Carex.) OLXXIL CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 707 
Glabrous. Rhizome short, slender, without stolons. Stems clustered, 2 ft. 
Leaves 3 stem, 3-4 in. broad. Infl. 2-5 in., lower spikes solitary, 1 in. apart; lowest 
bract setaceous, about 1 in. long. Spikes }-}in., greenish. Utricle small, glabrous, 
often nearly smooth on margin; beak triangular, hardly notched, minutely glandular- 
scabrous, 
17. C. alta, Boott in Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 254, & in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ix, 130, & Carex, i. 59, t. 153; larger and stouter in all its parts than 
C. remota. beak of utricle strongly winged, so that utricle is widest in its 
upper half, nut small not filling utricle (otherwise as C. remota). Boeck. 
| in Linnsa, xxxix. 126. C. Brizopyrum, Kunze Suppl. 169, t. 43. 
KuasrA; Molim, alt, 5800 ft., C. B. Clarke. Muneypoor, alt. 5-6000 ft., Watt. 
—Disrrip, Java. 
Altogether resembles a large C. remota. Leaves and bracts up to 1—1 in. broad. 
Spikes often 2 in., cylindric. Utricle in outline elliptic with a short point, scabrous 
almost serrulate on the green shoulders formed by the wings of the beak, with a 
groove on the plane face below the termination of the slit of the beak. 
18. €. cooptanda, C. B. Clarke; small, leaves linear, spikes 2 
tylindrie short dense close together, upper male at base pale brown, bracts 
ardly any, style 2-branched, utricle ovoid flattened narrowed into a short 
“nical subentire beak nerveless smooth. 
Knasra Hints; Grifith. 
Glabrous. Rhizome slender, creeping, divided. Stems 6 in., slender. Leaves 
by An. Spikes 1 in. apart, upper 3 by 2 in., lower rather smaller female, Glumes 
“ Ong as utricles, ovate, obtuse, brownish with scarious margin upwards. Utricle 
is m. long, without glands; exsert part of stigmas as long as utricles.—There are 
Tee excellent specimens, exactly like each other, and very unlike any other Indian 
‘Tex, with the note of Boott on them in Herb. Hooker stating that they were 
"llected by Griffith in Assam. 
** Spikes long-cylindric or linear, lower peduncled. Glumes coloured. 
19. C. prelonga, C. B. Clarke; tall, leaves long, spikes 4-9 linear 
rodding, styles 2.fid, utricle broadly ovoid compressed nerveless smooth 
‘uddenly narrowed into a very short linear subectire beak. C. phacota, 
mnor, O. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 141. 
NIKKIM, alt. 7-9000 ft., frequent, C. B. Clarke. 
ae abrous, tufted, lower sheaths "shining, brown. Stems 2-3 ft. Leaves 18 by 
t-] in, Lowest spike 1-3 in. distant; peduncle j-3 in. long; bract overtopping 
l H. Dot sheathing. Spikes 4 by à in. terete; terminal male at base, fem. in 
middle, fem, or male (sometimes branched) at top. Fem. glumes as long as utricles, 
"leryed, green on back, black-purple on side, emarginate or acuminate, excurrent 
green tip often scabrous. Utricle i in., obovate turgid, yellow-brown, whole sar- 
bee minutely yellow-glandular-punctate ; beak exactly linear, granular-glandular, 
yoming very white when quite ripe, shortly notched ; stigmas shortly exsert. 
ut o ovoid, biconvex, very smooth, nearly filling utricle. 
Var, B angustior; stems 12-18 in. slender more scabrous, leaves scarcely j in. 
e d spikes 3-1 in. -Khasia Hills, alt, 4-6000 ft, C. B. Clarke, Burma; Shan 
ed alt. 5000 ft., Collett.—Terminal spike occasionally wholly male. TI ere are 
i16 Sikkim and 34 Khasi specimens of this species in my collection, which sh ow 
yi, ntt was right in attaching moderate importance to the sex of the termina 
62, t. 167 (excl. lower utricle) ; tall, leaves 
styles 2-fid, utricle ellipsoid compressed 
ZZ 
lon C. teres, Boot? Carer, i. 
5 Spikes 4-9 linear nodding, 
