712 OLXXIL OYPERACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [ Carez. 
: : > iedgr. 
minate glabrous striate, ripe deflexed with seta protruded. Schk. Riedgr 
32, t. Sees, fig. 110; Kunth Enum, ii, 424; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. Ka 
3, t. 196; Boott Carex, iv. 174, t. 589; Boeck. in Linnea, Wide Zeie 
Uncinia microglochin, Spreng. Syst. iii. 830; C. B. Clarke in Journ. toa, 
Soc. xx. 401. U. europea, J. Gay in Flora (1827] 28. Leptolepis , 
Boeck. Cyp. Nov. i. 31 (partly, i. e. Schlagintweit, n. 6450). 
N.W. HiwALAYA and W. TiBET, alt. 11-15,000 ft.; from the Fen: 
Thomson, to Kunawur, Jacquemont, frequent.—DisTRIB. N. Europe, Asia, 
land. 
Glabrous. Rhizome slender, very short. Stems 6-12 in., slender. Lewes searocly 
% length of stems, setaceous. Spike pale brown, in flower hard y 19, cele about 
Fem. glumes ovate, obtuse, obscurely nerved, shorter than utricle. vith entire. 
gin. (includ. exsert rigid seta often more than 4 in.); beak terete, ct, “ato a 
Nut oblong.ellipsoid, brown, about 4 utricle.—In fruit the seta un its apex is 
straight smooth yellow linear cone filling the mouth of the utric e; 2 —Uneinia 
often a curved point articulated which sometimes is a rudimentary in ` ch de- 
differs from Carez only by the hooked end of the seta, but the hoo » ot putting 
veloped in C. microglochin as it is in U. Kingii ; and the only reason or no to the 
C. microglochin into Uncinia is that the latter genus is very nearly con 
S. Hemisphere. 
. 3 3: " 
35. €. parva, Nees in Wight Contrib, 190; spike 4-i in. stre 
branches 3, utricles lanceolate acuminate long-beaked glabrous or i. 56, 
ripe deflexed with seta included. Kunth Enum. ii. 419; Boott Jae nil 
t. 418; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 98. C. macrorrhyncha, Karel, € 
in Bull. Soc. Mose. iii. [1842] 521. 
; IM 
HIMALAYA, alt. 11-12,000 ft., from Kaspar (Deosai), Winterbottom, to SIKE 
Lachen), J. D. H.—Disrris. Central Asia. . ut. 
Soe aes C. microglochin, but stouter in allits parts. Spike brown ar 
Fem. glumes ovate, acute, lower aristate, lowest, empty sometimes ae ing in the 
Utricle usually 4 in. and more (much like that of C. microglochin rec Wé carrying 
seta); beak slender terete with oblique subentire mouth. Seta sometim 
a rudimentary minutely hairy glume, but included. 
Log le- 
36. C. linearis, Boott Cares, i. 51, t. 136; spike 2-3 in. linear, io 
branches 3, utricle oblong complete glabrous nerveless beak th of beak. 
as long as nut with a slit on posticous face extending 3 lengt Soe. i. 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 36. C. Esenbeckii, Boott 1n Proc. Tt ides J. 
285, & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 133 (mainly, not of Nees). C. e ks Oo . 
Gay ms. Hemicarex sp., Benth. in Gen. Pl. iii. 1072. D. TT ock. . 
Clarke in Journ, Linn. Soc. xx, 382, chiefly (no£ Kobresia trinervis, 
Uncinia nepalensis, Nees ms. hen) 
HIMALAYA, alt, 11-14,000 ft.; from KASHMIR, Levinge, to SIKKIM (Lachen 
J, D. H. t base with 
Glabrous. Rhizome short, woody. Stems densely tufted, clothed a ]timately 
testaceous or subcastaneous sheaths becoming torn and fimbrillate ; stems 3 in sub- 
1-2 ft., in flower often only a few inches. Leaves in flower often 2 or A at base. 
sequently 1 ft., setaceous, Spike nearly always bisexual, § in. broad, E aristate 
Fem, glumes elliptic-oblong, greenish then pale brown, obtuse, lower 9 utricle, 
bract-like. — Ufricle 4 in. long, thin, passing into the beak. | Nut iocus face 0 
exactly oblong, trigonous, pale brown, one angle pressing against pos e trinervis, 
utricle.—Confounded by Boott originally with C. Esenbeckii (i.e. Kobrest his Herb. 
Boeck.), and by Bentham and myself, Boott’s figure is correct, but discussed the 
he has Kobresia trinervis still partly mixed, nor has he perhaps K trinervis 
synonymy quite satisfactorily. Most of the material is easily sorted, because A- 
