130 CLXXII. CYPERACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Carex. 
Sect. 6. ATRATE. Spikes few (1-8), terminal male at base fem. at top. 
Glumes dark-chestnut or black except keel. 
[See also C. melanantha, C. ustulata, and C. alopecuroides in the next 
section.] 
92. C. alpina, Sw. in Liljeb. Svensk. Fl. ed. ii. 26; slender, spikes 
(3-4) cuboid or short cylindric approximate short-peduncled, style 3-fid, 
utricle obovoid-ellipsoid’ trigonous granular pale obscurely nerved smoot 
or very nearly so, beak very small oblong emarginate, nut nearly filling 
utricle. Boott Carex, iii. 112 (incl. var. B infuscata, partly), tt. 356, 397, 
358; Boeck. in Linneea, xl. 394, & in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvin. 104. C. 
Vablii, Schkuhr. Riedgr. ii. 40, t. Ppp. fig. 154; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. M 
16,t. 235; Kunth Enum. ii. 431. C. infuscata, Nees in Wight Contr 
125 (partly); Kunth Enum. ii. 431. C. Lehmanni, Boott ms.; Strachey 
Cat. Pl. Kumaon, p. 73; Boott Carex, iii. 113 (partly); Duthie tn E. 1. 
Atkinson, Gaz. x. 618. 
West HIMALAYA, alt. 8-15,000 ft., from KASHMIR to KUMAON, common ; 
Sikkim; Yeumtung, alt. 15,000 ft., J. D. H—Disrris. Cold N. Hemisphere. s 
Glabrous. Rhizome short, woody, slender. Stems 4-26 in., tufted. Lew’ 
usually much shorter than stem, near its base, narrow (4.5 in.); weak, nearly Ir, : 
not rarely a node with leaf is added 1-2 in. below the infl. Spikes 3-4 by e 
often sessile in a head, lowest scarcely } in. distant; lowest rarely lin. distant, nse 
on a peduncle 4-1 in.; lowest bract usually about as long as infl. Glumes en 
è in., ovate, triangular-tipped, yellow keel very variable in width, often 0. peourely 
about A, in. yellow or ultimately pale brown, nerveless or irregularly o hort or 
few-nerved, loose subinflated bat fitting nut; oblong part of beak cylindric, § hes 3 
scarcely any, granular, quite smooth or very sparsely scabrid; style Oe ee by 
protruded part about half length of utricle.— C. Vahlii, Schkubr, referred | M my 
Boott and others, is described and figured with utricles hairy all over, ap t to C. 
opinion should be excluded. As to the W. Nepal plants referred by Boot 
Lehmannt, see remarks under that plant. 
: r 
Var. B erostrata ; Boott, l.c. 71, t. 194, fig. 2; beak of utricle 0,— PaT" 
Royle. Tibet, alt. 15,000 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom. 
Var. y gracilenta (sp.), Boott ms.; Strachey, Cat. Pl. Kumaon, p. 73; Very 
z. je l.c. 
slender, leaves scarcely A. in. broad, spikes small. Boeck. l.c. 189; Duthie 
4. 
618. C. alpina, f infuscata (partly), Boott Carex, iii. 113, t. 359 5, Boeck- 7 s 
— Kumaon, alt. 10,000 ft., Strachey A" Winterbottom (n. 20). Sikkim ; Lacer than 
11-14,000 ft., J. D. H.—Stems 2-16 in. Spikes + by 3 in., considerably #8 from 
in the usual Himalayan form (C. infuscata, (sp.) Wight), but not difera species, 
many European examples of C, a/pina. Though Boeckeler keeps this up as à 
Buott finally accepted Spach’s opinion that it is only a form of C. alpina. 
e 
93. C. Lehmanni, Drejer, Symb. Caricol. 13, t. 25 lowest ph 
sometimes 1-3 in. distant, lowest bract usually much overtopping, ina, 
spikes and utricle smaller than those of C. alpina, otherwise a8 Tat 
Sw. Strachey Cat. Pl. Kumaon, 73 ; Boott Carea, iii. 113, t 361 Contrib. 
in Linnea, xl. 395. C. infuscata, B microcarpa, Nees in Wight 
125; Kunth Enum. ii. 431.—Carex, Wall. Cat. 3381. 
. to 
HIMALAYA, alt, 11-13,500 ft.; from Kumaon, Strachey Y Winterbottom, 
Sikkim, J. D. H., frequent. ately t'i- 
Exceedingly near C. alpina, Sw. Stems sometimes rather stouter, es scarcely 
quetrous, scabrous, but not rarely slender nearly as in C. alpina. tric wer th 
Tz in., often scabrous on the shoulders, whence spikes often oblong, narro 
