744 CLXXII. CYPERACEH. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Carex. 
Kasumir, alt, 10-15,000 ft., Thomson, frequent, C. B. Clarke. beak t 
Resembles generally C. precoz or C. pilulifera, but has an oblong died 2 
utricle ending in two scarious lanceolate teeth. Rhizome short, creeping, 1 dat 
Stems 8-16 in., slender, Leaves all nearly basal, $ length of stem, & in. broad, i at. 
Infl. usually 1-1} in. ; bracts not (or scarcely) overtopping infl, Spikes very e "Y 
nearly sessile; lowest fem. occasionally 1-14 in. distant, then shortly pedunc n 
Spikes 4-3 in., ferruginous; fem. with 8-20 utricles.  Utricle e in. long (me k 
smaller than in C. hirtella), greenish, about 8-ribbed. Nut filling utrie e, bout 
brown, oblong-ellipsoid ; style microscopically scabrous-pilose, exsert branci es aon, 
as long as utricle.—The preceding C. inanis, Kunth, is distinguished from the pre 
sp. by its very long bracts. 
131. C. hæmatostoma, Nees in Wight Contrib. 125; spikes be 10 
linear-cylindric, uppermost 3-1 male, lower fem. somewhat distant sho 
peduncled suberect, fem. glumes ovate, style 3-fid, utricle muc à Se 
pressed ovoid tip triangular-oblong deeply 2-fid hairy, nut stalked, Bott 
hairy. Kunth Enum. ii. 514; Strachey Cat. Pl. Kumaon, 13; tLe 
Carex, i. 72, t. 196; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 302. C. macrogyna, Boott l c. 
7, t. 22; Boeck. l.c. 223 (not of Turcz). 
HriMALAYA and W. TrBET ; N. Sikkim, alt. 12-17,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. en. at 
alt. 10-13,000 ft., Duthie, &c. Kunawur, alt. 7-9000 ft., Royle, &c. Nubra, 
15-17,000 ft., T'homson.—DisTRIB. Central Asia. 8-30 in. 
Glabrous, except spikes. Rhizome short; no stolons seen. Stems O- es 21 
unusually terete. Leaves 4-20 by à in., weak, flat when dry. Spikes somet e le. 
by 4 in. (or in some high-level Sikkim examples 4 by } in. few-fld.), chestnu Sc 
Fem. glumes shorter than utrácle, mucronate, dark chestnut with or without a Per 
green back, in the large Sikkim examples brown-pilose, in Royle’s pian sually 
(sometimes quite) glabrous. Utricle j-1 in., with few obscure norvon , api- 
browner upwards. Nut oblong-obovoid, trigonous, obtuse, with short oblong 
culus, 
132. C. hirtella, Drejer Symb. Caric. 21; leaves very narrow eñ 
rolled when dry, utricle ellipsoid-lanceolate very long—otherwise 5 p 
hematostoma, Nees. Boott Carew, i. 11, t. 31; Boeck. in Linnea, X. 198; 
& in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 105. C. tenuis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 1955 
Kunth Enum. ii. 516. 
KASHMIR, alt. 9-13,0(0 ft., very common. KUNAWUR, Royle. GuRWHAM, 
alt. 9-10,000 ft., Duthie (n. 62). mples 
The full form has utricles 4—4 in. long and is very marked ; but eastern as very 
have smaller utricles, and are hardly distinguishable from, C. hirtella by t without 
narrow inrolled leaves. The utricles in both species are triangular at tip Wi style 
any definite beak ; the terete stems, the much-stalked nut, and the very DS male, 
are eharacteristic of both species. The spikes in C. hirtella are (usually) $ some- 
3-2 fem. ; the glistening margins of the glumes are sometimes very prominent, 
times not more so than in C. hamatostoma and many sp. 
, istant 
133. C. cardiolepis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 127; spikes 3-5 d 
cylindric, terminal one male, fem. glumes ovate truncate mucrona erh 
backed, style 3-fid, utricles obovoid-ellipsoid trigonous scabrous | ; 
suddenly narrowed into minute oblong beak. Kunth Enum., ; Journ. 
Strachey Cat. Pl. Kumaon, 73; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 200 $7 
Linn. Soc. xviii. 105; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 409. 
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N.W. HixaLaYaA, alt, 8-11,000 ft., frequent; from Kumaon to Kash 
DISTRIB, Cabul. 
! often 
Glabrous. Stems 6-18 in., cespitose on a tough short rootstock. Ke byt in. 
nearly as long as stem, j'; in. broad, flat. Lowest fem. spike in fruit y 
