Garex.] olXxii. otpeeaoe^. (C. B. Clarke.) 717 



48. O. vesiculosa, Boott Carex, iii. 107, t. 323; infl. irregularly 

 pamcled, spikes rarely clustered, style 3-fid, utricle small narrow-ellipaoid 

 trigonous irregularly ribbed not inflated, beak i utricle with narrow bifid 

 inouth (otherwise as C cnndensata). Boeck. in Linnma, xl. 345. 0. 

 diffusa, Booti ms.— Carex, Wall. Gat. 3400 ^. 



SIKKI.M Himalaya ; ale. 4000 ft., C. B. CJaria. Bhotan ; ©WJiS. Khasia 

 Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., very common. 



Leaves rarely { in. broad, usually narrower than in 0. oottdensata. Fern, glumes 

 ovate- lanceolate (hardly raucronate) nearly as long as ripe utricle, more enclosing 

 utricle than in preceding species. Beak of utricle longer than in 0. condensata, 

 more narrowed at top. Infi. (in dried plants) usually rich-brown, sometimes paler, 

 cinnamomeous. —Hardly separable from 0. condensata. 



Var. $ panicalata ; inflorescence a compound loose rich-brown panicle, utricle 



t'o >"• (larger than in 0. vesicnlosa, Boott type) Sikkim ; alt. 700-2500 ft. (Serb. 



Onfflth), C. B. aiarJce. 



49. C. continua^ C B. Glarhe ; leaves sub-basal very long narrow, 

 infl. elongate cylindrio nearly continuous, spikes numerous solitary fine 

 brown.'fem. glume with bristle as long as utricle, style 3-fid, utricle small 

 oblong-ellipsoid trigonous strongly many-nerved hairy narrowed into 

 short deeply bifid beak. C. Bruceana, Boott ms. {in small part.) 



Nepal ; Wallich. Sikkim Himalaya ; alt. 500-1100 ft., plentiful, 6'. B. 

 CXatie. 



Tufted. Rhizome woody, short. Stems 8-16 in. Leaves numerous, much over- 

 topping sterna, i-| in. wide, tough. Infi. 4-8 by 1^ in., scarcely interrupted at 

 base; bracts lonsf, overtopping inflorescence. Spikelets J-J in., 3-7-nutted, 

 jiumerous and close together, not clustered as in C. vesiculosa. Utricle i in., 

 narrow, brown, with 15-20 regular close strong nerves. — The utricle is not unlike 

 Hiat of C. vesiculosa, the infi, is different, somewhat resembling small forms of 

 0. cruciata, with which latter Boott arranged it. 



50. C stramentltia, Boott mg. ; Boeck. in Linnxa, xl. 351 ; infl. 

 young pale straw-colrd. ripe dirty-straw-colrd. not brown, style 3-fid, 

 utricle rather large globose- trigonous many-striate glabrous not inflated, 

 beak linear ^ utricle very shortly 2-fi.l. 0. condensata, Boott ms. (partly). 

 C. condensata, /3 flava, Nees in Wight Contrib. 123. 0. Wightiana, Boott 

 m,s. (partly.) C. filicina, Boeck. ms in Serb. Schlagintiveit ■ n. 14702. — 

 Carex, Wall. Cat. 3398. 



From Nepal to extreme E. As^am, alt. 500-3000 ft. ; common in lower 

 SmKiM, J. D.B., &c. Gabo, Khasia and MiKiB HillSj on Assam face. Chota 

 Nagpoee ; Behae ; on Parasnath, alt. 4000 ft., 0. B. Clarke. 



Glabrous except the secondary panicle-branches. EUzome stout, woody. Leaves 

 2-3 ft., often ^-J in. broad, Panicle often 12-16 in., linear-oblong; partial 

 peduncles compound, lower distant ; spikes fascicled, resembling those of C. conden- 

 sata. Utricle J in. and upwards, rather acute, trigonous, fuscous green, very sud- 

 denly narrowed into beak ; nerves 15-20, slender but well-marked. — -Pfom its habit, 

 this plant has been mixed with Q. condensata, from which its large utricle entirely 

 separates it. It is really very near G. indica, Linn., and closely resembles it in the 

 utricle; but the spikelets are shorter, whiter, and the characteristic conspicuous 

 setaceous bracteoles of G. indica are wanting. 



51. C. filicina, Nees in Wight Contrib. 123 ; leaves very lone, infl. 

 elongate of distant pyramidal compound panicles, spikes small often 

 very many on slender branches not congested, female glumes small not 

 (or scarcely) mucronate, style 3-fid, utricle small narrow ellipsoid or 



