308 158. CYPERACE®, 
This variety is frequent in the Himalaya, from Kashmir to 
Khasia. Also occurs in Java. 
Var. y. reptans, Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 3me sér., viii. 
(1896) p. 235; Diels, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. (1901) p. 230. 
SzECHUEN (Farges, 910), Mt. Omei (Faber, 1148!). Herb. 
Kew. 
In the examples seen, the rhizome is woody, obliquely descend- 
ing, about lin. preserved; in Farges 910, not seen, Franchet 
describes the rhizome as “ reptans.” 
112. Carex repanda, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
(1894) p. 720. 
Carex Wightiana, Boott, Carex, i. p. 11 partim. 
Yunnan ; Szemao Mts., 5000 feet (4. Henry, 9971 A, 11719 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
Khasia, Perak. 
Both the specimens of Henry are very young, and possibly 
represent one of the species nearly allied to C. repanda. 
118. Carex rhynchophora, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 
8me sér., vii. (1895) p. 90, et in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 3me sér., x. 
(1898) pp. 53, 97; Diels, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. (1901) 
p. 282. 
SZECHUEN : Tchenkeoutin (Farges). 
Not examined. Next C. longerostrata, C. A. Meyer, ex 
Franchet. 
114. Carex rigida, G'ooden.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. (1792) 
pp. 198-195, t. 22. fig. 10; Schkuhr, Riedgr. i. p. 56, ii. p. 25, 
t. U. fig. 71; Boeck. in Linnea, xl. (1876) p. 414 (excluding var. 
trigyna); C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 711 
(excluding C. orbicularis, Boott) ; Franch. in Bull. Soc. Philom. 
Paris, 8me sér., vii. (1895) p. 40, in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 3me Sér., 
ix. (1897) pp. 129, 159 (excluding the plants with three style- 
branches). 
Carex saxatilis, Oeder, Fl, Dan. t. 159; Schkuhr, Riedgr. i. p. 54, ii. 
p. 25, t. I. fig. 40, t. Tt. fig. 40; J. Gay, in Ann. Se. Nat. 2me sér., xi. 
(1839) pp. 187, 191. 
Carex vulgaris, var. alpina, Boott, Carex, iv. p. 167, tt. 568, 570, 572. 
SZECHUEN: Tachienlu, 9000-13,500 feet (Pratt, 738 1), Ton- 
golo (Soulié, $42)! Mus. Brit.: Herb. Kew. 
