900 CXLTI. Cn'EllACE.l:. 



long, yellowish -broM-n, dotted with ferruginous spots, straight or slightly- 

 curved, ovoid-lanc-eolate, trigonous, irregularly ribbed, scabrous-pilose ; 

 beak ^ the lengtb of the utricle, 2-fid. Nut J^- in. long, ellipsoid, tri- 

 gonous, verv shortly stipitate ; style about -gV ic long; stigmas very 

 short. Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 716; Boott, Carex, part 2 (18G0) p. 86, 

 tt. 247, 248. Carex indica, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. ]23 (not 

 of Linn.) ; Dalz. & Gribs. p. 288 ; Grab. Cat. p. 233. C. bengalensis, 

 Eoxb. Hort. Beug. (1814) p. 103; Boeck. in Linnsea, v. 40 (1876) 

 p. 346. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Balzell ^- Gibson. Sind : PiwwzYi.— Distrib. India 

 (Himalaya and Kliasia Hills). 



2. Carex mercarensis, Hochst. ex Sieud. Si/n. PI. C)/2'>. (1855) 

 p. 194. Vae. major, Staid. I. c. Ehizome short, hard, subtuberous ; 

 root-fibres long, stout ; stem erect, slender, 1-2 ft. high, firm, tri- 

 quetrous, smooth. Leaves shorter than the stem, i-| in. broad, linear, 

 acuminate, raultistriate and with a strong midrib. Inflorescence elon- 

 gate ; partial panicles oblong or scarcely pyramidal ; branches erect, 

 spreading ; bracts foliaceous, much longer than the panicles. Spikelets 

 |-| in. long with distant glumes, the female flowers 6-10 in the lower 

 part of the spikelet, the males very few at the apex. Female glumes 

 •i in. long, elliptic, aristate. Utricle (including beak) -^ in. long, tri- 

 gonous, straight or slightly curved, scabrous-hairy, with numerous 

 slender nerves ; beak nearly as long as the body, shortly 2-toothed or 

 sometimes entire. Nut yV— iV ii^- long, ellipsoid, acutely trigonous, 

 shortly stipitate, pale-yellow ; style as long as the nut ; stigmas X'ather 

 shorter than the style. Fl. B. t. v. 6, p. 719. C. mercarensis, Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433.— Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Woodrow, 79 ! S. M. Country : Londa, Woodrow. 

 Kanaka: Hulgi (N. Kanara), Talbot ex Woodrow. — Distkib. India (W. Teninsula). 



3. Carex speciosa, Kmith, Emim. v. 2 (1837) p. 504. Glabrous ; 

 rhizome short or long ; stems cKspitose, 1-1^ ft. long, slender, winged 

 and scaberulous at the apex below the inflorescence. Leaves sub- 

 basal, often exceeding the stem, i-§ in. wide, linear, acuminate, multi- 

 striate, flat. Peduncles radical, 6-12 in. long, surmounted by narrow 

 oblong spikes 1-1^ by ^ in. ; male flowers in the upper third of the 

 spike which is attenuated in the male portion ; female flowers at the 

 base of the spike ; bracts foliaceous, shorter or longer than the inflor- 

 escence, shortly sheathed. Glumes broadly ovate or suhorbicular, 

 obtuse or abruptly apiculate, reaching i in. long, luultistriate, all 

 green, concolorous. IJtricle reaching \ in. long, acutely trigonous, 

 multistriate, concave on the inner face, rounded on the back, the two 

 interior margins slightly w inged and ciliate ; beak J^ in, long, conical, 

 truncate, 2-fld, with ciliate margins. Nut J in. long, ellipsoid, tri- 

 gonous, with prominent angles, stipitate, pale brown with darker 

 markings, finely reticulate; style persistent, very stout, conical, thickened 

 at the base; stigmas very short. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 729 ; Boolt, Carex, 

 part 1 (185S) p. 53; Boeck. in TiinuEca, v. 40 (1876) p. 388; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1130. 

 — Flowers : Oct. 



Kanaka: Htilpi (^Mvannra), Talbo/, 22S2'.—I)ii>TiiiB. Throughout India ; Borneo. 



