Carex. | CLXXII. CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 739 
227. O. Schottii, Boiss. Diagn, ser. 2, iv. 123. C. macrogyna, Turez. (not 
of Boott, cf. Turcz. Fl. Baical. Dahur. ii. 284). syn l 
N. KASHMIR to the KARAKORUM; alt. 13-15,000 ft., C. B. Clarke.— DISTRIB. 
Central Asia. 
Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems 1-2 ft., rather slender, trigonous. Leaves rarely 
1 the stem, j—4 in. broad. Spikes chestnut-purple, fem. 3 by 4 in.; lowest peduncle 
often 3-5 in. distant, exsert 2-4 in. ; bracts not overtopping infl. Fem. glumes 
chestnut with scarious edges, shorter than utricle ; keel green-yellow or concolorous. 
Utricle A in. (beak excluded), green, prominently 8-nerved ; beak 3 length of nut, 
compressed, setose-scabrous on margins. Wut filing utricle, shortly-stalked, style 
Scarcely microscopically pubescent. 
115. C. flava, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1384; spikes 3-6 approximate (or lowest 
Somewhat distant) terminal one male, lower fem. short-cylindric dense, fem. 
glumes ovate, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid subinflated ribbed glabrous flaves- 
cent suddenly narrowed into oblong linear beak. Schk. Riedgr. i. 72 and 
n. 56, t. H. fig. 36; Kunth Enum. ii. 446; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. viii. 30, t. 
273; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 299; Boeck. in Linnza, xli. 272. C. patula, Host 
Gram. Austr. i. 48, t. 64. C. CEderi, Willd. in Act. Berol. 44, t. 1, fig. 2 
(fide Kunth); Reichb. l.c. 99, t. 272. C. lepidocarpa, Tausch. ms.; Kunze 
Suppl. 52, t. 13, fig. 2; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. viii. 29, t. 272. 
. KASHMIR ; alt. 6-11,000 ft., Jacquemont, Thomson, &c.—DisTRIB. N. temp. 
regions, Tasmania (?). 
Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems caespitose, 13-20 in. Leaves often 3 length of stem, 
ZA in. broad. Spikes commonly all approximate, sessile sheath hardly any; or, if 
one spike is distant, that is peduncled in a distinct sheath (the rule throughout the 
genus). Fem. spikes commonly j-3 by 4 in., sometimes larger; often much 
smaller; beaks of ripe fruit stellately spreading or deflexed, rarely obliquely erect. 
Fem. glumes ovate, shorter than utricles, pale often yellowish, muticous or rarely 
mucronate. Utricles with 8 or 9 thick ribs about half as long as utricle; beak with 
an oblique small mouth or shortly notched. Wut not nearly filling utricle, obovoid, 
trigonous.—Boott has not touched C. flava & C. Œderi. The Indian examples show 
the same range of variation as the European; in size from 13 to 20 in., the spikes 
Varying greatly in size, the beaks of the ripe fruit spreading, or deflexed, or rarely 
obliquely erect. 
116. C. songorica, Karel. et Kiril. in Bull Soc. Mose. iii. 525 ; spikes 
3-5 distant erect, uppermost 1 (or 2) male, lower fem. cylindric dense, 
fem. glumes ovate cuspidate shorter than utricle, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid 
or ellipsoid inflated corky shining red-brown narrowed into short 2-fid beak 
sessile subtruncate at base. Boott Carex, iv. 200; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 
430. C. Gebleri, Prescott ms. ex Boott in Proc. Linn. Soc. 1.261 & in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xx. 141. C. nutans, Boeck. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 105 & 
(var, Microcarpa) in Linnea, xli. 297. . 
N. Kasumi; alt. 8-10,000 ft., C. B. Clarke,—DisTRIB. Cabul, Central Asia, 
Mandschuria. 
Glabrous. Rhizome short, horizontal, woody. Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves often i 
stems, 2, in. broad. Male spikes often pale, narrow, sometimes dark brown much 
broader (as in C. nutans, Host). Lower spikes usually nearly sessile, sheath short ; 
Sometimes peduncle 1j in., sheath $ in. Fem. spikes 1} by 3 in., or smaller. Fem. 
glumes pale or brown with green back, margins usually scarious white, Utricle 
often more than 2 in., ellipsoid (as long as in C. nutans, Host) but at com aih. 
rem ile; f beak deep, spreading curved. Nu ; ` 
d'V sessile a Wee dark brown. —1f Boeckeler be followed in 
šid, pyramidal at both ends, : : i 
reating C. songorica as a var. of nutans, Host, all the Indian (and neighbouring) 
Material will belong accurately to that zar, > 
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