GRAMINE^ 121 



CAREX. 



See Vol. I p. 441. 



Carcx phacota Spreng; F.B.I, vi ;o8, XXVIII 23. 

 Spikes cylindrical about 2 by J^ inch, each on a slender 

 peduncle, the lower thicker parts of the spike of female 

 flowers, the upper thinner part of male only. Upper 

 leaves on bracts of the flower 6 to 8 inches, t. 551. 



Pulneys : 7,000 feet. Fyson 4218, 4252 ; Bourne 12 14. 



Gen. Dist. Himalayas, Khasia hills, and to South India, Ceylon, 

 Assam, Malay Islands and Japan. 



Carex filicina Nees ; Vol. I, p. & * &. A tall plant of 

 3 or 4 feet. Upper leaves 4 to lO inch acute. Spikes 

 numerous, ^ inch long each, in panicles of about 2 

 inches by I inch, peduncled in the leaf axils, the whole 

 formed a large panicles more than half the height of the 

 plant, t. 552. 



On both plateaus : Pulneys near Kodaikanal, Villpatti, etc. 

 Fyson 4253, 4129 ; Bourne 12 15. 



Gen. Dist. From Khasia hills to Tulneys and Ceylon, China and 

 Japan. 



Carex myosurus Nces\ F.B.I, vi 723, XXVIII 68. 

 Spikes about 2 inches long the upper % inch (male) dis- 

 tinctly thinner than the lower female glume or about % 

 inch awned, with three ribs down the centre, urticle not 

 longer, t. 553. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor. Fyson 6331 in light shade. These 

 hills only. 



GRAMINE/E. 



PASPALUM. 



See Vol. I p. 444. 

 See Vol. I p. 447. 



ISACHNE. 



Isachne kunthiana W. & A. ; Vol. I p. 449. A 

 slenderer plant than the next species, distinctly hairy 



