708 OLXxii. CYPJSBAOEiE. (C, B. Claske.) - l-Carea, 



nerved smooth gradually passing iato a conical entire beak. Boeck. in 

 lAnnsea, xl. 393. 



' SlKEiM, alt. 8-9000 ft. J Sinchul, J. D. H. ; Tonglo and Sundukphoo, C. B. 

 Clarice, &c. . i ■ 



Glabrous, tufted, lower sheaths shininpf brown. Stems 3 it. Leaves l&byf in. 

 Lowest s;)iite ^-4in., distant; peduncle 2-4 in. long; bract overtopping infl., not 

 sheathing. Spilcesbhy i in., terete; terminpl male at base, fem. in middle and 

 usually at top. Fem. glumes as long as the utricles, oblong-lanceolate, aristate, 

 broadly S-nerved, green on the back, sides black-purple, bristle green scabrons. 

 Utricles i in., tnrgid, fuscous, 7-11-nerved on each face, whole surface minutely 

 yellow-glandular- punctate; beak scarcely granular, hardly notched; stigmas very 

 shortly exsert. JViti ovoid, somewhat narrowed upwards. — This species, from the 

 root to the glumes, is extraordinarily like G. pralonga, but rather stouter j the 

 fruiting spikes and utricles ate totally unlike. 



21. C. slkkimensls, C. B. Clarke ; tall, leaves long narrow, spikes 

 4-7 linear clavate, styles 2-fid, utricle ellipsoid compressed most slenderly 

 nerved brown smooth narrowed into a conico-linear entire beak. 



SiKKIM ; Jongri, alt. 12-13,000 ft., C. B. Clarice. 



Lowest spilce 2-3 in. distant ; peduncle 2-3 in. long ; lowest bract overtopping 

 the infl., not sheathing. Spikes 2 by J in., terminal usually fem. at top clavate, 

 souielimes fem. only in the middle, sometimes wholly male. Fem. glumes as long as 

 utricles, oblong-lanceolate, not or scarcely mucronate, black-purple, back pale yellow. 

 Utricle -Jj in., stalked, not glandular ; beak oblong from a, conical base, glandular- 

 scabrous ; stigmas expert f the length of utricle. Nut ellipsoid, i the length of 

 whole utricle. — Not closely allied to the preceding species; it has the utricle identi- 

 cally of C. notha from which it differs not only in the fem. top of the terminal spike, 

 but iu its larger size and much larger spikes. 



22. C. cernua, Booit Carex, iv. 171, t. 578 ; leaves long, spikes 4-8 

 cylindric very dense, styles 2-fid, utricle broadly ovate mucn compressed 

 nerveless densely glandular subscabrous to base rich-brown, beak conical 

 entire. 



Assam ; to Sudiya, Jenkins, Simons, QriffilTi {Kem Distrib. 6099). — Disteib. 

 Tonkin, Japan. 



Stems 12-18 in. Leaves as long as stem, up to i in. broad. Lowest spike 

 i-2 in. distant; peduncle J-2 in. long; bract overtopping infl., not sheathing. 

 Spikes up to 2i bv i in. ; terminal one male at base (sometimes fem. in middle male 

 at both ends). Fem. glumes as long as utricle, 3-nerved, green on back, bristle 

 lanceolate excurrent rough. Utricle scarcely -Jj in., stalked; conical beak un- 

 distinguishnble from utricle with no (or hardly any) linear termination. — In C. 

 prielonga the whole utricle is sprinkled with minute yellow translucent glands sunk 

 ill the substance of utricle ; in C. cernua the glands are very thick, white, almost 

 rlepressel papillaj. C. cernua appears really nearer C. phacota than C. proelonga, 

 but diUers from both iu the densely packed utricles. 



Sect. 3. Yulgares. Terminal spike male, the others fem. or male at 

 top, solitary- 



23. C. phacota, Spreng. Syst in. 826: spikes 3-11 lower nodding on 

 slender peduncles linea,r-cylindric, fem. glumes with an excurrent greeti 

 scabrous tip, styles 2-fld short, utricle ovoid flat nearly nerveless glandular 

 to the base, beak short triangular with hardly any linear prolongation. 

 Nees in Wight Gontrib. 326; Kuntli JEniim. ii. 420; Brejer Symh. Caricol. 

 15, t. 4 (excl. G. punctata & notha) ; Boott Carex, i. 63, 1. 168 ; Thw. Enum. 

 356 ; Boeck. in Liiinxa, xl. 434. C. lenticularis, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. 



