Kobresia.'} CLXXII. CYPERACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) 699 



Rhizome creeping, short. Leaves as long as stem, T ^ in. broad, grass-like. 

 Pa-iicle 2-4 iu. long, narrow, branches slender erect ; sometimes wholly fern., rarely 

 wholly male. Fern, spikes long, slender, with lanceolate distant spikelets ; bracteoles 

 not imbricated, style-branches conspicuous exsert. Fern, spikelets usually 1-fld., 

 sometimes an- upp'er male fl. added. Male spikelets 3-several-fld. Style linear, 

 hardly length of nut ; branches 3, linear very long. 



17. K.. curvirostris, C. B. Clarke; stems 4-6 in. slender, spikes 

 (all seen fern.) densely panicled, nut narrowly oblong, beak cylindric exsert 

 curved. Hemicarex curvata, C. B. Ctarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 384. 

 Elyna sp. n. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. T. 



SIKKIM; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Leaves as long as stem, T x ^ iu. broad. Panicle 1 by $ in. Resembling, and 

 closely allied to, K. laxa. 



Sect. 5. PSETTDOKOBRESIA. Style 2-fid. Nut flat. 



18. K. macrantha, Boeck. Gyp. Nov. i. .39 ; spike ovoid compound, 

 spikelets clustered mostly 3-5-fld. lowest flower female, glume split to base, 

 margins not overlapping. K. filifolia, G. B. Clarice in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xx. 381. Elyna filifolia, Turcz Fl. Baical. Dahur. ii. part i. 288 (from 

 descript.). 



W. TIBET; Nubra, Schlagintweit (n. 2424) and Ladak (n. 1344). DISTBIB. 

 Central Asia. 



Rhizome short. Stems caespitose, 2-7 in. Leaves many, \ length of stem, -^-TO 

 in, broad, flat; sheaths pale, not torn. Spike f by in. Bracteoles \ in., ovate- 

 obloug, obtuse, nearly flat, brown with green back. Fern, glume elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, concave, open (nowise utricle-like.) Nut -fa in., obovoid, obtuse, brown j 

 style linear, f length of nut ; branches 2, long, linear. 



28. CAREX, Linn. 



Characters of Kobresia, but utricle enclosing nut bottle-shaped, 

 mouth of its beak entire notched or shortly slit. Species 1100 throughout 

 the world, less abundant in dry or very hot regions. 



The so-called "glumes" of Caricece are not homologous with the fl. glumes of 

 Scirpece. The male spike is here considered homologous with the female spike \ 

 i.e. not as by Eichler and others who consider in G. dioica the male plant to bear a 

 simple spike, the fern, plant to bear a compound spike. 



CONSPECTUS or SECTIONS OF GAREX (exceptions omitted). 



Subgenus I. VIGNEA. Style 2-fid. 



Sect. I. Muricata. Terminal spike fern, at base, male at top. 



* Spikes short, ovoid or oblong (G. muricata, &c.) . . . sp. 1-10 . 

 ** Spikes liriear-cylindric (C. brunnea, &c.) sp. 11-14 



Sect. 2. llemota. Terminal spike male at base, fern, at top. 



* Spikes short, ovoid or oblong ( C. remota, &c.) .... sp. 15-18 

 ** Spikes liuear-cylindric (G. teres, &c.) . sp. 19-22 



Sect. 3. Vulgar es. Terminal spike wholly male (C. vulgaris, 



&c.) sp. 23-33 



