739 OLXxJi. crPERiOEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Carex. 



linear beak f utricle. — Boott never named this, biit left it in his G. JiUoina packet. 

 Munro notes that it looks like 0. Lmdleyana, 



57. C. 'Wig'htiana, Nees in Wight Gontrih. 122; leaves subbasal 

 very long, infl. elongate, lower panicles distant peduncled oblong often 

 simply spicate, spikes \ in. often 6-8-nutted pale subereot in fruit, 

 bracteoles inconspicuous, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid-trigonous many- 

 nerved greenish scabrous-hairy, beak linear f utricle. Kunfh Enum. ii. 

 612 ; Boott Garex, i. 11, t, 30 {exd. ,Khasia plant) ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 

 366. C. meiogyna. Nees I. c. 123 (aU the Madras material, Wight, n. 1915, 

 &c.). 0. indica, Nees ms. in Herb. Wight n. 1914, and in Wight Contrib. 

 123.— Carex, Wall. Gat. 3400, C. {partly). 



South Madras ; Courtallum, Wight. 



Glabrous, except panicle-branches and utricles. Ehinome stout, horizontal. 

 Stems 2-2f ft. Leaves often as long as stem, J-^ in. broad. Infl. often 12 by 3 in. ; 

 lower panicles in fruit 2 by J in. Youa» spikes linear, green, somewhat ferruginoas. 

 Fern, glnmes ovate, acute, pale, often shortly aristate. Utricles J-i in., nerves 20 or 

 more; beak nearly straight, mouth slender 2-fid. — A very homogeneous series of 

 specimens, apparently all from one neighbourhood, though Nees described it under 

 three names. 



58. C. ecostata, C. B. Clarke; leaves narrow, infl. elongate dark 

 brown, lowest panicle distant slenderly peduncled narrow oblong (nearly 

 reduced to a spike), fern, glumes ovate-triangular not mucronate, style 

 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous nearly nerveless glabrous, beak slightly 

 oblique f utricle. 



East Assam ; Jakpho Summit, alt. 9900 ft., 0. B. Olarke. 



Closely resembles in general appearance and infl. the Indian 0. Wightiana, but 

 the utricles are almost nerveless; they usually have one face quite nerveless, the 

 other faces with 1 or 2 irregularly-placed thin nerves on each, 



59. C, repanda, G. B. GlarJce ; panicles very distant small pyramidal, 

 spikelets i-4 in. 4-nutted pale divaricate in fruit, bracteoles long con- 

 spicuous, utricle narrow-ellipsoid many-nerved pale glabrous, beak linear 

 curved \-i utricle (otherwise as G. Wightiana). 0. Wightiana, Boott 

 Garex, i. 11 (var. perigyniis glabris, Boott, ms. i.e. the Khasian plant). 



Khasia Hills, alt. 3000-5500 ft., J. B. H., C. B. Clarke. 



60. C. perakensis, G. B. Olarke ; leaves subbasal long narrow, infl. 

 elongate, partial panicles linear-oblong erect, spikes oblong 1-4-n.utted 

 white, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous many-nerved hairy, beak 

 straight linear about f utricle. 



Pbkak ; Wray. 



Glabrous (panicle branches minutely scabrous scarcely hairy). Rhizome stout, 

 woody. Stem 2 ft. Leaves rather longer than stem, A in. broad, tough, sub-3- 

 neived. ,Infl. 8 by 1| in. ; lowest peduncle 3 in. distant ; bracts far overtopping 

 inflorescence. Partial panicles with erect connivent branches in frnit, the dark-red 

 styles prominent over the white glumes and white-green utricles. Fem. glumes 

 as long as utricle, exclusive of short bristle. Utricle (with beak) nearly ^ in., beak 

 shortly bifid. 



61. C. sang'uinea, Boott in Proc. Linn. 8oc. i. 285, & Trans. 

 Linn. Soo. xx. 137, & Carer, ix. 157, t. 515 ; leaves shorter than infl. 

 narrow, infl. elongate, partial panicles oblong with irregularly capitate 

 daik-red spikes, style 3-fid, utricle narrow ellipsoid trigonous narrowed at 



