734 CLXXII. CYPERACEX. (C. D. Clarke.) [Carez. 
slender male, 2-3 subglobose female 4-10-fruited, style 3-fid, utricles rather 
large trigono-globose nerveless glabrous not inflated, beak minute linear. 
Kunth Enum. ii. 444; Reichh. Ie. Fl. Germ. viii. 25, t. 259; Strachey Cat. 
Pl. Kumaon, 73; Duthie in E. T. Atkinson Gaz. x. 618. C. glomerste 
Schkuhr Riedgr. i. 79, t. fig 41. C. Schkuhrii, Willd. Sp. Pl. a / 
Schkuhr l. en 51, t. Qqq, fig. 158. C. obesa, var. y supina, Boott Carex, 
iv. 161, t. 535; Boeck. in Linnæa, xli. 184. 
KUMAON, alt. 14-15,000 ft. ; Bugdwar, Strachey & Winterbottom (n. 17) ; Kutti 
Yangti Valley, Duthie (n. 6038).—DrsTRIB. Central Asia, Alpine Europe. | ver 
Glabrous. Stems 3-6 in. Leaves 3-6 by An in. Terminal spike 3 mb. 
slender; fem. spikes} in. in diam. Fem. glumes ovate, triangular-tipped, e scarcely 
colrd. Utricle obscurely irregularly nerved at base, suddenly contracted, Tightly 
scabrous at top, nearly filled by nut, green-yellow to pale-brown ; M n ike 
2-fid.—C. obesa Allioni (Fl. Pedemont. ii. 270) differs by its larger size, lowe n ted 
cylindrie peduncle, utricle distinctly nerved on their posticous face, more acum 
into a more definite beak. 
102. C. ustulata, Wahl. in Handl. Acad. Stockh. 156 ; middle sil 
or small spikes 2-5 approximate, terminal male or variously D SECH 
lowest nodding on slender peduncle, fem. glumes elliptic-ob ong ee 
red, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid nerveless glabrous Serge, " i 
very short scabrous beak inflated much larger than nut. Kunth TA 7 
462; Reichb. Ie. Fl. Germ. viii. 22, t. 250, fig. 615 ; Boott Carex, 1c Na 
t. 193, figs. 1,2, and t. 194, fig. 1; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 260. Fischer 
fusca, Schk. Riedgr. i. (1801), 106, t. Y fig. 82. C. coriophora, Wall. 
ms. ex Kunth l. c. 463; Strachey Cat. Pl. Kumaon, 73. C. frigida, 
ms.—Carex, Wall. Cat. 3389, A. 
HIMALAYA and TIBET, alt. 12-17,000 ft.; from the Karakorum, Thomson, 
SIKKIM, J. D. H.—DisrRIB. Cold N. Hemisphere. . called C. 
Glabrous. Rhizome creeping; scales pale. Stems 4-16 in. (taller ao f 1-3 in., 
coriophora, Fisch.). Leaves usually }-} length of stem ; a node, with a, es 1-2 in. 
often occurs 1—4 in. below the infl. Infl. 1—4 in.; lowest spike sometimes distant 
distant on peduncle 1-14 in. ; lowest bract much shorter than infl., and w e terminal 
usually sheathing. Spikes 4-3 by 1-4 in., short-cylindrie or ovoid, dense at top, oF 
spike in the Europ. and sometimes in the Himal. plants male at base fem. $ ale at 
(not rarely) wholly fem., or frequently fem. with a few males at le Utricle 
both ends fem. in the middle, or fem. at both ends male in the mi he; the nut 
about as long as glume, more or less biack-red, compressed, quite flat w ‘hort - 
does not ripen, otherwise trigonous with two marginal wings; beak very § sert from 
or distinctly emarginate. Nut stalked, small; style-branches shortly ex 
utricle. 
to 
103. C. cruenta, Nees in Wight Contrib. 198; closely allied to G 
ustulata but larger in all its parts, spikes 5-12 remote, peduncle o on, 733 
usually 3-6 in. Kunth Enum. ii. 463; Strachey Cat. PL Kuma Carex, 
Boott Carex, ii. 75, tt. 201, 202, 203; Boeck. in Linnea, xh. 261.— 
Wall. Cat. 3389, B. 
„H. 
HIMALAYA, alt. 8-15,000 ft., common; from Girarr, Giles, to SIKKIM, ^D 
— DISTRIB. Central Asia ? zo: lowest 
Stems often 2 ft. and more; infi. nearly a foot. Fem. spikes often 1 rimes 
peduncle not rarely divided, i.e. with 1-3 spikes; terminal spike (some at Sona- 
wholly male in the copious material, except a quantity collected by pipe fem. at 
murg (large typical cruenta) where the terminal spikes are all male at of C. ust 
top. Fem. glumes often mucronate. Utricle longer narrower than thos but many 
lata, less inflated, more or less red-black.—Generally easily recognized, 
