Carex.| CLXXIL CYPERACE®. (C. D. Clarke.) 725 
3-fid, utricles very small ellipsoid trigonous nerveless minutely hairy, beak 
short conic. Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 385. 
MISHMEE Hits; Paen Panee (Khosha’s), Griffith (Kew Distrib. 6097). 
Glabrous. Stolons long, slender, becoming woody. Stems 6-10 in. Leares 
$ in. broad. Spikes $ by &in. Fem, glumes } in., brown-red. Utricle nearly 
white, narrowed into beak, beak included much shorter than glume. Style-branches 
3, exsert part much longer than utricle, persistent. 
*** Spikes long cylindric. Peduncles often several from one sheath. 
74. C. insignis, Boott Carex, i. 5, t. 14; cauline leaves many shorter 
than infl. narrow, their sheaths concealing nearly whole stem, infl. long 
narrow, peduncles severalor many from each sheath, spikes long linear 
lax dark green, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous nerveless nearly 
glabrous, beak conic-linear 2 utricle. Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 337. 
From East NEPAL, J. D. H., eastwards to ASSAM and the Kuasia HILLS, alt. 
8500-7000 ft., common. 
Glabrous. Stolons stout, elongate, covered by torn scales. Stems 2-3 ft., lowest 
6-12 in. covered by nearly leafless red sheaths. Leaves 6-12 by }-1 in., flat. Infl. 
often 12 by 2 in.; lower bracts similar to the leaves, not overtopping infl. Spikes 
1,-2 in. by }-} in., mostly shortly male at top, terminal one sometimes wholly male. 
Fem. glumes ovate, obtuse, cuspidate, shorter (cusp included) than utricles. Utricles 
(beak included) } in., sometimes hispid-scabrous on angles and margins of beak, 
otherwise glabrous. Nut closely filling utricle; style-base linear. 
75. C. polycephala, Boott Carex, i. 4, t. 12; leaves long, infil. elon- 
gate oblong dense, peduncles fascicled, spikes large oblong-cylindric dense 
straw-colrd., fem. glumes elliptic acute, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid 
trigonous few-nerved glabrous, beak linear as long as utricle. Boeck. in 
Linnea, xl. 333. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 7-10,000 ft., J. D. H., Ee . 
Glabrous. Rhizome stout; stolons elongate. Stems 12 18 in., robust, Leaves 
exceeding infl. 1-} in. broad. Infl. 10 by 2-3 in. Spikes numerous, solitary (many 
long-pedicelled), 3 by 1-1 in.; terminal spike (always as seen) female at base. 
ian ^ d i traw-colrd. 
em. glumes acute-triangular, scarcely mucronate, 1-nerved, bright s 
Utricles A in. (or rather more), green finally black, not inflated, nerves 6-8, suddenly 
narrowed at top; beak smooth, shortly 2-fid. Wut ellipsoid, trigonous, pyramida 
at either end, dark-brown ; style-base not dilated. 
76. C. Walkeri, Arnott ms. ex Boot? in Prov. Linn. Soc. i. 257 and 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 129, and Carex, i. 2, t. 4; leaves nearly as long as 
stem, infl. elongate narrow interrupted, peduncles fascicled, spikes long 
inear, fem. glumes oblong-obovate cuspidate, style 3-fid, utricle oblong 
trigonous attenuate at either end glabrous, beak conic-linear length o 
utricle. Tw. Enum. 335; Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 333. ` 
t Ninanir Hitts; alt. 5-7509 ft., frequent, C. B. Clarke. CeyLoN ; alt. 7000 
t., Thwai *. P. n. 2751), &c. —DISTRIB. Java. . . i 
"Glabrous. EE Leares often ł stem, }-} in. wide. Inf. 20 by WR 
in.; lowest bract often not reaching halfway to its top. „Spikes 2 by a in, dark 
rown in Ceylon examples, pale ferruginous-green m Nilghiri; termina NM Pre 
spikes often wholly male or with only lor 2 utricles at base. Weg au ^ one 
Included, shorter than utricles. Utricles 1-3 in., scabrous on riw and o ak, 
attenuated into beak, nerves not prominent. Nut oblong-ellipsoid trigonous. 
: d bracts 
77. ©. decora, Boott Carex, i. 5, t. 15; stout, leaves a ne 
long, inf. long narrow, peduncles often clustered, spikes large "incar 
