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grounds. Mr. Menzies found it on the North -West coast of America ; ChamLsso detected it in Unala.schka ;
and Messrs. Lay and Collie in Kotzebue’s Sound. Dr. Richardson describes the srape and bracteas as reddish,
and tlie sepals as marked with a red line down the back, or wholly dull red; whence the specific name.
That Author, too, well observes, “ Herba clegantia T . borealis tota carens.” The leaves are more flaccid, and
of a duller colour, aud the flowers are almost entirely sessUe; thus bringing the involucrum close to the
flower, which, in T. borealis, is separated hy the length of the pedicel
T a b . XXIX. Tofieldia coccinea Fig. 1, Flower and b ra c teæ ;/^ . 2, Sepal and s tamen;/¿r. 3, Stamen;/^«.
4, FistU ; Jig. 5, Capsule, with the persistent withered stamens and perianth ; Jig. 6, Capsules combined ;
f y . 7, One of the capsules cut open to show the seed ; Jig. 8, Seed -.—magnijied.
O r d . X X X V I I . JU N C EÆ . Jm s .
1. Juncus castaneus. Engl. Bot. t. 900. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnæa, v. 3. p . 374-.
The specimens in this CoUection are twice or thrice as tall as those of Scotland ; two feet or more high.
1. Luzula arcuata. Meyer.—Hook, in Fl. Zjond. cum Ic. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnæa,
V . 3. p . 375.—Juncus arcuatus. Wahl. La p p .
8. L u zu la spicata. De Cand.— Cham, et ScUecht. in Linnæa, v. 3. p . 376.— Juncus
spicatus. Lin n .
3. Luzula melanocarpa. Desv.— Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnæa, v. 3. p . 374.
O e d . X X X V I I I . T Y P H A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Sparganium natans. Linn.
O r d . X X X IX . C Y P E R A C EÆ . Juss.
1. ETiophorum capitatum. Schrad.
2. Eriopliorum angustifolium. Roth.
1. Carex Gmelini.—supra, p . 118. f. 27.
2. Carex atrata. Lin n .
3. Carex saxatilis. Lin n .
4. Cavexmemhranacea; spica mascula subsolitaria, fcemineis magis minusve pedicellatis
oblongo-cylintb'aceis erectis obtusis (atro-fuscis nitidis), fructu lævi rotundato inflato breviter
acmninato bifido pedicellato, vaginis perbrevibus. Hook, in P a r r y 's 2d Toy. App. p. 406.
5. Carex cæspitosa. L in n .— Engl. Bot. t. 1507.
6. Carex stricta. L in n .— E n g l Bot. t 914.
O r d . X L . G R A M IN EÆ . Juss.
1. Alopecunis alpinus. E n g l Bot. t. 1126. Brcnvn, in P a r r y 's 1st T'oy. App. p .
clxxxiv.
1. Descliampsia brevifolia. Broicn, in P a r r y 's Isf T'cnj. A pp. p . cxci.
1. Vilfu ariindinacea; foliis planis hmceolato-lineiu-ibus, panicula patula, glmna inleriore