Carex.] CLXXII. CYPERACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 747 



140. C. Wallichiana, Prescott in Wall. Gat. 3380 ; glabrous except 

 utricles, stolons long, leaves (all sub-basal) long, spikes 4-8 distant long- 

 cylindric dense, 3-1 terminal male, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid -ellipsoid 

 densely hairy, beak very short divided nearly to base into two lanceolate 

 prickly teeth. Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834), 129 ; Kunth Enum, ii. 483 ; 

 Strachey Cat. PL Kumaon, 73 ; Boott Carex, i. 6, t. 18 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, 

 xli. 310 (partly} ; Aitcli. Gat. Punjab. PL 152. C. Fedia, Nees L c. 129 ; 

 Kunth Enum. ii. 483. C. hirta, Boiss. PL Orient, v. 431 ; Boeck. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xviii. 105 (not of Linn}. Carex, Wall. Gat. 3390. 



N. INDIA, generally from Rawul Pindee, Aitchison, to BURMA, Griffith, and 

 from DELHI CANAL, alt. 800 ft., Edge-worth, to Sikkim, alt. 9000 ft., King. 

 DISTRIB. Cabul. 



Stems 6-30 in. Leaves often f stem, i in. broad, sheaths often noibriate. 

 Spikes often 1 in. ; terminal males pale rather thick, often 3-2, sometimes 6-4, 

 rarely 1 ; fern. in. thick, ashy, lowest often 3-7 in. distant on erect peduncle ; 

 bracts usually overtopping infl. Fern, glumes ovate, acute, often mucronate, fuscous, 

 shorter than utricles. Utricle (beak included) - in. long, 8-10-nerved; teeth 

 of beak ultimately whitening spreading. United with C. hirta, Linn., both by 

 Boeckeler and Boissier ; to which it is undoubtedly allied. C. hirta differs in the 

 sheaths (or the "ligules" at least) haii-y, the mule spike smaller, the utricles 

 larger more acuminate into a longer beak. C. Wallichiana, Boeck., was founded 

 partly on Falconer's u. 1164 which is C. ligulata, Nees. 



141. C. ligulata, Nees in Wight Contrib. 127; stems with nodes and 

 leaves throughout their length, leaves ^-i in. wide, spikes 6-8 cylindric 

 distant, terminal one male slender, style 3-fid, utricle densely hairy ovoid 

 acuminate into a short 2-fid beak. Kunth Enum. ii. 516 ; Strachey Gat. 

 PL Kumaon, 73 ; Boott Carex, i. 45, 1. 113 ; Boec/c. in Linnsea, xli. 305. C. 

 breviculmis, Thw. Enum. 356 not Br.). C. Thwaitesii, Hance in Journ. 

 Bot. v. 235 (cf. Trimen Cat. PL Ceylon, 104). C. Wallichiana, Boeck. in 

 Linnsea, xli. 310 (partly, not of Prescott}. C. lachnosperma, var. /3 

 major, Nees in Wall. Gat. 3379 (partly] (3379 Wall. Herb, propr.). 

 Carex, Wall Cat.. 3394 (second sheet). 



KASHMIR ; Falconer to NEPAL, Wallich, alt. 5-7000 ft. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 

 5-6000 ft., Griffith, C. B. Clarke. NILGIRI HILLS j alt. 5-7000 ft., C. B. ClarTte. 

 CEYLON ; alt. 4-5000 ft., Thivaites. DISTRIB. China, Japan. 



Sheaths and leaves (partly) minutely hairy. Rootstock woody, short, knotted r 

 not thick. Stems 12-30 in. Lower leaves short ; those springing from middle of 

 stem about as long as infl., flat, striate. Terminal spike f by ^ in., brown. Fern. 

 spikes 1 by i in., erect on short peduncles, pale or fuscous. Fern, glumes ovate, 

 acute, mostly mucronate, shorter than utricles. Utricle (beak included) T l <j in. 



142. C. hebecarpa, C. A. Meyer in Petersb. Mem. Sav. Etrang. i. 

 223, t. 12; leaves and lower bracts very close together scarcely i in. 

 broad much overtopping infl., fern, spikes slender with distant utricles,. 

 fern, glumes whitening (otherwise as G. ligulata, Nees). Kunth Enum. ii. 

 471 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xli. 301. C. Wallichiana, G. B. Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. v. 25, 83 partly, not of Prescott). C. lachnosperma, Wall. Cat. 

 3379, A. 



NEPAL ; Wallich. MUNETPOOR ; alt. 5800 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



Beak of utricle rather longer -and slenderer than in 0. ligulata, Nees. 



Var. )8 lachnosperma (sp.) Nees in Wight Contrib. 124 (excl. syn.) ; leaves close 

 together | in. broad, fern, spikes dense i-| in. broad. Kunth I. c. 505. C. Kunthii, 

 Drejer Syml. Caricol. 22. C. gracilis, Boott Carex, i. 59 (partly). C. Maubertiana, 

 Boott 1. c. 45, t. 114. C. ligulata, Nees, var. minor and angustifolia, Boott ms. 



