■iffith n. 6074! 



22. C. curticeps Clarke Kukentb. — f'nrr nirfirrps C. B. Clarke in Hool 

 I. brit. India VI. (1894) 729. — Rhizoma caespitosum. Culmus 30— 75 cm altt 

 tus subfirmns triqueter lacvis. Knlia aeeresoeutia superiora eulmmn snbsuperanl 

 5 mm lata plana flaccida, vaginae inferiores t'rrru^iiicac intenlum purpureo-punctala 



bpaniculata sublaxa ad Id cm longa. Spiculae propriac 5—7 androgyni 

 (superiores longius inferiores brevius rf) lineares ad 7 cm usque longae subdcnsiflorn 

 leniiinalis basi pbiriraniosa (ramuli subereeti e rladopropbvllo ulriculiformi nucem ir 

 cludente enati) ceterae simplices aubapproximatae subsessiles, ima paullum remol 

 breviter pedunculata bractea foliacea inflorescentiam subsuperante evaginaute suil'ult, 

 Spiculae partiales laterales uniflorae Q raro androgjnae. Squamae majusculae oblongt 

 ovatae nrocronatae ve\ aristatae rafae vel eastaneae apice saepe bifidae dnrso viri 

 trinerviae. Propbvllum squamas longe superans meinbranaeeimi marginibus supra nucc 

 liberis sese tegentibus lineari-lanceolatum obsolete trigonum 7 — 12 mm longum olhaceu 

 superne ferrugincum pubescens vel demum omnino glabrum obsolete nervosum, ba 

 slipilalum, apiee in roslnim lore aeqiiilmitmm ore bvalino oblique sectutn sensirn att 

 nuatum. Nux anguste oblonga stipitata rhacheolam wtifonnem effiatam gerens. Styli 

 basi subincrassalus apiee glandulosus. Sligmata 3. 



Ostbimalava: Sikki.u, longri dving's Coll.!), Patang la (King's Coll. n. 4173 

 Singalelab (King's Coll.!, C. B. Clarke n. 13 373!), Simdukphoo 12 000' (C. B. Clarl 

 n. 34 985!), Yakla (C. B. Clarke n. 9 614!). 



23. C. sikkimensis Kukenth. — Carcx Prainii Kiikenlli. in Bull. Herb. Bois 

 2. ser. IV. (1904) 51. — Culmus 40— GO em alius strictus subfirmus compress, 

 triqueter laevis. Folia culmo breviora 4 mm lata plana mollia. Inflorescentia eubpac 

 culatain circuitu oblonga 6 — 10 cm longa sublaxa. Spiculae propriae i— 5 androgyni 

 oblongae 2—3 cm longae subdensiflorae, superiores sessiles approximatae, inferiores 



(= cladoproplivllo) enatae. Braeleae superiores squamil'ormes aristatae. inlern.res 

 foliaceae culmum superantes evaginanles. Spiculae parhales laterales umilorae _ 

 Squamae majusculae ovatae mucronatae ferrugineae purpureo-striolatae. uiai-unbns la 



sese tegei 



sthimalaya: Sikkim (King's nat. C( 

 . C. curvirostris C. B. Clarke in H 



re.r rurrimstris C B. Clarke in Joun 



