HEMICAREX AND ITS ALLIES. 383 
p. 133; Steud. Syn. Cyper. 184.—C. linearis, Boott! Carev, i. 
p. 52, t. 136.—C. vidua, Boott in Herb.— Kobresia trinervis, 
Beck. in Linnea, xxxix. p. 4. 
Culmi 3-4 dm., filiformes aut rigidi; vagine ime testaceæ. 
Folia eum eulmis subequilonga. Spice longs 5 cm., late 4 mm. 
Bractex long 5 mm., ovate, ssepe breviter aristate, pallide fuscze. 
Spicule fceminee: gluma oblonga utriculiformis, marginibus 
usque ad dimidiam longitudinem connatis, in nervis 2 lateralibus 
scabra; stylus basi anguste conieus ; floris superioris rudimentum 
gluma dimidio brevius, planum, viride, 3-nerve, marginibus sca- 
brum a gluma minuta imperfecta interdum coronatum. Nux 
(cum rostro) longa 5 mm., lineari-oblonga, obscurius reticulata ; 
rostrum conico-lineare cum nuce fere equilongum. 
Himalaya occidentalis, alt. 3500-3900 metr.: Kedarkanta 
(Jaequemont, n. 480); Gurwhal (Royle ; Strachey et Winterbottom, 
n. 19); Choor (Edgeworth); Kashmir (C. B. Clarke, nn. 28754, 
29266). Sikkim, alt. 4000 metr., Lachen (J. D. Hooker). 
2. H. Hooxznr (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1072); K. 
Hookeri (Beck. in Linnea, xxxix. p. 4): culmis tenuibus; foliis 
planis, usque ad basim in margine serrulatis ; bracteis ovatis, im- 
bricatis, femineis sspe mucronatis; nucis rostro longo, e gluma 
exserto.— K. Hookeri e£ K. seticulmis, Bock. in Linnea, xxxix. 
pp. 3, 4.—Elyna, sp. 2, Herb. Ind. Or., Hook. f. et T. Thoms.— 
Carex Esenbeckii, Herb. Ind. Or., Hook. f. et T. Thoms., non 
Kunth.—C. (melius Kobresia) mutans, Boott, MS. in Herb. 
Culmi 3-4 dm., leves (vel fide Boeck. sparse spinulosi) ; vagine 
inferiores testacem. Folia cum culmis subequilonga, 5-7-striata. 
Spies longe 5 cm., late 8 mm., fæmineæ apice tantum mascule. 
Bractew, spicule floresque fere ut in K. trinervi, sed flos foemineus 
angustior rudimento carens. Nux eum rostro longa 5 mm., 
linearis, obseurius reticulata; rostrum cylindrico-lineare, cum 
nuce fere equilongum, paullo recurvatum, glumam superans. 
Himalaya: in provincia Sikkim, alt. 3400-4000 metr., Lachen 
(J. D. Hooker), Singalelah (C. B. Clarke, n. 25648). 
3. H. pramza: pygmea; foliis canaliculato-complicatis ; 
Spicis paucifloris; bracteis ovatis obtusis vel foemineis vix mucro- 
natis; nuce subobtusa erostri.—Elyna, sp. n. 7, Herb. Ind. Or., 
Hook. f. et T. Thoms. 
Culmi 1-4 cm., rigidiusculi; vaginz inferiores testacem. Folia 
Culmis subzquilonga. Spice longe 5-8 mm. Bractex longe 
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