hab. Tierra del Fuego ; Good Success Bay, Banks and Solander, C. Darwin, Esq.
Culmm sesquipedalis, acute triqueter, glaber, basi foliatus, pars spicas gerens 4-7 poll, longa. Folia 2-3 lin. lata, carinata, culmo breviora, apice triquetro-acuminata, nervo marginibusque tuberculato-scabra. Bractea foliacea?, vagmantes, infima culmum suba?quans, suprema? squama?formes. Ligula elongata. Vagina 7 lin.-lf poll, longa?. Spica 3-5, omnes pedunculata?, 7-14 lin. longa?, 4-5 lin. lata?, superiores approximata?, infima intervallo 1^-4 poll, longo remota. Squama omnes atro-purpurea?, nervo pallidiori, laxiuscule imbricatae. Perigynium brevisshne stipitatum, 3f-f lin. longum, If -f lin. latum, album, tenuissimum, nervis tenuibus, rostro angusto, cylindraceo, fusco, oblique bifido. Achanium longe stipitatum, f lin. longum (cum stipite If lin. longum), lin. latum, castaneum, acute triquetrum, lateribus concavis. Boott.
