740 OLXXII. CYPERACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Carex. 
117. C. rostrata, Stokes in With. Brit. Pl. ed. ii. 1059; spikes 3-6 
distant erect, uppermost 1 (or 2-3) male, lower fem. cylindric dense, fem. 
glumes lanceolate not aristate, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid or ellipsoid muc 
inflated thin narrowed suddenly mto short beak, nut very small. C. am- 
pullacea, Gooden. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 207 ; Kunth Enum. ii. 494; Reichb. 
Jc. Fl. Germ. viii. 31, t. 277 ; Boott Carew, iv. 156, t. 501. 
KASHMIR ; Jacquemont, alt. 10-11,000 ft., T'homson, alt. 8-13,000 ft., C. B. 
Clarke. Lagmovr; Jaeschke.—DisTnIB. Cool Northern regions. . 
Glabrous. Stoloniferous, Stems 2-3 ft., robust. Leaves often $ the stem, 4 in. 
broad, scabrous near tip. Male spike 14 by iin. Lowest fem. spike 1-1} by 3 ti 
often 3 in. distant, on a peduncle 0-4 in. Fem. glumes purple-chestnty es 
narrow pale back (in the Indian examples, often pale in the European). tric ^ 
(fertile) 4 in. long, ellipsoid, longer than glume, but many of the utricles are ovo 
more inflated (with sterile nut) shorter than glume; ribs of utricle 6- dere in 
spicuous (till the nut is taken out and the wall of utricle looked through) ; bea uch 
sterile utricles about 4 as long as utricles linear-conie, in fertile utricles n or 
shorter, shortly 2-fid with erect teeth. Mut (perfect) very small, not $ leng ib 
breadth of utricle, obovoid, dark-brown.—This Indian C. rostrata is so referred ^y 
Boott, and is conspicuous by the narrow chestnut-purple glumes imperfectly Se 
the pale (nearly white) utricles ; the beak of the front is very little split. Mr. 
says ‘it is not at all good C. ampullacea.” 
118. C. vesicaria, Linn. Sp. PI. 1388 (partly); spikes longer than 
in C. rostrata, fem. glumes ovate-lanceolate mucronate or short-aris th 
pale, utricle rather larger than in C. rostrata, beak deeply notches Wo 
2 conspicuous shining lanceolate rigid teeth (otherwise as C. ros e WI 
Kunth Enum. ii. 494; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. viii. 30, t. 276; Boott U'aret, 
iv. 162, tt. 536, 537 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 319. 
KasuwiR; Margan Pass, alt. 11,500 ft, W. S. Atkinson.—DISTBIB. Cold 
temp. N. regions. . 1 Fem. 
Male spikes 22 in., and up to 1} in. apart (in the Kashmir examp ees 
spikes up to 3 by § in. both glumes and utricles pale stramineous.— tisfactory 
collection is copious, though not fully ripe; Mr. Baker says it 1s satis 
vesicaria.” 
119. C. pseudo-cyperus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1387 ; spikes 3-7 moderately 
near together, terminal one male pale, lower fem. cylindric dense "ll soid- 
female glumes linear-oblong aristate pale, style 3-fid, utricle eip two 
lanceolate subinflated thin pale smooth strongly ribbed, beak 2-fid Io l. 
erect whitened almost prickly tecth. Kunth Enum. ii. 501; Reich Linnea, 
Germ. viii. 30, t. 275; Boott Carez, iv. 140, tt. 451, 452; Boeck. in Din 
Xl. « D 
Kasur ; alt. 6000 ft., Thomson ; Pir Punjal, alt. 11,000 ft., Levinge—D! 
Cool N. regions. 1.) in. 
Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems 23 ft. Leares often longer than stem, lsi in. 
broad, flat. Spikes 1-3 in. long, lowest 1-3 (rarely 4-6) in. distant. Utne deep y 
ultimately divaricate, green or yellowish ; beak about half as long as SC, long, 
notched, Nut ovoid, somewhat narrower than utricle, and about half as 
rown. 
STRIB. 
. ct, 
120. C. acutiformis, Ehrh. Beitr. iv. 43; spikes 3-7 distant €. 
uppermost 3-2 male chestnut-red, fem. cylindrie dense, fem. Sg in- 
elliptic-lanceolate not aristate, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid or elip short, 
flated thin obliquely ereot fuscous glabrous obscurely nerved, i Tent. ii. 
nat very small. Boeck in Linnea, xli. 289. C. spadicea, Rott 
