158. CYPERACER. 271 
Nux ellipsoidea, trigona, apice depresso-pyramidalis, erostrata, 
cum 4 parte utriculi vix æquilata. 
Huren : Ichang (A. Henry, 3409, 3483 !), 6700 feet (E. H. 
Wilson, 1660!). Herb. Kew. 
The spikes of fruit suggested Lilliputian ropes of onions. 
5. Carex alopecuroides, D. Don, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. (1325) 
p. 382, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 43; Boott, Carez, p. 88, t. 258; 
Boeck. in Linnea, xli. (1877) p. 172. 
Carex Emodorum, Spreng. Syst. iii. p. 818. 
Carex patens, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Philom. sér. 8, vii. (1894-5) p. 90. 
Carex consocialis, Steud. Cyp. p. 222. 
Carex japonica, var. alopecuroides, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vi. p. 787. 
Heen : Patung (A. Henry, 3744!). Herb. Kew. 
Frequent in North-east India and in Japan. 
The female spikes are 1-2} in. long, but not more than 1 in. 
broad, except in the var. 8. In ripe fruit the beaks of the 
utricles are recurved. | 
Var. (3. chlorostachya, C. B. Clarke ; robustior, foliis 4-5 lin. 
latis ; spicis fructiferis usque ad 4 lin. latis. 
Carex japonica (typ.), Boott, Carex, t. 257; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 
(1877) p. 283. 
Carex chlorostachya, D. Don, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. (1825) p. 330 
(partim). 
Carex Doniana, Spreng. Syst. iii. p. 825; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 503; 
Drejer, Symb. Caricol. p. 26, t. 18. 
Carex Zollingeri, Steud. Cyp. p. 221. 
Carex japonica, var. alopecuroides, Diels, tn Engl. Bot. Jahrb, xxix. 
(1901) p. 233. 
Huren: Patung (A. Henry, 5655! E. H. Wilson, 1638, 1653 !), 
Chieneht (E. H. Wilson, 16441); SzEcHUEN : Wushan (A. Henry, 
5500 D. Mount Omei alt. 3500 feet (Faber, 1144). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
I have taken Boott’s Carex t. 257 as the “ type ” of this variety, 
i.e. it is the most strongly marked form, and it was drawn from 
Boott’s specimen of * C. Doniana, Spreng." (i. e. C. chloro- 
stachya, D. Don); but most of D. Done own C. chlorostachya 
appears to be nearer C. alopecuroides, D. Don, between which 
and my variety fj. chlorostachya I see no good line. 
