140 Caricis Species Nove vel minus cognite, 
Culmus bipedalis, gracilis, firmus, levis, versus apicem inter spicas superiores scabriuscu- 
lus; pars spicas gerens 6-pollicaris; basi vaginis foliorum ferrugineis laceratis tectus. 
Folia radicalia et culmum vaginantia, 1-2 lin. lata, culmum zequantia. Bractez foliacez, 
inferiores vaginatze, culmo longiores, supremz setacez ; vaginz foliorum culmi longa ; 
ligula ferruginea truncata. Spice 1-1} poll. longe, 2-3 lin. late, densiflore, basi 
attenuate, steriles; omnes ad apicem mascula, superiores approximatze sessiles, infe- 
riores remotiuscule, exserté pedunculate. Squamæ lanceolate, acuminate vel cuspi- 
date; masculine ferruginez ; foeminez nervo viridi, ad latera pallidé castanez ; in- 
fimze vacue.  Perigynium 12 lin. longum, £ lin. latum, triquetro-ellipticum, cylindrico- 
rostratum, bifidum, utrinque nervosum, pallidum, stipitatum, superné ad margines 
scabrum. Achenium stipitatum, 12 lin. longum, } lin. latum, triquetro-oblongum, fer- 
rugineum, basi styli apiculatum. | 
Affinis C. setigera, Don (C. hymenolepis, Nees), que perigyniis scabris, squamis testaceis, 
spicis supremis masculis differt. 
41. C. Moorcrortii; spicis 3-4 ovalibus congestis; terminali mascula; reli- 
quis foemineis vel apice masculis infima pedunculata lanceolato-bracteata, 
stigmatibus 3, perigyniis ovali-globosis rostratis bifidis enerviis nitidis 
glabris vel superné ad margines hispidulis pellucidé punctulatis strami- 
neis rostro purpurascente longè stipitatis squama lanceolata acuta fusco- 
purpurea apice marginibusque albo-membranacea brevioribus. 
C. Moorcroftii, Falconer, MSS. 
Hab. In India Orientali, ad ripas fluv. Indi in planitie elata Tibetaná, “ Tibet Grass of 
Moorcroft," Falconer in litt. ad Prof. Royle. 
Spithamea, czespitosa, glaberrima. Culmus gracilis, sulcatus, apice scabriusculus; pars 
spicas gerens 15-18 lin. longa. Folia 11-2 lin. lata, firma, rigida, glauco-viridia, de- 
mum flava, apice glaberrima vel scabra, culmum subzquantia. Spice 3-4, ovales vel 
oblonge, 6-9 lin. long, 3-4 lin. late, congestze, sessiles, vel infima pedunculata, eva- 
ginata, mascula longior, relique foeminez, vel superiores apice mascule. Squamz 
fusco-purpurez, apice et ad margines albo-membranacez, lanceolate, acute. Bractea 
lanceolata, spicá sud brevior. Perigynium (cum stipite 3-4 lin. longo) 13-15 lin. lon- 
gum, $—7 lin. latum, ovali-globosum, ventricosum, enervium, nisi nervis 2 marginalibus, 
ERE vel superné ad margines hispidulum, glauco-stramineum. Achenium 2 lin. 
longum, $ lin. latum, trigono-obovatum, pallidé castaneum. 
Affinis C. verna, Schk., C. conglobata, Kit. Differt spicis congestis, nunc apice masculis, 
evaginatis, bracteá abbreviatá, perigyniis enerviis, bifidis, pellucidé Apes foliis 
glauco-viridibus, demüm flavis. 
