Carex. | CLXXII. CYPERACEZ. (C. D. Clarke.) 705 
Carice. 23, t. 9; Kunth Enum. ii. 391.—Carex, Wall. Cat. 3388 (largely).—Nepat, 
Wallich. —Kept up as a species by Drejer and Nees, working with one or two pieces 
only. A good series of material shows a transition from the perfectly glabrous 
utricle (through forms with one or two marginal nerves scabrous) to the very sca- 
brous utricle ; and both Boeckeler and Boott unite the two. 
Var. y dissitiflora ; stouter with broader leaves and longer utricles, lowest peduncle 
usually very shortly exsert, spikes elongate very slender the lower utricles solitary, 
distant.—Nilghiri, alt. 6-7000 ft., Wight, C. B. Clarke. Anamallays, Beddome. 
Khasia, alt. 5-6000 ft., C. B. Clarke.—Perhaps a distinct sp., according to Drejer 
Symb. Caric. 24. Lowest peduncle often carrying 2 or 3 spikes. The Nilghiri 
plant appears a distinct species; but the Khasia series shows a complete transition 
from var. y dissitiflora to typical C. longipes. 
12. C. brunnea, Thunb. FI. Japon. 38 ; inf. long lax, lowest peduncle 
often several-spiked often 2 or more from one sheath, fem. glumes acute or 
scarcely mucronate, style 2-fid, ripe utricle brown ellipsoid much flattened 
pilose (in Indian examples) striate, beak linear, exsert portion of stigmas 
about as longas utricle. Schk. Reidgr. ii. 16, t. Xx. fig. 111; Kunth Enum. 
1. 392; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 145. C. gracilis, Br. Prodr. 242; Boott 
Carex, i. 59, tt. 154, 155, 156 [excl. syn. C. lachnosperma, Wall.]; Thw. 
Enum. 355. C. flexilis, Don Prodr. 42, not of Rudge. C. lenta, Don in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 327; Kunth l.c. 418. C. nepalensis, C. B. Clarke 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 82, not of Spreng. 
N.W. Hiwanaya, alt. 4500-6000 ft., frequent. MuNEYPoon, alt. 3750 ft., C. B. 
Clarke, Assam, Grifith. SIND, Pi»wil. Putney and Nite@nirt HILLS, alt. 
6-7000 ft., Wight, &c. CEYLON, alt. 5000 ft., Thwaites.—DisTR1B. The Mascarene 
Isles, Australia, J apan, Sandwich Islds. . 
Rhizome oblique. Stems 1-3 ft., slender. Leaves 3 stem, 1 in. broad, Cauline 
sheaths somewhat distant, lowest usually above middle of plant. Peduncles often 
Several from each sheath, lowest exsert 1-8 in., slender, nodding, sometimes bearing 
3-10 spikes. Spikes 14-2 in., slender. Male glumes obtusely triangular, reddish- 
brown. Fem. glumes ovate, apex triangular, ultimately ferruginous-brown. Utricle 
rather small, not parallel-sided, 9-15-nerved on each face, minutely hairy on nerves, 
suddenly narrowed into a beak about } utricle; beak shortly bifid, lobes erect. Nut 
Much flattened, ovoid, suddenly narrowed at top, yellow-brown, nearly filling utricle 
except beak. Style about as long as beak, slightly swollen, contracted at base; 
'anches long very brown, but much shorter tban in the two following species.— 
“mits and geographic range uncertain. In many of the non-Indian examples the 
Utricles are glabrous, or there are several peduncles even from the middle sheaths of 
e inflorescence. 
13. ©. teinogyna, Boott Carex, i. 60, t. 158; infl. long lax, peduncles 
often 2 or more from one sheath bearing 1 or few spikes, fem. glumes 
“cute often mucronate, ripe utricle brown oblong much flattened striate, 
ak linear long deeply bifid, style 2-fid branches longer than utricle. 
ech, in Linnea, xxxix. 145. 
Knasra and JaiNTEA Haze, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. . or] 
Resembling C. brunnea, Thunb., but a slenderer plant with narrower leaves. 
Utricle remarkably parallel-sided, suddenly narrowed into a linear beak nearly as 
ong as itself, many-nerved on both faces, often minutely scabrous pilose on all the 
Nerves, the minute hairs sometimes only on the margins or near the top very rarely 
""hting; lobes of beak erect. Nut oblong, filling utricle, Branches of style 2, 
very long, brown red, persistent on ripe fruit. 
l4. C. lon i Wight Contrib. 124; inf. long lax, 
` Me gicruris, Nees in Wig^ , ; ] 
Peduncles often 2 or more from one sheath bearing 1 or few spikes, fem. 
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