162 ME. C. B. CLABKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OF CTPEEUS. 



The narrow wing of the rhachilla is in C. Schimperianus, as in 

 C. longus, less soluble than in the Indian C. tegetum, but I doubt 

 the value of this character.] 



India Orientalis, Abyssinia et Egypt. 



India, ab Himalaya usque ad Zeylaniam, vulgaris : Almora, 

 alt. 1200 metr. (Strachey et Winterbottom n. 9, hh. Kew, 

 Mus. Brit.) ; Chumba, alt. 900 metr. (C. B. Clarke n. 23688, 

 h. Kew) ; Kumaon ( Wallich n. 3352 D, h. Calcutta) ; Nepaul 

 (Wallich, h. Kew n. 1013, h. Mus. Brit.); Sikkim, alt. 200 

 metr. (C. B. Clarke n. 10127, h. Calcutta) ; Khasia colles 

 {Hooker f. et T. Thomson, h. Kew); Soane fiumen (J. D. 

 Hooker n. 421, h. Kew) ; Bengal (Wallich nn. 3351, 3352 A, 

 h. Calcutta); Chota Nagpore (Wood n. 161, h. Calcutta; 

 C. B. Clarke n. 21184, h. Calcutta) ; alt. 600 metr. (Kurz, 

 h. Calcutta); Sarunda (Gamble n. 9103, h. Calcutta); Car- 

 natic v. Mysore (G. Thomson, h. Calcutta); Zeylania 

 (Thwaites C. P. n. 813, hh. Kew, Mus. Brit., Calcutta). 



Burma : Karen colles (Kurz n. 673, h. Calcutta). 



[Mauritius : sub nomine " Cyp. textili " introduite de Pondi- 

 cherry, h. Kew.~\ 



Abyssinia (Schimper nn. 57, 854, 1994, h. Kew) ; Nilus supe- 

 rior ( Grant, h. Kew). 



Egypt : Elephanta (Kralik, h. Kew). 



Yar. /3. arnbigua ; spiculis longis 45 mm. ; rhachilla? alis angustis 

 non solutis ; glumis longis 4 mm. et ultra. 



Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3330, exemplum alterum. 



Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3329 F (h. Kew, non h. Linn. Soc). 



Madras Peninsula ? (Heyne in h. Wall.propr. ; Wallich n. 3330, 

 h. Calcutta). 



Var. ? y. protracta ; protracta ; culmo tenui ; folio summo cum 

 culmo sequilongo ; umbella subcapitata, paucispiculosa ; spiculis 

 longis 45 mm., 50-floris. 



Culmus 3 dm. Folium angustissimum. Umbella? radii 1-3, 

 0-3 cm. longi, tenues. Spicae 4-spiculosse laxa?. 



Socotra (Balfour, h. propr.). 



Series ** Foliates, rhizomate (nisi in C. amauropus) perenni, 

 spiculis spicatis ; onmes gerontogei quaedam etiam in Ame- 

 rica repertae. 



127. C. gbactlintjx; umbella laxiuscula, simplice aut com- 

 posita; spiculis laxiuscule spicatis, divaricatis, acutis, pallidis; 



