Carex.'] CLXXII. CYPEEACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 715 



Thomson, to SELANGOR, Kunstler. NICOBARS; Jelinek. DISTEIB. Cochinchina, 

 Java. 



Glabrous, except secondary panicle-branches. Rhizome coarse, woody, with 

 harsh black bristles (remains of sheaths). Stems 2-2 ft. Leaves numerous, 

 2-3 ft. by ^ in., coarse, margins scabrous, nerves very numerous strong, 2 lateral 

 prominent on upper face. Infl. 18 in. ; lower peduncles often 5 in. exsert ; bracts 

 usually as long as iufl. Spikes (young) -$ in. diam., distant, in fruit divaricate, 

 pale brown with about 6 divaricate utricles. Utricle fuscous green, obscurely 

 inflated, 20-30-nerved ; beak oblique, sometimes sparsely setose, f utricle, 

 mouth small oblique scarcely bifid. Nut ellipsoid, trigonous ; style-base somewhat 

 bulbous. This is usually recognized among this critical group by the linear pale 

 spikes and the frequent conspicuous subulate in. bracteoles at their base. C. 

 divaricata, Wall. Cat. 3533 from Saluen Eiver, very young, has been supposed to be 

 C. indica, but it wants the characteristic setaceous bracteoles. 



Var. ? |8, laetebrunnea ; spikes -| in. fine brown, male glumes scarcely aristate 

 young brown, utricles ripe brown obliquely erect not divaricate, style-base on ripe 

 nut not bulbous. C. Thwaitesi, Boott ms. (not Hance). C. bengalensis, Thw. 

 Enum. 355 (not Roxb.). C. indica (partly], Boeck. in Linncea, xl. 347 ; Boott 

 Carex, t. 251. CEYLON; Thwaites (C.P. n. 2628). ?MERGUI; Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. nu. 6135, 6137, but specimens too young for determination). 



Var. Milnel (sp.) Boott ms. ; slenderer with narrower leaves, spikes | in. 

 male part short, glumes pale strongly aristate. Carex ? Wall. Cat. 3533. Paliaug, 

 Ridley (n. 2143, a.) Borneo, New Caledonia, Polynesia. Stems 1 foot; leaves in. 

 broad ; bracteoles setaceous, less prominent than in C. indica type. 



44. C. distracta, G. B. Clarke-, leaves sub-basal very long, infl. 

 elongate of distant peduncled pyramidal thin panicles, spikes i- in. 

 linear-oblong solitary brown slenderly bracteate, fern, glumes ' truncate 

 aristate, style 3-fid. C. fissilis, Boott ms. (not Boott Carex}. 



ASSAM ; Herb. Kew. 



Habit and infl. of C. indica, Linn. Partial panicles compound but lax, spikes 

 mostly in. apart, early divaricate; bracteoles hair-like, in., inconspicuous. 

 Utricle (young) nearly glabrous. The closest affinity of this plant may not be 

 with C. indica, but it is exceedingly unlike Boott's C. fissilis from Aneiteum, of 

 which the type figured is in Herb. Boott. 



45. C. cruciata, Walil. in Xongl. Vetenslc. Acad. Stoclcli. xxiv. 149 ; 

 not of Nees] ; leaves very long, infl. elongate of distant peduncled 



pyramidal compound panicles, spikes i in. linear-oblong ferruginous 3-6- 

 nutted, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous strongly-ribbed suddenly 

 contracted into beak i f utricle. C. bengalensis, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 572 ; 

 Boott Garex, ii. 85 partim (t. 243) ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxv. 82. C. valida, Nees in Wight Contrib. 123; Kuntli Enum. ii. 513. C. 

 indica, Munro in Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 423; C. B. Clarke I.e. xv. 119, 

 in Obs. (not of Linn.). C. vacua, Boott ms. ; Boeck. in Lifaisea, xl. 343 

 (partly). 0. Bruceana, Boott ms. [cf. Boott Carex, ii. 85.] C. condensata, 

 Boott ms. (Griffith, ew distrib. n. 6049, Ac.) C. canalioulata, Boott ms. 

 Carex, Wall. Cat. 3400 B. 



alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. H., &c. BHOTAN; alt. 6000 ft., 

 KHASIA; alt. 0-5000 ft., frequent. CACHAE ; J.D.H. PERAK; alt. 3-600 ft.; 

 King's Collector. DISTRIB. China, Madagascar. 



Glabrous except the secondary panicle-branches and sometimes utricles. Hkizome 

 woody, horizontal. Stem 2-3 ft., stout. Leaves often as long as stem, f-| in. 

 broad, flat, many-striate, caudate-acuminate ; 2 lateral nerves often manifest ; 

 basal sheaths usually shining yellow-brown, rarely much fimbriate into black tough 



