Carez.] CLXXIL CYPERAOEE, (C. B. Clarke.) 723 
by 3-4 in. (small examples occur); bracts much overtopping infl.; lowest peduncle 
usually distant, exsert; partial panicle often 2-5 by 1-2 in. Spikes lj by 4 in., 
male portion dark-red when young. Fem. glumes ovate or obovate, acute or obtuse, 
often cuspidate sometimes (even in large examples) muticous. Utricle in the fully 
developed state yo in. diam., nearly globose, wall thickened more or less succulent, 
red, nearly glabrous rarely obscurely scabrous-hairy near top; utricles in the half- 
Tipe state usually olivaceous with more prominent recurved beak. Nut ellipsoid- 
trigonous, pyramidal at both ends, black, much narrower than utricle ; style-base 
near, 
Var. ? B siccifructus ; fem. glumes 3-5-nerved close to the keel, ripe utricles 
ovoid somewhat inflated strongly many-nerved pale scabrous hairy near top, beak 
straight short bifid. C. baccans (an var. an sp. nova?) Boott Carex, t. 237.— 
Khasia; near Cherra, alt. 3500 ft., J. D. H., C. B. Clarke.— Appears nearer C. 
Myosurus, &c., than C. baccans ; the utricles get more or less red occasionally. 
68. C. Myosurus, Nees in Wight Contrib. 122; robust, leaves and 
bracts long, panicle elongate usually ample, spikes long many tailed by 
male portion, style 3-fid, utricle oblong attenuated at both ends nerved 
slightly hairy, beak short slightly notched nearly straight. Kunth Enum. 
1.507 ; Boott Carex, ii. 87, tt. 229, 230, 232 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 334. C. 
macrophylla, Hochst. ms. ex Steud. Syn. Cyp. p.207. C. æquata, Nees ms. 
—Carex, Wall. Cat. 3384 B. 
Niranmi & Porney Hiris ; alt. 5-7000 ft., common. Courtallum ; Wight. 
labrous except utricles. Rhizome stout, short. Stems 2-3 ft. Leaves otten as 
long as stem, 1-3 in. broad, scabrous, caudate. Panicle 1 foot, lax (see remarks under 
Var. 8); branches scabrous, scarcely hairy. Spikes 3 by 1 in., many male 1j in., 
Pale or more rarely deep brown. Fem. glumes ovate, often cuspidate, sometimes 
muticous, Utricle exceeds jin. in Nilghiri type, pale, much stipitate; nerves 12-15, 
hot strong. Nut narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous, stipitate, filling utricle; style-base 
Dot dilate, "T 
Var. 8 eminens (sp.), Nees in Wight Contrib. 122; utricles shorter broa er, bea 
often rather Geck Rha Kunth Le. 506. C. floribunda, Boeck. lc. 335. C. 
Myosurus, Nees l. c. 122 (Himal. pl.). C. scoparia, Wallich, ms. Carex, Wall. Cat. 
3382, 3397, 3384 A.—Throughout Himalaya, alt. 2500-7500 ft., from Kashmir to 
otan, —Varies greatly in development ; spikes sometimes 6 only, in C. b Clark e, 
n. 24,938 are 210 in the part of panicle preserved. The spikes are usually cep 
brown in the Himal, plant). The utricles are always considerably shorter (anc 
usually broader) in var. 8 than in the Nilghiri plant ; in C. eminens, Nees, the common 
Himai, plant the beak is deeply bifid; in some Sikkim and Bhotan plants (C. 
foribunda, Boeck.)the beak is not more notched than in the Nilghiri plant (t » 
utricle is much broader), In Wallich, n. 3384, A, the whole of the upper part o 
the infl, is male. , , ü deep 
Var. y r is; panicle narrow 10-15-spiked, fem. glumes muticous dee] 
brown, trice acy eral oblong ellipsoid, beak very short lightly P t 
Myosurus ? potius quam C. baccans," Boott ms.— Upper Sikkim, alt. R c 
Ratong Valley, J. D. H.—Is taken here as an extreme high level state of C. 
yosurus, Nees (forma floribunda (sp.) Boeck.). 
duncles 
69. C. prestans, C. B. Clarke; tall, very long, lower pe i 
very distant, solitary long, spikes long many of the upper wholly male or 
with 1 or 2 fem. only at base, fem. glumes elliptic-lanceolate scarcely 
: i i id trigonous 
mucronat 1 rtopping utricles, style 3-fid, utricles ovoid trig 
minutely hairy at tom. beak conic-linear } the length of utricle. C. 
yosurus, Duthie ms. 
Kumaon; alt. 7-8000 ft., Duthie (n. 6118). l 
Glabrous. Ge ft. Leaves and bracts as in C. Myosurus. Infl. 2 ft. long ; 
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