Carex.'] CLXXII. CYPERIOE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 723 



by 3-4 in. (small examples occur) ; bracts much overtopping infl. ; lowest peduncle 

 usually distant, exsert ; partial panicle often 2-5 by 1-2 in. Spikes 1 by in., 

 male portion dark-red when young. Fern, glumes ovate or obovate, acute or obcuse, 

 often cuspidate sometimes (even in large examples) muticous. Utricle in the fully 

 developed state T ^ in. diatn., neai-ly globose, wall thickened more or less succulent, 

 red, nearly glabrous rarely obscurely scabrous-hairy near top ; utricles in the half- 

 ripe state usually olivaceous with more prominent recurved beak. Nut ellipsoid- 

 trigonous, pyramidal at both ends, black, much narrower than utricle ; style-base 

 linear. 



Var. ? ft siccifructus ; fern, glumes 3-5-nerved close to the keel, ripe utricles 

 ovoid somewhat inflated strongly many-nerved pale scabrous hairy near topjk beak 

 straight short bifid. C. baccans (an var. an sp. nova?) 'Boott Carex, t. 237. 

 Khasia; near Cherra, alt. 3500 ft., J. D. H., C. B. Clarice. Appears nearer C. 

 Myosurus, &c., than C. baccans ; the utricles get more or less red occasionally. 



68. C. IVIyosurus, Nees in Wight Contrib. 122; robust, leaves and 

 bracts long, panicle elongate usually ample, spikes long many tailed by 

 male portion, style 3-fid, utricle oblong attenuated at both ends nerved 

 slightly hairy, beak short slightly notched nearly straight. KuntJi Enum. 

 ii. 507 ; Boott Carex, ii. 87, tt. 229, 230, 232 ; Boeck. in Linncsa, xl. 334. C. 

 macrophylla, Hochst. ms. ex Steud. Syn. Gyp. p. 207. C. aequata, Nees ms. 

 Carex, Wall. Cat. 3384 B. 



NILGHIRI & PCTLNEY HILLS ; alt. 5-7000 ft., common. Courtallum ; Wight. 



Glabrous except utricles. Rhizome stout, short. Stems 23 ft. Leaves often as 

 long as stem, - in. broad, scabrous, caudate. Panicle 1 foot, lax (see remarks under 

 var. /3) ; branches scabrous, scarcely hairy. Spikes 3 by i in., many male 1^ in., 

 pale or more rarely deep brown. Fern, glumes ovate, often cuspidate, sometimes 

 muticous. Utricle exceeds | in. in Nilghiri type, pale, much stipitate; nerves 12-15, 

 not strong. Nut narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous, stipitate, filling utricle ; style-base 

 not dilate. 



Var. /8 eminens (sp.), Nees in Wight Contrib. 122 ; utricles shorter broader, beak 

 often rather deeply bifid. Kunth I.e. 506. C. floribunda, Boeck. I.e. 335. C. 

 Myosurus, Nees 1. c. 122 (Himal. pi.). C. scoparia, Wallich, ms. Carex, Wall. Cat. 

 3382, 3397, 3384 A. Throughout Himalaya, alt. 2500-7500 ft., from Kashmir to 

 Bhotan. Varies greatly in development ; spikes sometimes 6 only, in C. B. Clarke, 

 n. 24,938 are 210 in the part of panicle preserved. The spikes are usually deep- 

 brown in the Himal. plant). The utricles are always considerably shorter (and 

 usually broader) in var. ft than in the Nilghiri plant ; in C. eminens, Nees, the common 

 Himal. plant the beak is deeply bifid; in some Sikkim and Bhotan plants (C. 

 floribunda, Boeck.) the beak is not more notched than in the Nilghiri plant (the 

 utricle is much broader). In Wallich, n. 3384, A, the whole of the upper part of 

 the infl. is male. 



Var. 7 ratongensis; panicle narrow 10-15-spiked, fern, glumes muticous deep 

 brown, utricle very small oblong ellipsoid, beak very short lightly notched. " C. 

 Myosurus ? potius quam C. baccans," Boott ms. Upper Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft., 

 Ratong Valley, J.D.H. Is taken here as an extreme high level state of C. 

 Myosurus, Nees (forma floribunda (sp.) Boeck.). 



69. C. preestans, 0. B. Clarice ; tall, very long, lower peduncles 

 very distant solitary long, spikes long many of the upper wholly male or 

 with 1 or 2 fern, only at base, fern, glumes elliptic-lanceolate scarcely 

 mucronate pale overtopping utricles, style 3-fid, utricles ovoid trigonous 

 minutely hairy at top, beak conic-linear the length of utricle. 0. 

 Myosurus, Duthie ms. 



KTJMAON; alt. 7-8000 ft., Duthie (n. 6118). 



Glabrous. Stem 3 ft. Leaves and bracts as in C. Myosurus. Infl. 2 ft. lon j 



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