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Kobresia.] CLXXIL CYPERACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 695 
1. X. seticulmis, Boeck. in Linngæa, xxxix. 3 partly (char. reform.) ; 
stems slender 2-8 in., vernal leaves flat linear-lanceo'ate tipped, spikes 3-1 
in. linear fem. or fem. at base male at top, fem. glume deeply split, style 
3-tid, nut (including exserted beak) Je in. Hemicarex Hookeri, C. B. 
Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 383 (partly). Carex (better Kobresia) 
mutans, Boott ms.—Klyna sp. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. T. 
SIKKIM ; alt. 12-13,000 ft., Lachen Valley, at Momay, J. D. H. 
Rhizome very short, woody ; roots long, thick, tough. Stems cæspitose. Vernal 
leaves 2 by A in, summer 5-8 in., tip long-caudate, filiform, scabrous; sheath 
testaceous, becoming brown, not fimbriated. Spikes Ae in. broad; bracteoles (cor- 
responding to “glumes” of carex) rhomboid-ovate, brown, yellow on back, lower 
often more or less aristate, upper obtuse. Glume (i.e. utricle), subspathiform, at 
top obliquely truncate, with 2 green ribs; a minute rudiment of rhachilla is some- 
times within it. Nut linear-oblong, brown, as long as glume; beak j-2 length of 
nut, exsert.—Boeckeler united with K. seticulmis, filicina, and his description of 
seaculmis is mainly drawn from filicina (he had only a scrap of K. seticulmis.) 
2. K. Hookeri, Jeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 4; stems rather slender 
4-12 in., vernal leaves flat linear-lanceolate tipped, spikes (all fem. at base 
male at top but see var. B) 13-13 in. linear, narrower interrupted at base, 
fem. glume deeply split, style 3-fid, nut (including exserted beak) } in. 
Carex Esenbeckii? Boott ms. (not of Kunth). Hemicarex Hookeri, C. B. 
Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 383 (partly), t. 30, figs. 3, 4. 
SIKKIM, alt. 11-13,000 ft. ; Lachen, J. D. H.; Singale-lah, C. B. Clarke. 
Closely allied to K. seticulmis, but larger in all its parts. Leaves } in. broad ; 
Summer leaves 1 foot long caudate-tipped.—In this group, the stems in flower are 
short, surrounded by lanceolate-tipped leaves; in fruit the stems are greatly 
elongated, with long-caudate summer leaves. 
ar. P B dioica; spikes (very many seen) unisexual,—SIKKIM ; Namdee, alt. 
12,000 ft., Pantling.—Male spikes 2 by Lin, Fem. spikes 2-24 in., in two examples 
branched, These are spring examples, and may be K. Hookeri, or a new species 
allied thereto, 
3. K. angusta, C. B. Clarke; stems slender 1-5 in.,all leaves very 
narrow, spikes dioecious males short (on short stems) sublanceolate fem. (on 
elongating stems) linear-filiform interrupted at base, style 3-fid, nut nearly 
as in K. seticulmis, but beak shorter. 
SIKKIM ; Sundukphoo, alt. 12,000 ft., C. B. Clarke. . 
Vernal leaves 2 by A, in; summer leaves 4-5 iu. Male stems 1-2 in.; male 
Spikes 4-2 by il in. ; male bracteoles elliptic-lanceolate, brown, back green, edges 
Karious, Fem. stems ultimately 4-5 in. ; fem. spikes (young) 1j by 4; in. 
4 K. vaginosa, C. B. Clarke; culms 4-8 in. clothed some way up 
ly withered sheaths, leaves all filiform, spikes (mostly dicecious) | male 
near-oblong fem. linear with distant bracteoles, style 3-fid, nut linear- 
oblong, beak 4 length of nut. 
SikKiM; Lachen Valley, at Momay, alt. 15,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stems covered up to 13 their length by scarious flaccid sheaths. Leaves 2-6 
m., at base scarcely A, in. broad. Male stems about as long as female. Male 
‘Pikes 2 p 35 in. Fem. spikes (sometimes having male spikelets at top) 1 in., 
Most of the bracteoles (except a few at top) not imbricated, 
5. K. trinervis, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 548, in note; stems 2-8 
in. rather slender, summer leaves very long not long-caudate, spikes 
(usually dioecious) fem. 23 in. linear, male bracteoles elliptic-oblong obtuse 
