THE CARICES OF MALAYA. 3 
true affinity when he is able to cultivate it for a few seasons; 
but this does not help the arrangement of Carex in a large 
herbarium. 
I have run out this list short, and have eited (mainly) new 
synonyms only, not those which have been cited before. One 
ofthe most curious is Carex glaucescens, Elliott, a plant of the 
South-east United States, which belongs to a section that always 
has a trifid style. Boott, however, says (Carex, pp. 89°& 90) 
that it has occasionally a bifid style. The American authors 
also say it has a trifid or bifid style. I found the example with 
bifid style in herb. Boott, collected at the Isle of Pines, with a 
note by Boott that the Isle of Pines is close to Cuba. But 
this sheet was colleeted by Milne in the Isle of Pines near New 
Caledonia, and is totally unlike the American C. glaucescens, 
Elliott. In C. glaucescens the style is always trifid, in C. phacodes, 
Spreng., it is always bifid. 
CoNsPECTUS of the MALAY CAREX. 
Subgenus I. VIGNEANDRA. Style bifid. Spikes (many of 
them) female at base, male at top. 
Sect. A. BnEvIsPICX. Spikes less than 4 in. long. 
l. C. Thomsoni. 2. C. nubigena. 
Sect. B. LowarsPrcz. Spikes linear-lanceolate, an inch 
long or more. 
3. C. brunnea. 4. C. Graeffeana. 
Subgenus II. VIGNEGYNE. Style bifid. Spikes (many of 
them) male at base, female at top. 
Sect. 1. Remora. Spikes sessile, less than 2 in. long. 
5. C. alta. 6. C. remota. 
Sect. 2. Cernuz. Spikes peduncled, 1-14 in. long. 
7. C. cernua. 
Subgenus III. EUVIGNEA. Style bifid. Terminal spike wholly 
male. 
a. Female glumes muticous. 
8. C. Gaudichaudiana. 
b. Female glumes aristellate. 
9. C. phacodes. 10. C. pruinosa. 
Subgenus 1V. CARICIMIA. Style trifid. Stem with one 
spike only. 
ll. C. rara. 12. C. capillacea. 
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