Carex.] olxxii. oypkraoe^. (0. B. Clarke.) 719 



53. Ci leptocarpus, G. B. Clarke; leaves subbasal very long, infl. 

 elongate, partial panicles distant long-peduncled pyramidal compound thin, 

 spikes i in. distant 3-6-iiutted, style 3-M, utricle very distant ellipsoid 

 tapering -lanceolate much recurved strongly-nerved glabrous greenish, 

 beak linear conic f utricle. 



MtJNETPOOE ; Watt (n. (6728.) 



Glabrous (panicle branches minutely scabrous hairy). Stems 2-3 ft., stout. 

 Leaves as long as stem, \-\ in. broad, harsh, two lateral nerves conspicuous. Infi. 

 1-lJ foot ; lowest peduncle exsert, 6 in. ; partial panicles 3 by 2J iu. ; bracteoles i in., 

 filiform. Young spikelets linear, pale-brown ; ripe spikelets rather wide from the 

 strongly divaricate utricles. Fem. glumes elliptic-lanceolate, mostly bristle-pointed. 

 Utricles i^— xV i"- apart, -r^-nj in. long, slender (not well ripe). — From the remote 

 utricles this species does not resemble any of the other allies of 0. crueiata, Wahl. 



54. C- mercarensis, Hochsf. ms. ; Stead. 8yn. Cyp. 194 ; partial 

 panicles oblong or scarcely pyramidal, fem. glumes aristate ferrugiuous 

 (otherwise as G.filioma). 0. crueiata, var. |3 Nees in Wight Ocmtrib. 124. 

 C. amoena, Boott Carex, iii. 106, t. 321; Boeck. in Linncea, xl. 364. 0. 

 ramosa, Boott Carex, iii. 105, t. 822 {excl. Maurit. pi., not Schhuhr). C. 

 Lindleyana, Herb. Ind. Or. JX. f. & T. {partly). 0. glaucina, Boech, in 

 Linneea, xl. 353 excl. Hoken. n. 629 (which Boeckeler never saw). 



NiLGHiRl and Pumey Mis. ; frequent, from Couetallum, Wight, to Ooty, 

 alt. 8000 ft., C. B. Clarice. 



A nearly glabrous form, branches of panicle only minutely scabrous on angles. 

 Utricle nearly J in., ellipsoid-trigonous, 15-nerved, glabrous, pale, tapering into 

 oblique linear beak about as long as utricle. — Hardly differs from the Madras G. 

 filicina growing with it, but by the pale ferruginous-green colour, the rather larger 

 utricles, and (especially) the definitely aristate female glumes. C. ramosa, Schkur, 

 a Mauritius plant, with which Boott combined it, has hairy utricles and distant 

 spikelets laxly panicled. 



Var. j3 inajor, Steud. Syn. Cyp. p. 194 ; spikelets i-f in. linear with 6-10 distant 

 scabrous-hairy utricles. 0. ramosa, Schk. ? Boott ms. — Canara, Hohenacker (n. 

 629) J Anamallays, Beddome. — This has been greatly confused, having, on account 

 of its number {Sohenacher, n. 629) been taken in Herb. Kewfor G. glaucina, Boeck., 

 and " written up " accordingly. But Boeckeler's C. glaucina is founded on Wight, 

 n. 1293 = Boott, tab'. 322, which is not exactly = Hohenatker n. 629 ; but here is 

 treated as a form of it. 



55. C. rapMdocarpa, Nees in Wight Contrib. 122 ; leaves minutely 

 hairy, panicle- branches densely hispid (otherwise as C. mercarensis). 

 Kunth Enum. ii. 512 ; Boott Carex, ii. 85, t. 244; Boech. in Linneea, xl. 363 

 (raphiocarpa). 



PuLNET Hills, Wight, n. 1911 (one collection), 



A rather stouter plant than 0. mercarensis, with rather larger fruits, that might 

 be esteemed merely a larger hairy form of it. 



56. C. ceylanica, Boeck. in Linnma, xl. 341 ; glabrous (panicle- 

 branches minutely scabrous), leaves rather short not caudate, utricle 

 rather large shining brown (otherwise as C. filicina, Nees). C. crueiata, 

 Thw. Enum. 355 {partly). 



Ceylon ; alt. 6C00 ft., Thwaites (C.P. 820 partly). 



Leaves not exceeding 5 in., tip sword-shaped (very unlike all the G. filicina 

 group). Fem. glumes brown-red, ovate-lanceolate, not aristate. Utricles I in., 

 ellipsoid-trigonous, 15-nerved, minutely hairy in upper part, tapering into an oblique 



