CYPERACE^. 443 



short, scarious at the top and with almost a ligule, like a 

 grass : blade slender, incurved or folded and so appear- 

 ing less than 1/16 inch wide; terminal ones slenderer 

 and shorter, with no sheath but a scarious sheathing base. 

 Spikes of ' flowers ' in a more or less compact com- 

 pound spike ; the end flowers male only, the lower ones 

 female. Anthers two, crested. Bract of the female 

 flowers with a conspicuous double green midrib produced 

 as a short or long bristle. Utricle strongly veined along 

 the edges, but without veins on the flat faces, t. 283. 



In fairly damp places, but not actually in water, often with 

 Hydrocotyle asiatica. 



Nilgiris : Ootacamund to Pykara, 6,400 feet, flowering 

 May. Fpon 2925. Pulneys : below Kodaikanal near Vilpatti ; 

 Kukal. Bourne 1211, 1435. 



Gen. Dist. Himalayas, Khasia, Sind, Western Ghats, Ceyion to Malay, 

 China and Japan. 



Carcx muricata Linn., var folios a ; KB, I. vi 703, 

 XXVIII 7 /S. Similar to C nubigena but leaves flat. 

 Compound spike I to 2 inches interrupted. Bracts usually 

 under l}4. inches. Anthers crested. Utricle smooth, 



Pulneys : below the church at Kodaikanal ; Poombari ; 

 Kukal. Bourne 1342, 141 1, etc. : not on the downs. Nilgiris : 

 Wighty probably at lower levels only. 



Carex longipes D. Don, var dissitiflora C- B- Clarke ; 

 F.BJ. vi 705, XXVIIT II y. Rhizome short. Leaves 

 nearly flat, the lowest 10 to 18 by J^ to J4 inch, upper 

 smaller : many-ribbed. Stems 6 to 20 inches, leafy. 

 Spikes lJ^to2 inches, hardly stalked in the axils of the 

 stem-leaves. Bracts about ^ inch apart, Yz inch long, 

 finely acuminate, with green many-nerved middle part 

 and hyaline margins- Utricle with its beak ^ inch, 

 sessile in the axil of each bract, many-ribbed. 



Pulneys : Gundan shola, Gundattu shola, etc., near Kodai- 

 kanal. Bourne 1210, 1465, 3101, 3104. 



