746 — CLXXIIL. CYPERACEZ. | (C. B. Clarke.) [Carex 
examples since Boott (collected by Duthie) are intermediate between the Sikkim and 
Kashmir. The Kashmir plant, both in the truncate glumes and utricles, is near 
C. cardiolepis, Nees, but the spikes and utricles are much slenderer. 
137. C. oligocarya, C. B. Clarke; slender, spikes 4-1 terminal 1 
male, fem. spikes peduncled with 4-1 utricles, style 3-fid, utricle obovoid- 
ellipsoid pilose suddenly narrowed into a long deeply-notched beak. 
N.W. TIBET; Dras to the Karakorum, alt. 12-13,000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 
Glabrous except utricles. Rhizome stout, horizontal. Stems 6-10 in. „Leaves 
numerous, much shorter than stem, A, in. broad, flat. Spikes ł-3 in., terminal one 
male often with a fem. close to its base or may be termed ** androgynous male at top. 
Lowest fem. spike 1-2 in. distant, on a 1-13 slender peduncle; bracts shorter than 
ifl. Fem. glumes elliptic-lanceolate, hardly mucronate, shorter than fruit. Utricle 
(beak included) 4—4 in., trigonous, about 8-ribbed, brown-green ; beak $ length of 
body. Utricle ending in two long lanceolate white glabrous teeth. Nut ellipsoid, 
trigonous, filling utricle; base of style not dilated, branches long.—The European 
and Asiatic few-utriculate species compared have all a much shorter beak than 
this, 
138, C. breviculmis, Br. Prodr. 242; slender, spikes 2-5 oblong 
rather small, terminal one male pale, fem. with 8-14 utricles, fem. glumes 
with long bristle much exceeding utricles, style 3-fid base dilated, utricle 
small ellipsoid trigonous slightly hairy, tip pyramidal. Kunth Enum. 1. 
522; Boott Carex, iv. 181; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 209. O. Royleana, Nees 
in Wight Contrib. 127; Kunth. c. 441; Boott Carex, i. 6, t. 19. C. lence 
chlora, Bunge in Petersb. Mem. Sav. Etrang. ii. 142. C. Langsdorfii, Boot 
in Trans. Linn. Koc. xx. 144. C. puberula, Boott in Perry Exped. Jap. H. 
N.-W. HiwALAYA, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Royle, &c. SIND; Pinwill, KHASIA 
Hinus, alt. 4500-6300 ft. C. B. Clarke. Munnyroor; alt. 6000 ft, W A. 
kate HirLs; alt. 7000 ft., C. B. Clarke—DisTRIB. Japan, China, Austral," 
ealand, . i 
Glabrous, except utricles. Rhizome creeping. Stems ceespitose, 416 o 
Leaves often 2 stem, 3 in. broad, flat. Spikes usually approximate, subsess by 
lowest fem. sometimes 6 in. distant on 2 in. peduncle; fem. ripe spikes 3 
&in. Style at base dilated green, sometimes forming a button as in the nuts 0 
Eleocharis, 
139. C. nemostachys, Steud. in Flora, xxix. 23 and Cyp. 218; M 
bust, stolons long, spikes 3-8 approximate long-cylindric very dens" 
terminal one male, style 3-fid, female glumes linear-caudate, utricle p 
trigonous somewhat hairy beak long conic-linear. Mig. m Ann. i n 
Lugd. Bat. ii. 150, 211; C. excurva, Boott Carex, i. 57, t. 150; Boec Thin 
Linnsa, xli. 945, C. Zollingeri, Boeck. Le, 242.— Carex 8p» Grif. i 
Notes, 86 (n. 1256). LD 
Kuasta and Jaintea Hill . 3- ft.. everywhere very common, «: . 
Hooker, &e. Garo Hitis; alt 1200 f, C. E. Clarke. — DisTRIB. China, p 
, Glabrous, except utricles. Stolon very long, stout. Stems 3-1 fv. a ns 
triquetrous scabrous. Leaves often as long as stem, $ in. broad, flat, mn 
scabrous, cutting ; sheaths often fimbriated. Male spike sometimes 4 by 
always long ; fem. spikes erect (peduncles hardly } in.) 3 by 4 in., dense, appearing 
hispid from the linear beaks Waar in all A e and the long Pong e 
style-branches. Fem. glumes from a very short triangular base, linear 28 l 
utricles, finally whitening. Utricle (beak included) about $ in—An uM? 
plant that cuts severely. 
