Carex.] CLXXII. CYPERACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 729 



safe to unite them. C.fragilis differs by the extreme slenderness of the infl. and 

 peduncles, and by lowest bract not (or scarcely) overtopping infl. 



88. C. munipoorenste, C. B. Clarke; short, leaves and bracts 

 narrow overtopping infl., spikes all fern, at base oblong solitary straw-colour 

 not very numerous, lower peduncles 2-3-clustered, glumes elliptic-lanceolate 

 elongate, style 3-fid, utricle oblong glabrous beaked. 



MUNIPOOB; Jopoo, alt. 9500 ft., Watt (n. 6894). 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody. Stems approximate, 6-8 in. Leaves subbasal, nu- 

 merous, up to 11 in. by in., rather tough. Infl. 3 by 1 in., a solitary long- 

 peduncled spike sometimes added near base of stem. Spikes 1214 on 1 stem, ^ by 

 in., dense. Male glumes very elongate, not cuspidate ; fern, glumes similar, rather 

 less elongate, shining, irregularly 3-5-uerved. Utricle not ripe. 



89. C. speciosa, KuntJi Enum. ii. 504; leaves long, spikes 3-1 very 

 remote linear fern, at base, style 3-fid, fem. glumes short ovate muticous, 

 utricle ovoid-pyramidal many-striate green puberulous hardly beaked. 

 Boott Carex, i. 53 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xl. 388'; C. B. Clarice in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxv. 82. C. concolor, Nees in Wight Contrib. 125 (not R. Br.). C. 

 peduncularis, WallicJi ms. C. courtallensis, Nees ms. ; ex. Boott Carex, i. 

 62, t. 138. 



Widely distributed in INDIA, alt. 1-7000 ft. ; from Nepal to Sikkim, and Khasia 

 Hills to Muneypoor; also Kajmahl, Purasuath, and Mts. of S. India. DISTEIB. 

 Borneo. 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody, short, with tough fibres (remains of lower sheaths). 

 Stems 1-2 ft., slender but tough. Leaves (subbasal) often exceeding stem, some- 

 times scarcely -| in. wide, tough, many-striate, sometimes f in. broad, flat. Peduncles 

 usually very short, often not exserted from sheath, but basal often 4-10 in. long 

 (perhaps a stem) ; bracts like the leaves usually not overtopping iufl. Spikes 1-3 in. 

 by i in. Fem. glume triangular -tipped, muticous, shorter tbn utricle. Utricles 

 ^ in., trigonous, not inflated, mouth nearly entire. Nut oblong-obovok', -f utricle, 

 black ; style (and its 3 branches) short, style-base scarcely dilated. 



90. C. radicalis, Boott Carex, i. 56, t. 147 ; leaves subradical many 

 exceeding the slender stems, spikes 2-1 very remote broad ovoid i in. diam., 

 style 3- branched, utricle ovoid many-ribbed hairy. Boeck. in Linnsea, 

 xxxix. 40. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen, alt. 10-11,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Glabrous, except utricle. Rhizome oblique woody. Leaves 10 by T ^ in., many. 

 Stems almost capillary, sometimes 2 from one sheath, sometimes with a leaf and 

 peduncle in the middle. Spike irregular, sometimes of 2 or 3 obscurely fused into 

 one head, pale. Fem. glumes ovate-triangular 1-nerved, lower mucronate, lowest 

 bract-like sometimes 1 in. Utricle few, small, with 110 linear beak, dull green. 



91. C. curticeps, C. B. Clarice ; leaves as long as stem narrow, 

 spikes 2-14 very long approximate several terminal often male or with 

 few fem. at base, fem. glumes ovate usually cuspidate, style 3-fid, utricle 

 \ in. and upwards elongate-lanceolate nerveless glabrous, beak ^ as long as 

 utricle. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 10-12,000 ft., common, C. S. Clarke. 



Glabrous. Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves rarely more than i in. broad. Infl. -2 in. 

 long. Fruiting spikes 2-3^ in. long ; glumes ^ in. apart, i in. long. Utricle alto- 

 gether resembling that of C. decora, but sometimes \ in, long. Closely allied to 

 C'. decora, but the infl. is uniform and very different. 



