728 CLXXII. CYPERACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Cares. 
nearly capillary; bracts not overtopping panicle. Spikes solitary (rarely a "7 
second added) $ by jin. ; two upper male (in one case with a disjunct fem. at ae, 
ferruginous, the others fem. often shortly male at top. Fem. glumes ovate, acute, 
(lower often mucronate), pale, shorter than utriele. Utricle small, less than 4$ A 
yellow-green, obscurely nerved, setulose-scabrous at least in the upper half, granu " 
or subscabrous below ; beak shorter than utricle, setulose, scabrous, shortly notehen s 
exsert style-branches much shorter than utricle. Nut fitting the utricle, ellipsoid, 
triquetrous, brown.—Very like C. munda, Boott. 
*#*** Species of Sect. ' INDICE" not easily placed in any one of the preceding 
four subsections. 
85. C. curvata, Boott Carex, i. 2, t. 5 (non Knaf); small, leaves 
filiform, infl. compound oblong yellow dense, spikes very small ovoid d 
uutted with few males at top, utricle ellipsoid plano-convex 3-nerved, 
glabrous, beak very short oblong bifid, style 3-fid. Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxix. 110. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Tungu, alt. 12-13,000 ft., J. D. H. Pharee, Dungboo. ved 
Glabrous. Rhizome woody. Stems densely caespitose, 2-6 in., sometimes eur in, 
Leaves overtopping the short stems, often curved, edges inrolled. Zut, 14 by n in- 
lowest bract otten overtopping it. Lowest partial panicle subsessile (pedunc Se 
cluded in the short sheath), nearly 4 in. with 2-6 spikes. Spikes $ m. d 
entirely fem. Fem. glumes ovate, acute, scarcely mucronate, yellow, back E Pith 
about as long as utricle. — Utricle Ae in., sessile, almost concavo-convex, yellow, eth 
3 gre«n longitudinal bands; beak bifid, nerves of utricle running up into triate, 
Rudiment of the spicula usually present, as long as utricle, flat, green, i " tricle 
applied to the posticous face of nut, often (as observed by Boott) splitting the je has 
down.— Boott was unable to indicate the affinities of this species; Boeckeler 
placed it in the middle of Vignea ; it has several points in common with Kobresia. 
86. C. inclinis, Boott ms.; stems 4-9 in. slender 4-6-spiked, m 
much overtopping infl. narrow, spikes solitary nearly all male “4 ir. 
terminal usually fem. at base, style 3-fid, utricle narrow-ellipsol r 
gonous nearly nerveless, beak j-1 length of utricle. C. setigera, var. 
inelinis, Boott ms. f 
, Dee Himaraya; Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ft, and Lachen, alt. 12-13,000 ft. 
- D. H., &c. 
Glabrous, except minutely hairy utricles. Rhizome creeping ; stolons Con 
rather slender. Leaves numerous, 1 ft. (and upwards) by 3 in.— Out of 17 ter geng 
spikes 2 are wholly male, 15 fem. (usually only a few distant utricles) iccolate 
Spikes solitary 2 by 4 in.; mele glumes dark red. Fem. glumes ovate-lunc , 
iia 
Bowe not quite reaching beak of utricle.— Technieally near C. compost 
oott. 
87. C. fragilis, Boott Carex, i. 7, t.21; stem very slender, likes 
about as long as stem narrow, peduncles 3-6 very distant filiform, e y 
pale basal fem, distant, style 3-fid, utricle (unripe) oblong-obovoid min 
scabrous-hairy, beak linear 4-8 utricle. Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 383 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 11,000 ft.; Lachen and Lachoong, J. D. H. sely uni- 
Glabrous, except utricles. Rhizome very short, horizontal. Stems den Lowes 
seriate, 8-14 in. Leares Lin. broad, lower 1-3 in. long, upper up to 12 in. with 10 
peduncle 3-4 in., capillary, uppermost 1-2 in. Spikes sometimes 1 by $ ^t 
fems, at base; sometimes 6-8-tld., very slender the 2 or 3 basal fems. Ser few- 
glumes elliptic, 3-nerved, emarginate, often muticous, Utricle very obscu HL; the 
nerved.—Extremely like C. inclinis, collected at the same place by 
material of both being scanty, and the fruits of C. f; agus only half ripe; 
Fem. 
