Kobresia.] olxxii. CTPEEACEiB, (C. B. Clarke.) 699 



Mhizome creeping, short. . Leaves as long as stem, ^ in. broad, grass-lilte. 

 Faiicle 2-is in. long, narrow, branches slender erect ; sometimes wlioUy fem., rarely 

 wholly male. Fem. srpikes long, slender, with lanceolate distant spikelets ; braoteoles 

 not imbricated, style-branches conspicuous exsert. Fem. spikelets usually 1-fld., 

 sometimes an- upper male fl. added. Male spikelets 3-3everal-fid. Style linear, 

 hardly i length of nut j branches 3, linear very long. 



17. K. curvlrostrls, C. B. Glarke; stems 4-6 in. slender, spikes 

 (all seen fem.) densely panieled, nut narrowly-oblong, beak cylindrio exsert 

 curved. Hemicarex curvata, C. B. Glarke in Journ. lArvn. 8oc. xx. 384. — 

 Elyna sp. a. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. Ef. & T. T. 



SiKKIM ; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., J. D. B. 



Leaves as Ions; as stem, -j^ in. broad. Panicle 1 by J in. — Resembling, and 

 closely allied to, K. laxa. 



Sect. 5. PsETJDOKOBKESiA. Style 2-fid. Nut flat. 



18. K. macrantha, Boech. Cyp. Nov. i. 39 ; spike ovoid compound, 

 spikelets clustered mostly 3-5-fld. lowest flower female, (jlume split to base, 

 margins not overlapping. K. filifolia, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 X2. 381. Elyna filifolia, Turcz Fl. Baical. Dahur. ii. part i. 288 {from, 

 descript.). 



W. Tibet; Nubra, Schlagintweit (n. 2424) and Ladak (n. 1344).— Disteib. 

 Central Asia. 



Rhizome short. Stems cajspitose, 2-7 in. Leaves many, i length of stem, ^g-yo 

 in. broad, flat; sheaths pale, not torn. Spike ^ by 4 in. Bractenles \ in., ovate- 

 obloug, obtuse, nearly flat, brown with green back. Fem. glume ellipticoblong, 

 obtuse, concave, open (nowise utricle-like.) Nut -^ in., obovoid, obtuse, brown ; 

 style linear, ^ length of nut ; branches 2, long, linear. 



28. CAREX, Linn. 



Characters of Kobresia, but utricle enclosing nut bottle-shaped, 

 mouth of its beak entire notched or shortly slit. — Species 1100 throughout 

 the world, less abundant in dry or very hot regions. 



The so-called "glumes'" of Oaricece are not homologous with the fl. glumes of 

 ScirpetB. The male spike is here considered homologous with the female spike ; 

 i.e. not as by Eichler and others who consider in 0. dioica the male plant to bear a 

 simple spike, the fem. plant to bear a compouud spike. 



• Conspectus op Sections or Oabex (exceptions omitted). 



Subgenus I. ViaifEA. Style 2-fid. 



Sect. 1. Muricata. Terminal spike fem, at base, male at top. 



* Spikes short, ovoid or oblong (0. muricata, &c.) . . . 

 ** Spikes linear-cylindric (C. 6rim»€(i, &o.) 



Sect. 2. Bemotce. Terminal spike male at base, fem. at top. 



* Spikes short, ovoid or oblong ( 0. remota, &c.) .... 

 ** Spikes linear-cylindriu (0. teres, &c.) 



Sect. 3. Yalga/res. Terminal spike wholly male (C. 'uwlffaris, 



&c.) sp. 23-33 



