274 158. CYPERACES. 
Curuir: Jehol (David). 
North and Central Asia. 
The utricle is pale, loose ; the style-branches short; the nut 
obovoid—quite distinct from C. sylvatica, Huds. 
10. Carex atrata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 976, ed. 2, p. 1387; 
Schkuhr, Riedgr. i. p. 52, ii. p. 42, t. x. fig. 77; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. ii. p. 433; Boott, Carex, p. 114, t. 262; Boeck. in Linnea, 
xl. (1876) p. 398; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 731; Franch. Pl. David. ii. p. 140, in Bull. Soc. Philom. 
Paris, sér. 8, vii. (1895) p. 36, et in Nouv. Arch. Mus. ser. 3, 
ix. (1897) pp. 146, 161; Diels, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. (1900) 
p. 231. 
SHINGKING: Changpeishan, 1000-7000 feet (James!) ; Huprn, 
6700 feet (E. H. Wilson, 1019!) ; SzECHUEN: Tachienlu (Soulié), 
Moupin (David!) ; Yunnan: Yentzehay, alt. 11,500 feet (Dela- 
vay ex Franchet), Tsangchan, alt. 13,250 feet ( Delavay, 867, 
2807). Herb. Kew. 
Cold parts of the North Hemisphere. 
The plants of James were probably collected on the Mand- 
shurian side of the frontier. 
ll. Carex baccans, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 122; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. à. p. 513; Boott, Carex, p. 83 (syn. C. curvi- 
rostri, Kunze, excl.), tt. 234-236 et 238, 239; Boeck. in Linnea, 
xl. (1876) p. 339; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 722; Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. sér. 3, viii. (1896) pp. 251, 
260; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 7288. l 
Cuina (Staunton); Formosa: Tamsui (4. Henry, 1402 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
Tonkin, India, Malaya. 
12. Carex basiflora, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. 
Folia basalia 12-16 unc. longa, usque ad 4 lin. lata. Culmi 
frutescentes 5, usque ad 4-5 unc. longi. Spice 3-4 distantes, 
terminalis mascula, fusce olivaeesz. Bractee inflorescentià bre- 
viores. Utriculus rostro incluso 2 lin. longus, in humeris sparsim 
acieulari-pilosus, globosus ; rostrum lineare eum $ parte utriculi 
equilongum, breviter 2-dentatum. Nua ellipsoidea, prava, tri- 
gona, apice pyramidata erostrata; styli basis linearis torta. 
