209 
ab E., fide Drej. — Variat culmo abbreviato foliis multo 
breviore: C. setigera in Hook. et Thoms. hb. Ind. or. 
(non Don). 
Himalaya bor. oceid., alt. 15000 ped. — Sikkim, 
alt. 10000 ped. 
328. C. breviculmis R. Br. 
Viridis v. glauca. Rhizomate brevi plerumque deuse 
caespitoso subramoso, quandoque stolonifero; eulmis plu- 
ribus 1—6 pollic. (rare 1—2 ped. alt., Boott) tenuibus 
triangulis laevibus inferne foliatis ima basi plerumque 
incrassata vaginis menibranaceis efoliatis coloratis obtee- 
tis; follis culmo longioribus Ärmis. rectis v. recurvis 1--'/, 
lin. lat. acuminatis apice triquetris acute carinafis, mar- 
ginibus subtiliter serratis subrevolutis, supra nitidulis 
subtiliss. celluloso-retieulatis; spieulis 3—4 — masculis sin- 
gulis — parvulisalbo-viriduliscontiguis v. confertis sessilibus, 
v. infima interdum remota pedunculata; bracteis foliaceis, 
infima breviter vaginata culmum superante; squamis szd- 
conformibus pallidis obovatis acutis v. aeuminatis, aut 
truncatis Aispidulo-cuspidatis, dorso trinerviis; utrieulis 
minufis squama sacpe mulfo brevioribus vix lineam lon- 
gis, pallide viridibus membranuceis ellipsoides v. orbiculato- 
ellipsoideis ore hyalino integro v. interdum bidenticulato, 
pl. m. nervatis sursum hirtellis v. setulosis; caryopsi 
arcte inclusa orbieulato -ellipsoidea obtuse triangulari 
pedicellata obtuse apiculata grosse reticulata fusca. — 
Species satis variabilis. 
€. breviculmis R. Br. Prodr. 98. — Boott, II. p. 
181. — C. Royleana N. ab E. herb. — Boott 6. t. 19. 
41, Ba. 3. Heft, 14 
