736 CLXXII. CYPERICE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Carex. 



356 (excl. var. ) ; Socck. in Linncea, xli. 277 NILGHIRI HILLS; alt. 7000 ft., C. 

 B. Clarice, n. 11,081. CKYLON; alt. 5000 f,., Thwaites (C.P. 3198). Stems 2-10 

 in., very slender. Leaves overtopping stem, in. broad. Spikes shorter, reduced 

 sometimes to 2-4 flowers. Utricle wider than in C. Jackiana type, stretched tight; 

 on the large nut, shining not lurid, obscurely striate, base obconic, beak narrow 

 minutely scabrid. This differs a good deal from C. Jackiana, and is regarded by 

 Boeckeler (who transposed the name) as specifically different from the Khasiau 

 species. Boott subsequently marked the plant as C. Jackiana, but he had of it only 

 immature examples. 



107. C. fusiformis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 128 ; spikes 6-12 loosely 

 panicled, uppermost one male, lower female long linear lax interrupted, 

 female glumes pale mucronate, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid rather suddenly 

 narrowed into oblong-linear beak glabrous slenderly striated. Kunth 

 Enum. ii. 471 ; Strachey Gat. PL Kuma, 73 ; Boott Carex, i. 44, t. Ill ; 

 Duthie in T. E. Atkinson Gaz. x. 616 ; BoecJc. in Linnesa, xli. 248. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Mussoorie, Royle, n. 88 ; Kumaon, alt. 7000 ft., 

 Strachey fy Winterbottom. Sikkim ; Lachen, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J.D. H. 



Glabrous. Stems 1~H foot. Leaves 12 by | in., flat. Lower fern, spikes often 

 3-4 in. apart, peduncled, solitary, 2 in. ; bracts about as long as infl. Fern, glumes 

 ovate, very distant, those near middle of spike aristate. Utricle - in., slender, 

 green, inconspicuously 10-nerved ; beak asv long as utricle, with a few microscopic 

 scabrous points, notched. Nut ellipsoid, filling the utricle, pale ; style branches 

 shortly exsert. General appearance of C. sylcaticn. 



108. C. finitima, Boott Carex, i. 44, t. 112 ; female glumes (from the 

 middle of the female -spike), elliptic-obtuse with a very short lanceolate 

 point not aristate (otherwise nearly as & fusiformis). Boeck. in Linncea, 

 xli. 247. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 9-12,000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 

 DISTRIB. China. 



Stems 1-3 ft. Spikes more numerous than in C. fusiformis, often several from 

 one sheath ; terminal not rarely fern, in the middle. Utricle hardly nerved, some- 

 \yhat suddenly cpntracted into a long linear beak. 



Var. j3 attenttata; slender, leaves shorter in. wide, spikes fewer about 1 in., 

 utricles rather smaller. Khasia Hills, Vale of Rocks, alt. 4500 ft., C. B. Clarke 

 (n. 43,675). Stems 8-12 in. Leaves much shorter than stems. This appears more 

 different from C. finitima than is C. fusiformis. 



109. C. breviscapa, C. B. Clarke ; stem very short far outtopped by 

 leaves, spikes 8-14 linear greenish uppermost one male, glumes distant 

 obtuse, style 3-fid, utricle broad lanceolar very angular many-nerved 

 glabrous, nut narrow rhomboid truncate at top. C. Jackiana, var. /3, 

 breviculmis, Tliw. Enum. 356 ; Trimen Cat. Pi. Ceylon, 104 (not of Boott). 



CEYLON ; Ambagowa District, Thwaites (C.P. 3781.) 



Glabrous. Stems 1-2 in., excl. of infl. 2-5 in. Leaves 2 ft. by in., tough, 

 many-nerved. Infl. narrow; lower peduncles 1| inch, erect, carrying 24 spikes; 

 bracts overtopping. Fern, spikes 1 by in. ; male -f in., very slender. Fern. 

 glumes much shorter than utricle, elliptic, yellowish with green back. Utricles 

 in., green, passing gradually into conic deeply-notched beak. Nut trigonous, elon- 

 gate-rhomboid, truncate at top, closely titting utricle. Much more like C. finitima 

 than Jackiana ; but the nut is distinctive, and impresses its peculiarities on the 

 utricle. 



110. C.japonica, Thunb. Fl. Japon. 38; stolons long slender, stems 

 medium almost 3-winged, spikes about 5 close together uppermost one mule 



