FLORA OF TIBET OR HIGH ASIA, 201 
dry gravel near the bed of a dry mountain stream. 16,300 ft., 
July 19, Deasy §& Pike, 839. 
Scirpus Caricis, Metz. Pl. Scand. Prod. p. 11: Kew Bull. 
1896, p. 215; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 660. 
Between Gunda-yaukti and Tazang, 15,400-16,000 ft., Strachey 
§ Winterbottom. Goring valley, 90° 25', 30° 12', about 
16,500 ft., Litéledale. 
Carex incurva, Liyhtf. Il. Scot. ii. p. 544, t. 24. f. 1; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 711. 
Without locality, Deasy § Pike. 
Carex Moorcroftii, Falconer, ex Boott, tn Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xx. (1851) p. 140; Boott, Jil. Gen. Carex, i. p. 9, t. 27; Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) pp. 119 et 139; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vi. p. 733, with synonymy. 
Sandy, gravelly soil, 17,600 ft., Thorold. Hill-slope two miles 
north of Murus river, 91° 31’, 35° 53’, June 21, Rockhill, With- 
out locality, Wellby 4 Malcolm, Deasy § Pike, 812. 
Moorcroft (‘ Travels,’ i. p. 293) says of this species :——“ A very 
valuable herbage occurs in the ‘ Long-ma’ or ‘ Sand-grass’ of 
Ladak, which growing on the loose sandy soil and forming an 
intricate network both on the surface and beneath it, protects 
the slender covering of the primitive substratum from being 
blown away by the strong winds that sweep the valleys, and the 
whole country from being converted into a succession of bare 
rocks and mounds of sand. The ‘ Long-ma’ rarely reaches more 
than a height of ten or twelve inches, and frequently not more 
than five or six, a considerable portion of the blade being always 
buried in the sand. The length of the root is much more con- 
siderable, and strikes so deep that it cannot be extracted entire. 
At a depth of five feet it was found little diminished in circum- 
ference, throwing off numerous lateral fibres through its whole 
course ..... It is sufficiently hardy to outlive other herbage, 
and in November, when there is nothing else on the ground, it 
is eaten by horses and yaks. The plant emits a pleasant smell, 
and has a sweet and agreeable taste, but the leaf is stiff and 
harsh with sharp edges.” (Boott, ‘ Carex,’ /ov. cit.) Flowers 
June and July. 
Carex rigida, Gooden. in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1794) i. p. 193, 
t. 22; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 711. 
Without locality, Deasy § Pike. 
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