: 
CAREX. ] - CYPERACES. 371 
4. C. condensata, Nees in Wight Contrib, (1834), 123; F. B. I. 
vi, 716; Cooke, Fl. Bomb, ii, 905; Collett, Fl, Siml. 568; C. 
cruciata, Kuckenth, Pflanzenr. IV, 20, p. 265. 
Rhizome thick woody. Slems 2-3 ft. high, obtusely triquetrous 
smooth, leafy, base thickened, surrounded by the dark-brown fibrous 
remains of the sheaths. Leaves }-? in. wide, flat, the upper exceed- 
ing the inflorescence, coriaceous, margins scabrid. Panicle decom- 
_ pound, the partial panicles 14-24 in. long, pale brown, dense, the 
_ upper approximate, the lower rather remote, long peduncled ; bracts 
_ jeaf-like, bracteoles filiform, rachis hispid. Spikes }-% in. long, 
| narrowly oblong, terete, with 3-4 female and several male flowers. 
Glumes } in. long, ovate-oblong, apiculate, membranous, marked 
with red dots and streaks. Ultricle +-4 in. long, ellipsoid-trigonous, 
with a 2-fid beak 4 the length of the utricle, irregularly ribbed, scab- 
a rid-pilose. 
ehra Dun (Duthie 10,714). Distrrs.: Himalaya from Dalhousie to 
Bhotan 1-10.000 ft. common. 
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