Carex.'] CLXXII. CYPEBACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) 727 



nut is obtuse at top. The difference in size, stoutness, and breadth of leaves between 

 this and C. Daltoni is great. 



81. C. Winterbottomi, 0. B. Clarke ; leaves and bracts narrow 

 slightly overtopping infl., inn 1 , long narrow of 19 spikes whereof 6 terminal 

 wholly male, peduncles clustered, fern, glumes elliptic acute pale, style 

 3- fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous nerveless hairy, beak bifid i length of 

 utricle. C. setigera ? var. fasciculata, Strachey Cat. PI. Kumaon, 73 ; 

 Duthie in T. E. Atkinson Gaz. x. 616. 



KUMAON; alt. 8000 ft., Strachey 8f Winterbottoin (n. 16). 



Glabrous. Rhizome creeping, woody. Stems approximate, 10 in. Leaves ^- 

 in. broad, rather rigid. Infl. 6 by 1 in. ; peduncles shortly exserted, little divided. 

 Terminal 6 spikes male, 1 by T X 5 in. ; glumes pale brown, acute, not cuspidate, mar- 

 gins white shining. Lower spikes f by i-| in., with 4-8 basal females. Style- 

 branches 3, rather long. Fern, glumes pale, 1 nerved, exceeding utricles. 



82. C. pulchra, Boott Carex, i. 4, t. 13 ; leaves shorter than infl. 

 narrow, infl. oblong, peduncles short clustered, spikes rather numerous 

 linear, chestnut-brown, fern, glumes vtry small not cuspidate, style 3- fid, 

 utricle small narrow ellipsoid trigonous nerveless glabrous red-brown, 

 beak conic-linear f length of utricle shortly bifid. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 

 336. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 10-14,000 ft., Lachen, J.D.H. EAST NEPAL; 

 Tambur River, J.D.H. 



Glabrous. Stolons slender. Stems approximate 8-16 in., slender. Leaves 

 scarcely ^ in. broad, 1 or 2 cauline often present. Infl. 4 by 1 in. ; spikes mostly 

 fern, witu a few males at top, terminal sometimes wholly male ; peduncles often 6 or 

 more clustered, not rarely divided. Spikes 1 by T V~rV ^ n> > mu ch slenderer than in 

 C. incequalis or Daltoni. Fern, glumes -^ in., about as long as utricle. This 

 species differs from all (except C. munda, Boott) by the very small glumes and 

 utricles, and very slender spikes. 



83. C. munda, Boott Carex, i. 7, t. 20; leaves about as long as infl. 

 narrow, infl. very lax, peduncles distant long lower often paired, spikes 

 oblong-linear straw-colrd., fern, glumes elliptic triangular-tipped, styles 

 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid- trigonous nerveless glabrous green-yellow, beak i 

 utricle nearly entire. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 383. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 10-14,000 ft., /. D. H., &c., frequent. 



Glabrous. Stolons slender, titems 10-18 in., very slender. Leaves |-i in. 

 broad, weak. Infl. of few scattered distant solitary spikes ; lower peduncles often 

 exsert 3-6 in. Spikes mostly fern, at base (terminal sometimes wholly male), f by 

 fin. Utricle yV-ro in. Closely allied to C. pulchra, Boott; spikes and utricles 

 larger (though small). Rhacheola not rarely developed inside utricle. Possibly a 

 form of C. Stracheyi ; the utricles are rather smaller, glabrous, the terminal spike 

 usually fern, at base. 



84. C. Stracheyi, Boott; Strachey Cat. PL Kumaon, 73; spikes 

 20-30 loosely panicled on slender long peduncles, uppermost 2 male, lower 

 fern, slender cylindric pale, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid-lanceolate setulose 

 narrowed into a linear-conic beak. Duthie in T. E. Atkinson Gaz. x. 

 618. 



N.W. HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 8000 ft. (Mudhari Pass), Strachey Sf Winter- 

 bottom (n. 18). GURWHAL, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Duthie. 



Glabrous. Stems 12-18 in. Leaves as long as the stems, ^ in. broad. Panicle 

 commencing at 8 in. from base of stem. Peduncles 2-5 from one sheath, 3-7 m., 



