Carez.] CLXXII, CYPERACES. (C. B. Clarke.) 729 
safe to unite them. C. fragilis differs by the extreme slenderness of the infl. and 
peduncles, and by lowest bract not (or scarcely) overtopping infl, 
88. C. munipoorensis, C. B. Clarke; short, leaves and bracts 
narrow overtopping infl., spikes all fem. at base oblong solitary straw-colour 
not very numerous, lower peduncles 2-3-clustered, glumes elliptic-lanceolate 
elongate, style 3-fid, utricle oblong glabrous beaked. 
MuuIPOOR; Jopoo, alt. 9500 ft., Watt (n. 6894). 
Glabrous. Rhizome woody. Stems approximate, 6-8 in. Leaves subbasal, nu- 
merous, up to 11 in. by j in., rather tough. Infl. 8 by 1 in., a solitary long- 
peduncled spike sometimes added near base of stem. Spikes 12-14 on 1 stem, % by 
$ in., dense, Male glumes very elongate, not cuspidate ; fem. glumes similar, rather 
less elongate, shining, irregularly 3-5-nerved,  Ultricle not ripe. 
89. C. speciosa, Kunth Enum. ii. 504; leaves long, spikes 3-1 very 
remote linear fem. at base, style 3-fid, fem. glumes short ovate muticous, 
utricle ovoid-pyramidal many-striate green puberulous hardly beaked. 
Boott Carex, i. 99; Boeck. in Iinnea, xl. 388; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxv. 82. C. concolor, Nees in Wight Contrib, 125 (not R. Br.). €. 
peduncularis, Wallich ms. C. courtallensis, Nees ms.; ex. Boott Carex, i. 
32, t. 138. 
Widely distributed in INDIA. alt. 1-7000 ft. ; from Nepal to Sikkim, and Khasia 
Hills te Muneypoor; also Kajmahl, Parasnath, and Mts. of S. India.—DisTR15. 
Orneo. 
Glabrous. Rhizome woody, short, with tough fibres (remains of lower sheaths). 
Stems 1-2 ft., slender but tough. Leaves (subbasal) often exceeding stem, some- 
times scarcely } in. wide, tough, many-striate, sometimes 2 in. broad, flat. Peduneles 
Usually very short, often not exserted from sheath, but basal often 4-10 in. Jong 
(perhaps a stem); bracts like the leaves usually not overtopping infl. Spikes 1-3 in. 
Y 3 in. Fem. glume triangular-tipped, muticous, shorter then utricle. . GER 
$ in, trigonous, not inflated, mouth nearly entire. Nut oblong-obovoid, 2 utricle, 
black ; style (and its 3 branches) short, style-base scarcely dilated. 
90. C. radicalis, Boott Carez, i. 56, t. 147; leaves subradical many 
exceeding the slender stems, spikes 2-1 very remote broad ovoid 4 m. diam., 
style 3-branched, utricle ovoid many-ribbed hairy. Boeck. in Linnxa, 
Xrxix, 40, 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen, alt. 10-11,000 ft., J. D. H. . 
Glabrous, except utricle. Rhizome oblique woody. Leares 10 by To in many: 
Stems almost capillary, sometimes 2 from one sheath, sometimes with r en and 
peduncle in the middle. Spike irregular, sometimes of 2 or 3 obscurely fused into 
"hé head, pale. Fem. glumes ovate-triangular l-nerved, lower muerona ` 
ract-like sometimes 1 in. Utricle few, small, with no linear beak, dull green. 
tem narrow, 
91. C. curticeps, C. B. Clarke; leaves as long as 8 ) 
‘pikes 2-14 very long "approximate several terminal often male or with 
ew fem. at base, fem. glumes ovate usually cuspidate, style - atricio 
; in. and upwards elongate-lanceolate nerveless glabrous, bea 2 as long 
Utricle, 
Sikkim Hiwataya, alt. 10-12,000 ft., common, l 1 olin. 
Glabrous. Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves rarely "P dn than è vin p D E alto: 
ong. Fruiti spikes 2-84 in. long; glumes 3 in. apart, 3 in. . led to 
gether resembling that 4 C. decora, but sometimes } in. long.—Closely allied 
` decora, but the Zu. is uniform and very different. 
C. B. Clarke. 
