726 CLXXII. CYPEEACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Care*. 



purple-red, several terminal frequently wholly male, fern, glumes ovate 

 obtuse or retuse, style 3-fid, utricles long narrow-ellipsoid trigonous nerve- 

 less glabrous, -beak utricle. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 338. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 9-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c., abundant. 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody ; lateral shoots strong. Stems 2-3 ft. Leaves often 

 overtopping infl., ^- in. broad, coarse. Infl. 18 by 3 in.; lower peduncles some- 

 times 8 in. exsert, 6 in. long, 5-spiked. Terminal spike with a few fern, at base, or 

 sometimes 6-10 top spikes wholly male 1 by T J y in. Fern, glumes - in., dark-red, 

 scarious-edged, lower often distant. Style long, base conic, branches 3 long. 

 Utricles -i in., attenuate at both ends, greenish, not inflated ; beak conic-linear, 

 often minutely scabrous, teeth 2 long linear. Varies greatly in size of glumes and 

 utricles ; a large form with utricles more than in. long and clusters of wholly 

 male spikes has been taken for a distinct species. 



78. C. arridens, C. B. Clarke ; robust, leaves overtopping stem, infl. 

 elongate, peduncles 2-1 from each sheath bearing many spikes, spikes 

 linear-lanceolate dark-red with few fern, at base or wholly male, style 3-fid, 

 utricle ovoid trigonous nerveless hairy, beak linear hairy longer than 

 utricle. 



PEGU ; Nattoung, alt. 4000 ft., Kurz. PEEAK ; alt. 3000 ft., Kunstler. 



Glabrous, except utricles. Rhizome oblique, woody, stout. Stem 18 in. Leaves 

 (subbasal) numerous, ^ in. broad, coarse, strongly striate. Infl. 12 by 2 in ; lower 

 peduncles distant, exsert 2 in., stout, erect. Spikes ^-f in., rather stout. Male 

 glumes oblong-obovate, obtuse, scarcely mucronate, red-brown with scarious margin. 

 Fern, glumes ovate, acuminate, scarcely mucronate, much shorter than utricles (beak 

 included). Utricle covered with golden hairs in upper part suddenly narrowed into 

 beak, beak slender 2 -fid into two large lips. Nut ellipsoid, trigonous, pyramidal at 

 both ends, dark-brown, style-base linear. C. diraricata, Wall. Cat. 3533 from 

 Saluen is very young; it may be this. 



79. C. Daltonij Boott Carex, i. 5, t. 16 ; large, leaves long, infl. long 

 compound peduncles clustered, spikes linear, fern, glumes cuspidate, style 

 3-fid, utricle small narrow ellipsoid trigonous nerveless hairy, beak oblong- 

 linear | the length of utricle. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 331. C. crassipes, 

 Boeck. I. c. 329. 



UPPEE SIKKIM ; alt. 7-10,000 ft., J. D. H., Pantling. BHOTAN; Griffith. 



Glabrous. No stolons seen. Stems 2-2| ft., stout; lower sheaths horny, yellow 

 or chestnut-colour, grooved. Leaves many, overtopping the stem, in. broad, stout, 

 striate. Infl. 18 in. by 6 ; peduncles in lowest sheath sometimes 6-20, 7 in. long, 

 slender. Spikes 2 by i in., chestnut or pale-yellow or intermediate ; terminal spikes 

 often nearly (sometimes wholly) male. Fern, glumes ovate, subobtuse, cusp reaching 

 to top of beak of utricle. Utricles becoming chestnut-red almost shining when fully 

 ripe, narrowed into beak (yet nut is obovoid rather obtuse) ; beak not hairy, scabrid 

 on the bifid teeth. 



80. C. inaequalis, Boott ms. ; medium sized, leaves long very narrow, 

 infl. long compound, peduncles clustered, spikes linear, glumes shortly cus- 

 pidate, style 3-fid, utricles small narrow ellipsoid trigonous nerveless hairy, 

 beak oblong-linear f- utricle. 



KUMAON, alt. 8-9000 ft., Duthie. SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen, 9-11,000 ft., 

 /. I). H. 



Stems slender, 12-15 in. Leaves as long as stem, hardly f in. broad. Infl. 7 by 

 1 in. Spikes f by in., chestnut or pale; terminal spike sometimes wholly male. 

 Closely allied to C. Daltom; the utricles turn shining chestnut-red when, fully ripe, 

 and (what is unusual in Carex) though the utricle is attenuated into the beak, the 



