COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW aUlNEA. 217 



Carex indica, var. Mxlnei, 0. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Tl. Brit. lud. vi. 715. 

 Camps Via, 3100 ft. ; VII to A^III, 3600 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrib. Malaya to Fiji. 



Carex sclerioides, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba gracilis, 45 cm. alta. Folia angusta, linearia, 35-40 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 

 scabride spinulosa. PaniculcB 3-4, ramis pubescentibus, 2-6 cm. longse, 1-2 cm. 

 latfe. Flores parvi. Glumce lanceolatte, acutae, |-1 mm. longae, pallide rufescentes. 

 Uii'icuU 2 mm. longi, ellipsoidei, longe rostrati, multiuerves, obscure triquetri, 

 flavescentes, glabri, rostro stcpius decurvo bifido ; stylus vix utriculum superans, tri- 

 lidus, ruber. Caryopsis fusca, ellipsoidea, triquetra, minute punctata, 1 mm. longa. 

 Camps VIII to XI, 4900 to 8300 ft. 



This plant is undoubtedly allied to Carex indica, var. Milnel, C. B. Clarke ( Carex Jissil Is, 

 Boott), but differs in the very much smaller, shorter beaked fruit and very small glumes, 

 the beak of the utricle being as long as the dilated portion, and usually defiexed. 



Carex breviculmis, R. Br. Prodr. 212, var. perciliata, Kiikenthal, in Engl. 

 Ptlanzenreich, H. 38, p. 469. 



Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Some of the forms are quite tall and slender; all have very hairy utricles. In 

 specimens collected at 12,500 ft. the utricles are nearly glabrous. 



Distrib. Australia. 



GRAMINE^. 



(By H. N. Ridley.) 



Paspaltjm sanguinale, Lam. 111. i. 170. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib, Cosmopolitan. 



IsACHNE AUSTRALis, R. Br. Prod. 196. 

 Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft. 

 Distrib. Malaya and Australia. 



Isachne miliacea. Roth, Nov, PI. 58. 

 Camps III to VI c, 2500 to 5500 ft. 

 A form with glabrous glumes was collected at Canoe Camp at about 150 ft. 



Var. STRiCTA, Ridl., var. nov. 



Culmi graciles, 30 cm. longi. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, remota, 3 cm. 



longa, 4 mm. lata, parce hirta, vagina pubescente, ore ciliato. Panicula 4 cm. 



longa, ramis tenuibus vix patulis. Glumce i. and ii. lanceolatse, obtusae, glabrae, 



gluma iii. glabra et iv. pubescente paullo longiores. 

 Camps III to IX, 2500 to about 4900 ft. 



