Carez.] CLXXIL CYPERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 715 
Thomson, to SELANGOR, Kunstler. Nicopars; Jelinek,—DISTRIB. Cochinchina, 
ava, 
Glabrous, except secondary panicle-branches, Rhizome coarse, woody, with 
harsh black bristles (remains of sheaths). Stems 2-2} ft. Leaves numerous, 
2-3 ft. by à in. coarse, margins scabrous, nerves very numerous strong, 2 lateral 
Prominent on upper face. Inf. 18 in. ; lower peduncles often 5 in. exsert; bracts 
usually as long as infl. Spikes (young) Ae in. diam., distant, in fruit divaricate, 
pale brown with about 6 divaricate utricles. Utricle fuscous green, obscurely 
Inflated, 20-30-nerved ; beak oblique, sometimes sparsely setose, 4-2 utricle, 
mouth small oblique scarcely bifid. Nut ellipsoid, trigonous; style-base somewhat 
bulbous.—This is usually recognized among this critical group by the linear pale 
spikes and the frequent conspicuous subulate i in. bracteoles at their base. C. 
divaricata, Wall. Cat, 3533 from Saluen River, very young, has been supposed to be 
C. indica, but it wants the characteristic setaceous bracteoles. 
Var. ? B, laetebrunnea ; spikes $ in. fine brown, male glumes scarcely aristate 
young brown, utricles ripe brown obliquely erect not divaricate, style-base on ripe 
nut not bulbous. ©. Thwaitesi, Boott ms. (not Hance). C. bengalensis, Zhw. 
Enum, 355 (not Roch). C. indica (partly), Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 317 ; Loott 
Carex, t. 251.—OCEYLON; Thwaites (C.P. n. 2628). ?MerGUL; Grifith (Kew 
Distrib. nn, 6135, 6137, but specimens too young for determination). 
Var. Milnei (sp.) Boott ms.; slenderer with narrower leaves, spikes }-} in. 
male part short, glumes pale strongly aristate. Carex? Wall. Cat. 3533.—Pahang, 
Ridley (n. 2143, a.) Borneo, New Caledonia, Polynesia.—Stems 1 foot; leaves } in. 
broad; bracteoles setaceous, less prominent than in C, indica type. 
44. C. distracta, C. B. Clarke; leaves sub-basal very long, infi. 
elongate of distant peduncled pyramidal thin panicles, spikes 4-3 in. 
linear-oblong solitary brown slenderly bracteate, fem. glumes truncate 
aristate, style 3-fid. C. fissilis, Boott ms. (not Boott Carex). 
Assam; Herb, Kew. . 
Habit and infil. of C. indica, Linn. Partial panicles compound but lax, spikes 
mostly 3 in. apart, early divaricate; bracteoles hair-like, 4 in., inconspicuous. 
Utricle (young) nearly glabrous.—The closest affinity of this plant may not be 
with Q. indica, but it is exceedingly unlike Boott’s C. fissilis from Aneiteum, of 
Which the type figured is in Herb. Boott. 
45. C. cruciata, Wahl. in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Stockh. xxiv. 149; 
not of Nees); leaves very long, infl. elongate of distant peduncled 
Pyramidal compound panicles, spikes i in. linear-oblong ferruginous, 3-6 
nutted, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous strongly-ribbed sud enly 
contracted into beak 1-2 utricle. C. bengalensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 572; 
Boott Carex, ii. 85 partim (t. 243); C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Boc. 
Xv. 82. C. valida, Mees in. Wight Contrib. 123; Kunth Enum. ii RA 
Indica, Munro in Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 423; C. B. Clarke Le. M Mé 
tn Obs. (not of Linn.) C. vacua, Boott ms.; Boeck. in Linnea, x de 
(partly). ©. Bruceana, Boott ms. [cf. Boott Carex, ii. 85.] C. congensata, 
Boott ms. (Griffith, Kew distrib. n. 6049, &c.) C. canaliculata, Boott ms.— 
Carex, Wall. Cat. 3400 B. 
Sikkim; alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
KHASIA ; alt. 0-5000 ft., frequent. end 
1ng $ Collector.—DisTR1B. China, Madagascar. . . " 
labrous except the secondary panicle-branches and sometimes utricles. Rhizome 
Woody, horizontal. Stem 2-3 ft., stout. Leaves often as long as stem, š Pest : 
broad, flat, many-striate, caudate-acuminate ; 2 lateral nerves often manire i 
asal sheaths usually shining yellow-brown, rarely much fimbriate iuto black toug 
BnorAN; alt. 6000 ft, Grifith. 
"PERAK; alt. 3-600 ft.; 
