of the Genus Carex. 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 ISlubigena, in allusion to the elevated regions 

 in which it grows. 



2. C. foliosa, digyna; spic4 elongate, spiculis ovato-oblongis ad- 

 pressis ; inferioribus subremotis, arillis ellipticis hrevh ro- 

 stratis bifidis margine laevibus, glumis ovatis aristatis, 

 culmo acut^ triquetro scabro, foliis planis. 

 Habitat in Nepaliae alpibus, Wallich. % . 



Radix fibrosa, densh caespitosa. Culmi erecti, foliosi, acute 

 triquetri, solidi, foliis breviores : angulis scabris. Folia 

 iinearia, plana, spithamaea v. ferb pedalia, lineam lata, 

 utrinque laetfe viridia, margine carin^que infern^ scabra, 

 apicem versus attenuata, triquetra ac asperiils denticulata. 

 Bractea setaceae, asperae, spiculis sagpfe mult6 longiores. 

 Vagina nuUae. Spica composita, bipoUicaris. Spicules 

 numerosae (12 — 16), ovato-oblongae, adpressae, sessiles. 

 Gluma ovatae, cinereae, scariosae, nitidae : 7iervo valido, vi- 

 ridi, ultra squamae ipsius apicem protenso, aristamque 

 constituente. Arilli elliptici, hrevh rostrati, squamis bre- 

 viores, margine laeves, apice bifidi. 



** Spicis distinctis, apice masculis. 



5. C. lenta, digyna; vaginis elongatis pedunculo brevioribus, 

 spicis filiformibus cernuis apice masculis, glumis ellipticis 

 acutis, arillis ovatis striatis pilosis rostratis. 

 Habitat in Nepaliae alpibus. Wallich. % . 



Radix fibrosa. Culmi erecti, bipedales, graciles, trigoni, 

 laeves. Folia erecta, Iinearia, plana, pallid^ viridia, glau- 



cescentia. 



