Scirpus.] CLXXIL CYPERAOEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 661 
Var. sikkimensis; stems 4-16 in., spikelets distichous, nut sessile ellipsoid, 
margins near its base thickened by large corky cells.—Sikkim ; Lachen, alt. 850) ft., 
J.D.H.—This would be an Anosporum of Boeckeler, as the nut probably germiuates 
while floating in water. 
Var. dissita (sp.), Duthie in Saharunpore Report, 1885; stem 14 in. bearing 
two long-peduncled distant spikes, spikelets densely panicled not distichous, nut 
sessile ellipsoid margins near its base thickened by large corky cells.—Kumaon ; 
Kutti, alt. 12,500 ft., Duthie. —Very unlike the ordinary S. Caricis. 
_ 19. S. rufus, Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. 193, t. 1, fig. 3; spikelets subdis- 
tichously closely spicate, bristles O or very short slender, style 2-fid, nut 
ovoid acute smooth ashy or brown. Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi 707. Schoenus 
compressus, var., Lightf. FI. Scot. 1138, t. 24, fig. 2. S. rufus, Huds. Fl. 
Angl. lo. Blysmus rufus, Link. Hort. Berol. i. 278; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
viu. 36, t. 293. 
W. TiBET, T'homson,— Europe, Centr. Asia, Canada, Chili. 
Very near S. Caricis, Retz, differing by the small bristles and the sessile nut. 
Glumes usually chestnut-black, but sometimes brown as of S. Caricís. Bristles 
usually rudimentary, smooth, sometimes nearly as long as nut and rough with 
microscopic papilli but not setulose. 
** Nearly leafless, style 3-fid. 
20. S. subcapitatus, Thw. Enum. 351; stems long slender with 
nodes only close to the base, spikelets 6-1 subcapitately spicate, style 3-fid, 
bristles 6 long, nut oblong smooth black. Boeck. in Linna, xxxvi. 
ze 
Deccan Pexinsura, Wight. Neng, Gardner. CEYLON, Thwaites, T. 
Anderson. —D1sTRIB. Sumatra, China. . , 
Glabrous. Rhizome woody, very short. Stems 8-20 in., rigid, terete, sheathed 
ouly near base. Leaves 0-} in., subulate. Bracts short; lowest 4 in., shorter than 
spike, Spikelets 1 in., many-fld., brown. Glumes ovate, acute, concave, entire not 
hotched, keel with 3 yellow nerves. Bristles very slender, much longer than nut, in 
rut somewhat lengthened, red-brown, smooth, near tips slightly thickened papillose- 
scabrous. Stamens 3; anthers crested. Style long; branches 3, long. Nut $ 
glume, regularly trigonous, exactly oblong, shortly pyramidal at base and apex, ripe 
Shortly acuminate at apex ; outermost ceils, minute, quadrate-hexagonal, nut hence 
Swooth or minutely granular.—A remarkable species, placed on account of its 
‘picate inflorescence with Blysmus to avoid making another section for it omy, 
e nut and bristles are as in the next section Sylvatice. 
Sect. 5. SyrvaTIC E. Stems tall with many leaf-bearing nodes in the 
Upper part. Panicle long; corymbs decompound, large, spreading. Bristles 
if any) undivided, more or less elongate in fruit.—Sxrpita (Genus), Opiz 
atural, Tausch. ix. 349.—Eriophori sp., Benth in Gen. PI. ii. 1052. 
?l. S. Erio ich. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 33; spikelets in clusters 
ED phorum, Mich. . Bor. 1 90; Sp d D" 
of 4-1 comose in fruit by elongate bristles, style 3-fid, nut trigonous ellip- 
*oldaeute smooth brown. Boeck. in Linnwa, xxxvi. 731. 8. W ichurai, 
"eck, l. c. 799. Eriophorum cyperinum, Linn. Sp. PI. 77; Benth. in Gen. 
‘Mi. 1052, Trichophorum cyperinum, Pers. Syn. i. 69. l 
Kasra, alt. 2500-6000 ft., common. Assam, Jenkins, E. HIMALAYA, Griffith. 
~“ISTRIB. E. Asia, N. America. . 
labrous, except pedicels. Stems 2-6 ft. Leaves up to 18 by à inch. Bracts 
Vera], often longer than inflorescence. Umbel 4-12 in. in diam. S pikelets } in, 
many fd., ellipsoid, brown. Glumes small, ovate, acute. Bristies 6-5, ultimately 
