KobreHa.} clxxii. ctp]5raoej!. (C. B, Clarke.) 697 



lower spikelets mostly 2-fld. i.e. lower fem., upper male. Nut nenrly as long as 

 glume ; beak | length of nut. 



_ 10. K. Duthlel, C B. Gla/rke; stems medium-sized rigid, spikes 

 linear dense green, style 3-fid, nut small narrowly obovoid, beak short 

 scarcely overtopping glume. 



KuMAON, alt. 11-16,000 ft., DutUe (nn. 3461, 6093, 6094) and Gurwhal (n. 

 5016) . 



Stems densely osespitose, 4-8 in., striate; lower sheaths tight, not lacerate. 

 Leaves many, ^ length of stem, Jj in. broad, flat, tip caudate. Spiies 1 by J^ in., 

 very rigid j bracteoles Jj in. ovate, closely spirally imbricated. Spihelets mostly 

 2-flJ. upper flower male. Nut, including beak, about as long as glume ; beak ^ 

 length of nnt. 



11. K. capilllfolla, O. B. Clarke in Jnurn. Linn. Soc. xx. 378; 

 somewhat slender, leaves linear-setaceous, sheaths chestnat-colour some- 

 what torn, spikes linear, bracteoles obtuse erect margins scarions, s>tyle 

 3-fid, nut ellipsoid (scarcely oliovoid) narrowed at top into linear style. 

 K. scirpina, Boeck. in Joum. lAnn. Soc. xviii. 104 and xix. 90. K. elata 

 and K. brunnescens, Boech. Cyp. Nov. i. 32, 40. Elyna capillifolia, Decne. 

 in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 173, t. 174. B. spicata, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 394. — 

 Elyna, sp. n. 6, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. T. 



Kashmir to Guewhal, alt. 10-12,000 ft., frequent, Jaaqnemont, T. Thomson, 

 ^0. KuBRUM Vailey ; alt. 12,500 ft., AUchison. 



Stems 2-12 in. Spikes f-1 by ^-^ in., brown chestnut-colour or yellow; 

 bracteoles i in. Spikelets mostly 3-4-fld. ifai shorter than glume. — Very near the 

 European K. scirpina, Willd., but is a finer plant, with a brighter thicker spike. 



12. K. schcBnoldes, Boeck. in Linnma, xxzix. 7 ; stems stout rigid, 

 leaves linear channelled incurved, sheaths shining brown very little torn, 

 spikes oblong dense, bracteoles J in. elliptic oblong obtuse, style 3-fid, 

 nut obovoid obtuse, beak small linear. Aitch. in Joum. Linn. Soc. xix. 

 190; C. B. GlarJce in Joum. Linn. Soc. xx. 378 {not of Hendens.). K.. 

 sibirica, Boeclr. in Linnsta, xxzix. 7. K. Boyleana, Benders. Tarkand 339 

 {not Trilepis Eoyleana, Neea). Elyna schcenoides, G. A. Meyer in Ledeb. 

 Jn. Alt. iv. 235 {in note); Kunth ^bmto.. ii. 534; Sirachey Cat. PL 

 Kumaon, 73 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 394. B. Sibirica, Turcz. in Bull.' Soc. 

 Imp. Mosc. (1838) 103. 



Himalaya ; alt. 10-16,000 ft. from W. Tibet, Thomson, to Sikkim, J. D. H.— 

 DiSTBiB. Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia. 



Shixome woody, short. Stems 4-24 in., ^^-f in. diam. Leaves as long as stems, 

 to scarcely J of stem, •j'j— J in. broad. Spikes J-1 by ^ in. ; bracteole" chaffy, loosely 

 imbricated, suberect. Spikelets 1-S-fld., lowest fl. fern., or towards top of spike 

 wholly male. Nut ^V in., ashy black. 



13. K. nitens, G. B. Cla/rke in Joum. Linn. Soc. xx. 379, t. 30, fig. 7 ; 

 stems rigid, leaves linear channelled incurved, sheaths testaceous-brown 

 scarcely lacerate, spike ellipsoid dense, bracteoles 5 in. ovate obtuse shining, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid obtuse, beak very short scabrous. 



West. Himalaya, alt. 12-15,000 ft. ; Kashmir, C. -B. Clarke ; Kumaon and 

 Gurwhal, Duthie. 



Stems 2-10 in. Leaves overtopping stem. Spikes -^ by J in. Bracteoles shining 

 chestnut-colour, paler on back, margins often White-suariops. 

 tUat of S. schcenoides. 



