Kobresia.] CLXXIL CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 699 
Rhizome creeping, short. Leaves as long as stem, ;'; in. broad, grass-like. 
Pavicle 2-4 in. long, narrow, branches slender erect ; sometimes wholly fem., rarely 
wholly male. Fem. spikes long, slender, with lanceolate distant spikelets ; bracteoles 
not imbricated, style-branches conspicuous exsert. Fem. spikelets usually 1-fld., 
‘ometimes an. upper male fl. added. Male spikelets 3-several-fld. Style linear, 
hardly 4 length of nut; branches 8, linear very long. 
17. K. curvirostris, C. B. Clarke; stems 4-6 in. slender, spikes 
(all seen fem.) densely panicled, nut narrowly oblong, beak cylindric exsert 
curved. Hemicarex curvata, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 884.— 
Elyna sp. n. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. T. 
SIKKIM; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Leaves as long as stem, 45 in. broad. Panicle 1 by j in.—Resembling, and 
closely allied to, K. laxa. 
Sect. 5. PsEUDOKOBRESIA. Style 2-fid. Nut flat. 
.18. K. macrantha, Boeck. Cyp. Nov. i. 39; spike ovoid compound, 
spikelets clustered mostly 3-5-fld. lowest flower female, glume split to base, 
margins not overlapping. K. filifolia, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
XX. 981. Elyna filitolia, Turez Fl. Baical. Dahur. ii. part i. 288 (from 
descript.). 
W. TIBET; Nubra, Schlagintweit (n. 2424) and Ladak (n. 1344).—DisTRIB. 
Central Asia. 
. Khizome short. Stems cæspitose, 2-7 in. Leaves many, } length of stem, 75-75 
ìn, broad, flat; sheaths pale, not torn. Spike $ by 4 in. Bracteoles 1 in., ovate- 
obloug, obtuse, nearly flat, brown with green back. Fem. glume elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse, concave, open (nowise utricle-like.) Nut de in., obovoid, obtuse, brown ; 
style linear, 2 length of nut ; branches 2, long, linear. 
98. CAREX, Linn. 
Characters of Kobresia, but utricle enclosing nut bottle-shaped, 
Mouth of its beak entire notched or shortly slit.—Species 1100 throughout 
* world, less abundant in dry or very hot regions. 
The so-called ‘‘ glumes” of Caricew are not homologous with the fl. glumes of 
Scirpee, The male spike is here considered homologous with the female spike; 
A^ not as by Eichler and others who consider in C. dioica the wale plant to bear a 
"ple spike, the fem. plant to bear a compound spike. 
Consrectus or SECTIONS OF CAREX (exceptions omitted). 
Subgenus I. Vignea. Style 2-fid. 
Sect. I. Muricate. Terminal spike fem. at base, male at top. 
* Spikes short, ovoid or oblong (C. muricata, &c.) . . 8p. 1-10 
* Spikes linear-cylindric (C. brunnea, &e.). . . . . 8p. 11-1 
Sect. 2. Remote, Terminal spike male at base, fem. at top. 15-18 
. sp. 15- 
* Spikes short, ovoid or oblong (C. remota, &c.) . . - WER 
** Spikes linear-cylindrie (C. teres, Ae), . + + + + + Sp. 19-22 
Sect. 3. Vulgares. "Terminal spike wholly male (C. vulgarts, 
&c.) . . H D D D D D . . . . H . D . DH D Sp. 23-33 
