280 158. CYPERACEX. 
KraxGsv : Shanghai(Carles, 540 D: CugkrANG (Faber, 248 b!). 
Herb. Kew. 
Assam, Tonkin, Japan. 
[C. cernua, Franchet, in Nouv. Arch. Mus. sér. 3, ix. (1897) 
p. 116, is partly = C. shimidzensis, Franch., partly = C. Prescot- 
tiana, Boott—two species hardly separable ; the terminal spike 
in both male.] 
26. Carex chinensis, Retz. Obs. ii. (1783) p. 42; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. p.517; Boott, Carex, p. 18, t. 36; Benth. FI. 
Hongk. p. 402; Boeck, in Linnea, xli. (1877) p. 231; Franch. 
in Nouv. Arch. Mus. sér. 8, ix. (1897) p. 182, x. (1898) p. 94; 
Finet et Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, sér. 3, vi. (1899) 
p. 214. 
Carex Retzii, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 128 (Retziana, p. 132). 
Fos: Kuatun Mountains (De la Touche); Hvrkn: Ichang 
(A. Henry, 35309 ; Kwanetuna: Macao (Gaudichaud! Cal- 
léry, 42, 397!); Howcxowa (Harland, 712! C. Wright, 80, 
603! Faurie, 15866! Bon, 131 !), Pie Victoria (Bodinier, 541 !). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
In this species the nut is “ apiculate,” 7. e. contracted to a very 
narrow neck below the style-base. The female glumes have 
usually long awns, but in A. Henry's 3530 they are short. 
27. Carex condensata, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 193 
partim (i. e. Royle, n. 83) 5 Boott, Carex, p. 86, tt. 247, 248; C. 
B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 716 ; Franch. in 
Nouv. Arch. Mus. sér. 3, viii. (1896) pp. 252, 260 partim; non 
Kunth. 
Carex bengalensis, Boeck. in Linnea, xl. (1876) p. 347 pro magna parte, 
Carex indica, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 123 (i. e. Royle, n. 85); non 
Linn. 
Carex cruciata, Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. sér. 3, viii. (1896) p. 253 
partim. 
- Yunnan (A. Henry, 86!), Mengtze 6000 feet (A. Henry; 
9576, 9576 A, 9576 B!), Tsangchan (Delavay, 4174!). Herb. 
Kew. 
India; common, 
28. Carex conica, Boott, in Perry, Exped. ii. (1857) p. 325; 
Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 143; Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 
