Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae. oe 
Plants discovered and collected by George Forrest during his first exploration 
of ¥ and Eastern Tibet in the years 1904, 1905, and 1906. 
Description of New Species of Cyperaceae. 
BY 
OBERPFARRER G. KUKENTHAL, 
Koburg. 
Cobresia capillifolia (Decne.) C. B. Clarke, var. condensata, 
Kitikenth. Var. nova. 
Culmus rigidus fere obtusangulus. Spica composita densa. 
Nux oblonga longe rostrata. 
“Plant of 9-14 inches. Stony, moist situations in the bed 
of a stream at the base of the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. June 1906. N.W.. 
Yunnan.” G. Forrest. No. 2473. 
Carex Forrestii, Kiikenth. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma stolones longos tenues sed lignosos agens. Culmus 
15-25 cm. altus gracilis triqueter inferne foliatus. Folia culmum 
subaequantia 14-2 mm. lata, plana sicca marginibus involuta, 
vaginae brunneae. Spiculae 3-4 parum remotae, terminalis 
g lineari-cylindrica 2-2? cm. longa, laterales 2-3 9 ovatae 
vel oblongo-ovatae 8-12 mm. longae densiflorae sessilcs, ima 
bractea brevi foliacea suffulta. Squamae 2 oblongo-lanceolatae 
obtusiusculae atro-fuscae marginibus anguste albo-hyalinae 
viridi-carinatae. Utriculi squamis multo longiores latioresque 
perlate ovati 2} mm. longi plano-convexi stramineo-virides 
dorso trinerves basi rotundata obconico-stipitati marginati 
rostro brevissimo marginibus subscabro ore albido truncato 
apiculati. Nux laxe inclusa. Stigmata 2. 
E vicinia C. Goodenoughii, Gay, differt utriculis latis 
trinerviis marginatis ore incrassato nec non spiculis multo 
crassioribus. 
Plant of 7-12 inches. Moist, boggy situations in ditches in 
[Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXVI, March 1913.) 
