550 Georg Kiikenthal. — Cyperaceae-Lancoideae. 



laevis. Folia aequilonga 10— 12 mm lata plana supra nervis 3 prominentibus per- 

 cursa coriacea, vaginae inferiores spadiceae. Inflorescentia depaniculata interruj.t 

 Spiculae numerosae androgynae (pars tf cum parte Q laxiflora aequilonga) lineari-nlu.- 

 dricae 3_4 cm longae eapillari-pedunculatae, in fasciculos remotos paniculatim dispell 

 Bractea ima foliacea longe vaginans, superiores decrescentes. Squamae Q lanceolato- j 

 ovatae acutae clare brunneae marginibus hyalinae. Utriculi s([uamas superantes sub- 

 ellipsoidei trigoni 5 — 6 mm longi straminei superne leviter pubes- 

 3 prominentibus percursi ( 

 stipitati, in rostrum longum marginibus scabriusculum < 

 attenuati. Stigmata 3. 



Centralchina: Yunnan, Feng cheu lin 9500' (Henry n. 10 839!). ? Assam: 

 Naga Hills (ex C. B. Clarke, n. v.). 



536. C. viridis Jungh. ex Schlechtd. et Cham, in Linnaea VI. (1831) 30; Liebm. 

 in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Kjebenh. 5. ser. II. (1851) 267; Boott in Illustr. IV. (1867 

 159 t. 522; Boeck. in Linnaea XL. (1876) 330 partim; L. H. Bailey in Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. XXII. (1886) 97, non Petrie. — C. pertenuis Bailey, 1. c. 9. — Bhizoma caes- 

 pitosum. Culmus 40 — 60 cm altus strictus gracilis triqueter scabnusculus iaciebu* 

 concavis remote foliatus. Folia culmum aequantia vel superantia 3 — 4 nun law 

 plana marginibus revoluta carinata pallide viridia rigidula, vaginae basilares pur- 

 pureae parce reticulatim fissae. Spiculae 5 — 12 androgynae (pars qF brevis) lineari- 

 cylindricae sublaxiflorae 3 — 8 cm longae singulae vel binae, superiores approximatae 

 breviter pedunculatae, inferiores remotae Inn-,- pi>dunnilalae demuin nutantes intordum 

 pauciramosae , pedunculi capillares laeves. Bracteae foliaceae inflorescentia brerioW 

 superiores breviter inferiores longe vaginantes. Squamae conformes lanceolate -oti 

 acuminatae vel aristulatae fuscae vel ferrugineae marginibus hyalinae vimiM-ani'- 



I friruli squamas superantes suberecti membi-anaroi rllipsnidei trigoni 3V2 rnm loa ^^ 

 vacei saepe purpureo-tincti glabri obsolete nervosi (nervi 2 laterales prominentes), baS' 

 attenuati, apice in rostrum sublongum gracile marginibus scabriusculum ore hyaim 

 oblique sectum demum bidentulum subsensim abeuntes. Nux arete inclusa oblonso- 

 ovata trigona faciebus concavis. Styli basis aequalis. Stigmata 3 brevia. 



Sudmexiko (Schiede n. 875 partim!, Wendland!): Oaxaca, an P«g 

 feuchten Berghangen beim Bergwerk Castrcsana Liebmann n. 062!); Oritf - 

 (W. Schaffner n. 503!, 504!, Fred. Muller n. 1338!). 



537. C. Stracheyi Boott apud Strachev, Catal. pi. Kumaon (1854) 73; Dutbu 

 in Atkinson Gaz. X. (1876) 618; C. I!. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India H '.•*■.* 

 727. — Bhizoma lignosum. Culmus 3D— io nn alius linmis obtuse t ri< |' Ittor Ia ^'" 

 Folia culmo breviora longiorave 3 — 5 mm lata plana pallide viridia rigida, **Pj 

 brunneae. Spiculae numerosae (20-30) lineari-cvlindricae \\ 2 -i cm longae 



densiflorae androgynae (superiores longius inferiores brevius r?) vel superiores 2 I 

 et inferiores mere £ 2 — 7-nae in fasciculos remotos dispositae simpbees rar- 

 pauciramosae inaequaliter longe capillari-pedunculalae. Bracteae foliacea 

 longeTaginantes sursum decrescentes. Squamae ovatae mucronatae pallide ferru e 

 marginibus hyalinae viridi-carinatae. Utriculi squamas superantes suberecti membra j 

 lanceolato-ovati trigoni 2 mm longi stramineo-virides superne pubescentes, ne 

 marginahbus prominentibus percursi, in rostrum longum excurvum marginibus sc 

 ore hyalino emarginatulum subsensim attenuati. Nux Hlipiica. Stigmata 3. 



Westhimalaya: Kumaon, Madhari Pass 8000' (Strachey et Winterbot 

 n. 18!); Gurwhal, Kuari Pass 12 000—13 000' (Duthie n. 5000!). 



Subs. 5. Fuliginosae Tuckerm. 

 Fuliginosae Tuckerm. 1. c . 13- emend O F Lan- 1 c 596. - V *£Z 

 Tuckerm. I.e. 1 2 . - Phyllopodae. 'caules finni apice cernui. Folia lata. Spi 



