of the Genus Carer. 327 
Scirpus, had suggested to me at first the trivial name of Scirpoi- 
des, as being applicable to it; but, as there is already another 
species to which this appellation has been given, I have proposed 
for it the name of Nubigena, in allusion to the elevated regions 
in which it grows. 
2. C. foliosa, digyna; spicà elongata, spiculis ovato-oblongis ad- 
pressis ; inferioribus subremotis, arillis ellipticis breve ro- 
stratis bifidis margine levibus, glumis ovatis aristatis, 
culmo acutè triquetro scabro, foliis planis. 
Habitat in Nepaliz alpibus. Wallich. 4. 
Radix fibrosa, dense cæspitosa. Culmi erecti, foliosi, acute 
triquetri, solidi, foliis breviores: angulis scabris. Folia 
linearia, plana, spithamæa v. ferè pedalia, lineam lata, 
utrinque lætè viridia, margine carináque inferne scabra, 
apicem versus attenuata, triquetra ac asperiüs denticulata. 
Bracteæ setaceæ, asper, spiculis sæpè multó longiores. 
Vagine nulle. Spica composita, bipollicaris. — Spicule 
numerose (12—16), ovato-oblongæ, adpressæ, sessiles. 
Glume ovate, cinereæ, scariosæ, nitidæ : nervo valido, vi- 
ridi, ultra squamæ ipsius apicem protenso, aristamque 
constituente. Arilli elliptici, brevè rostrati, squamis bre- 
viores, margine læves, apice bifidi. 
** Spicis distinctis, apice masculis. 
3. C. lenta, digyna; vaginis elongatis pedunculo brevioribus, 
spicis filiformibus cernuis apice masculis, glumis ellipticis 
acutis, arillis ovatis striatis pilosis rostratis. 
Habitat in Nepaliæ alpibus. Wallich. u. 
Radir fibrosa. Culmi erecti, bipedales, graciles, trigoni, 
leves. Folia erecta, linearia, plana, pallide viridia, glau- 
cescentia, 
