Kobresia.] CLXXII. CYPERACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 697 



Lower spikelets mostly 2-fld. i.e. lower fern., upper male. Nut nearly as long as 

 glume ; beak f length of nut. 



10. XL. Duthiei, C. B. Clarke', stems medium-sized rigid, spikes 

 linear dense green, style 3-fid, nut small narrowly obovoid, beak short 

 scarcely overtopping glume. 



KUMAON, alt. 11-16,000 ft, DutMe (nn. 3461, 6093, 6094) and Gurwhal (n, 

 5016). 



Stems densely csespitose, 4-8 in., striate; lower sheaths tight, not lacerate. 

 Leaves many, -f length of stem, T V in. broad, flat, tip caudate. Spikes 1 by -^ in., 

 very rigid; bracteoles -^ in. ovate, closely spindly imbricated. Spilceiets mostly 

 2-fld. upper flower male. Nut, including beak, about as long as glume ; beak \ 

 length of nut. 



11. XL. capillifolia, 0. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 378 ; 

 somewhat slender, leaves linear-setaceous, sheaths chestnut-colour some- 

 what torn, spikes linear, bracteoles obtuse erect margins scarious, style 

 3-fid, nut ellipsoid (scarcely obovoid) narrowed at top into linear style. 

 K. scirpina, BoecJc. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 104 and xix. 90. K. elata 

 and K. brunnescens, Boeck. Cyp. Nov. i. 32, 40. Elyna capillifolia, Decne. 

 in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 173, t. 174. B. spicata, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 394. 

 Elyna, sp. n. 6 ,' Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. T. 



KASHMIR to GURWHAL, alt. 10-12,000 ft., frequent, Jacquemont, T. Thomson, 

 8fc. KTTRRUM VALLEY ; alt. 12,500 ft., Aitchison. 



Stems 2-12 in. Spikes f-1 by i- in., brown chestnut-colour or yellow; 

 bracteoles in. S pikelets mostly 3-4- fld. Nut shorter than glume. Very near the 

 European K. scirpina, Willd., but is a finer plant, with a brighter thicker spike. 



12. XL. schcenoides, BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxix. 7 ; stems stout rigid, 

 leaves linear channelled incurved, sheaths shining brown very little torn, 

 spikes oblong dense, bracteoles i in. elliptic oblong obtuse, style 3-fid, 

 nut obovoid obtuse, beak small linear. AitcJi. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 

 190; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 378 (not of Headers.}. K. 

 sibirica, Boeclf. in Linntza, xxxix. 7. K. Koyleana, Senders. Tarkand 339 

 (not Trilepis Eoyleana, Nees). Elyna schcenoides, G. A. Meyer in Ledel. 

 Jfl. Alt. iv. 235 (in noie}\ Kunth Enum.. ii. 534; Strachey Cat. PI. 

 Kumaon, 73; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 394. E. Sibirica, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. 

 Imp. Hose. (1838) 103. 



HIMALAYA ; alt. 10-16,000 ft. from W. TIBET, Thomson, to SIKKIM, J". D. H. 

 DISTRIB. Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia. 



Rhizome woody, short. Stems 4-24 in., -j^-| in. diam. Leaves as long as stems, 

 to scarcely of stem, T V~ in. broad, Spikes -1 by ^ in. ; bracteole-. chaffy, loosc-ly 

 imbricated, suberect. Spikelets 1-5-fld., lowest fl. fern., or towards top of spike 

 wholly male* Nut T \ in., asby black. 



13. XL. nitens, C. B. Clarice in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 379, t. 30, fig. 7 ; 

 stems rigid, leaves linear channelled incurved, sheaths testaceous-brown 

 scarcely lacerate, spike ellipsoid dense, bracteoles \ in. ovate obtuse shining, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid obtuse, beak very short scabrous. 



WEST. HIMALAYA, alt. 12-15,000 ft. ; Kashmir, C. B. Clarke-, Kumaon and 

 Gurwhal, Duthie. 



Stems 2-10 in. Leaves overtopping stem. Spikes | by in. Bracteoles shining 

 chestnut-colour, paler on back, margins often white-scarious. Nut ^ in., very like 

 that of K. schcenoides. 



