Carex.] CLXxir. ctpbraoe^. (0. B, Clarke.) 705 



Cano. 23, t. 9 ; . Kunth Enum. ii. 391.— Carex, Wall. Oat. 3388 (ia;-^e^).— Nepal, 

 Wallich. — Kept up as a species by Drejer and Nees, working with one or two pieces 

 only. A good series of material shows a transition from the perfectly glabrous 

 utricle (through forms with one or two marginal nerves scabrous) to the very sca- 

 brous utricle ; and both Boeckeler and Boott unite the two. 



Viir. 7 dissitiflora ; stonter with broader leaves and longer utricles, lowest peduncle 

 usually very shortly exsert. spikes elongate very sleuder the lower utricles solitary, 

 distant.— Nilghiri, alt. 6-7000 ft., Wight, G. B.' Clarke. Anamallays, Beddome. 

 Khasia, alt. 5-6000 ft., 0. B. Clarke.— Perhapa a distinct sp., according to i>ce;'er 

 Sfimb. Cane. 24. Lowest peduncle often carrying 2 or 3 spikes. The Nilghiri 

 plant appears a distinct species j but the Khasia series shows a complete transition 

 from var. y dissitifiora to typical 0. longipes. 



12. C. brunnea, Thunb. Fl. Japan. 38 ; infl. long lax, lowest peduncle 

 often several-spiked often 2 or more from one sheath, fern, glumes acute or 

 scarcely mucronate, style 2-fid, ripe utricle brown ellipsoid much flattened 

 pilose (in Indian examples) striate, beak linear, exsert portion of stigmas 

 abont as long as utricle. Schlc. Beidgr. ii. 16, t. Xx. fig. Ill ; Kunth Enum. 

 ii. 392 ; Boeck. in Linnxa, xxxix. 145. 0. gracilis, Br. Prodr. 242 ; Boott 

 Carex, i. 59, tt. 154, 155, 156 [excl. syn. 0. lachnosperma. Wall.'] ; Thw. 

 Fjnum. 355. 0. flexilis, Don Prodr. 42, not of Eudge. C. lenta, Don in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 327 ; Kunth I. c. 418. C. nepalensis, G. B. Glarke 

 in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. xxv. 82, not of Spreng. 



N.W. Himalaya, alt. 4500-6000 ft., frequent. Muneypoob, alt. 3750 ft., 0. B. 

 Clarke. Assam, Griffith. Sind, Pinwill. Pclney and Nilghiri Htlls, alt. 

 6-7000 ff., Wight, &c. Ceylon, «\t. 5000 ft., TAtoo^es.— Disteib. The Mascareue 

 Isles, Australia, Japan, Sandwich Islds. 



Rhizome oblique. Stems 1—3 ft., slender. Leaves f stem, ^ in. broad. Cauline 

 sheaths somewhat distant, lowest usually above middle of plant. Peduncles often 

 several from each sbeatli, lowest e.\sert 1—8 in., slender, nodding, sometimes bearing 

 3-10 spikes. Spikes 1^-2 in., slender. Male glumes obtusely triangular, reddish- 

 brown. Pern, glumes ovate, apex triangular, ultimately ferruginous-brown. Utricle 

 rather small, uot parallel-sided, 9-15-nerved on each face, minutely hairy on nerves, 

 suddenly narrowed into a beak about i utricle ; be ik shortly bifid, lobes erect. Ifut 

 much flattened, ovoid, suddenly narrowed at top, yellow-brown, nearly filling utricle 

 except beak. Style about as long as beak, slightly swollen, contracted at base ; 

 blanches long very brown, but much shorter than in the two following species. — 

 Limits and geographic range uncertain. In many of the non-Indian examples the 

 utricles are glabrous, or there are several peduncles even from the middle sheatbs of 

 the inflorescence. 



13. C. teinogryna; Boott Carex, i. 60, t. 158 ; infl. long lax, peduncles 

 often 2 or more from one sheath bearing 1 or few spikes, fern, glumes 

 acute often mucronate, ripe utricle brown oblong much flattened striate, 

 boak linear long deeply bifid, style 2-fid branches longer than utricle. 

 Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxix. 145., 



Khasia and Jaintea Hills, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Kesembling C. hrunnea, Thunb., but a slenderer plant with narrower leaves. 

 Utricle remarkably parallel-sided, suddenly narrowed into a linear beak nearly as 

 long as itself, many-uerved on both faces, often minutely scabrous pilose on all the 

 nerves, the minute haira sometimes only on the margins or near the top very rarely 

 wanting; lobes of benk erect. Nut oblong, filling utricle. Branches of style 2, 

 very long, brown red, persistent on ripe fruit. 



14. C. longricruris, Nees in Wight Contrih. 124; infl. long lax, 

 peduncles often 2 or more from one sheath bearing 1 or few spikes, fem. 



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