736 OLXXIL OYPERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Carez. 
356 (excl. var. B); Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 277—Niteuret Hrs; alt. 7000 ft., $ 
B. Clarke, n. 11,061. CEYLON; alt. 5000 fc., Thwaites (O.P. 3198).—Stems 2- 1 
in. very slender. Leaves overtopping stem, A in. broad. Spikes shorter, r nee 
sometimes to 2-4 flowers. Uvricle wider than in C. Jackiana type, stretched tig 
on the large nut, shining not lurid, obscurely striate, base obconic, beak narrow 
minutely scabrid.—This differs a good deal from C. Jackiana, and is regar e . d 
Boeckeler (who transposed the name) as specifically different from the "pr 
species, Boott subsequently marked the plant as C. Jackiana, but be had of it only 
immature examples. 
107. C. fusiformis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 128 ; spikes 6-12 loosely 
panicled, uppermost one male, lower female iong linear lax interrip e , 
female glumes pale mucronate, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid rather i 1 
narrowed into oblong-linear beak glabrous slenderly striated. n : 
Enum. ii. 471; Strachey Cat. Pl. Kumaon, 73; Boott Carex, 1. 44, t. 111; 
Duthie in T. E. Atkinson Gaz. x. 616; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 248. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Mussoorie, Royle, n. 88; Kumaon, alt. 7000 ft., 
Strachey § Winterbottom. Sikkim; Lachen, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H. “kes often 
Glabrous. Stems 1-14 foot. Leaves 12 by } in., flat. Lower fem. sp d lames 
3—4 in. apart, peduncled, solitary, 2 in.; bracts about as long as inf. Fem. Wie 
ovate, very distant, those near middle of spike aristate. Utricle i-i In, $ no ie 
green, inconspicuously 10-nerved; beak as long as utricle, with a few mio es 
scabrous points, notched. Nut ellipsoid, filling the utricle, pale; style bra 
shortly exsert.—General appearance of C. sylvatica. 
108. C. finitima, Booft Carez, i. 44, t. 112; female glumes (from ithe 
middle of the female spike), elliptic-obtuse with a very short ae, 
point not aristate (otherwise nearly as C. fusiformis). Boeck. im Lamm» 
xli. 247. 
Beem HIMALAYA, alt. 9-12,000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 
DisrRt5. China. . 1 from 
Stems 1-3 ft. Spikes more numerous than in C. fusiformis, often severa ome- 
one sheath; terminal not rarely fem. in the middle. ^ Ufricle hardly nerved, $ 
what suddenly contracted into a long linear beak. 
Var. B attenuata; slender, leaves shorter } in. wide, spikes fewer abont 1 tro 
utricles rather smaller. —Khasia Hills, Vale of Rocks, alt. 4500 ft., C. B. more 
(n. 43,675).—Stems 8-12 in. Leaves much shorter than stems. This appears 
different from C. finitima than is C. fusiformis. 
109. C. breviscapa, C. B. Clarke; stem very short far outtopped PY 
leaves, spikes 8-14 linear greenish uppermost one male, glumes erv 
obtuse, style 3-fid, utricle broad lanceolar very angular many" A 
glabrous, nut narrow rhomboid truncate at top. C. Jackiana, Roott). 
breviculmis, Thw. Enum. 356 ; Trimen Cat. Pl. Ceylon, 104 (nof of 
CEYLON ; Ambagowa District, Thwaites (C.P. 3781.) +, tough, 
Glabrous, Stems 1-2 in., excl. of infl. 2-5 in. - Leaves 2 ft. by JN spikes; 
many-nerved. Infl. narrow ; lower peduncles 1} inch, erect, carrying der Fem. 
bracts overtopping. Fem. spikes 1 by A in.; male kA in, very slen Utricles à 
glumes much shorter than utricle, elliptic, yellowish with green back. ous, elon- 
in., green, passing gradually into conic deeply-notched beak. N ut Ae nitita 
gate-rhomboid, truncate at top, closely fitting utricle.—Much more like € 43 on the 
than Jackiana ; but the nut is distinctive, and impresses its peculiaritie 
utricle. 
der, stems 
110. C. japonica, Thunb. FI. Japon. 38; stolons long slen e male 
medium almost 3-winged, spikes about 5 close together uppermost on 
