722 OLxxii. OTPBRACEA (C. B. Clarke.) IGarex. 



pedtmcles often 6-8 in. distant, cxsert 1-2 in. ; heads depauperated, ^ in. diam. of 

 1-6 spikes. Spikes J in., ovoid (in fruit), 4-8-nutied. Fern, glumes ovate, acumi- 

 nate, cuspidate (cusp not overtopping beak of utricle), nearly glabrous except at 

 top. Utricle (witb beak) -J in., nerves 20 not strong ; beak rather deeply bifld, 

 very little conic-dilated at base. 



65. C. malaccensls, C. B. Clarke; heads pjrramidal rigid } in. 

 diam. white, female glumes minutely hairy, utricle strongly-nerved 

 glabrous subinflated narrowed into oonioo-linear flattened beak scabrous 

 on margins, otherwise as C leucantha. 



Maiagca; Langkawi, Sidley (n, 1669). 



JSracts under terminal head 4 by -J in., leaf-like, horizontally spreading (in C. 

 leucantha, weak suberect very narrow). Beak of utricle curved inwards trigonous 

 compressed with two acute very scabrous margins (in C. leucantha nearly terete). 

 — The long narrow leaves and few depauperated remote white heads are very like 

 C. leucantha. 



66. C. spiclffera, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 121; leaves very long 

 narrow, infl. oblong panicled fuscous, lower peduncles 1-2 in. distant, 

 partial panicles oblong interrupted, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous 

 many-nerved hairy, beak oblong scarcely \ utricle. Kunih Enum. ii. 512 ; 

 Boott Carex, i. 10, t. 29 ; Thw. Enum. 355 ; Boech. m Linntea, xl. 368. 



Cetlon ; " Central Province up to 6000 ft.," T&waites (C.P. n. 822), &c. 



Stems 1-li ft. Leaves overtopping infl., J-J in. broad. Infi. 3 by 1 in. ; 

 partial panicles i by i in., dense. SpiTces in fruit ovoid, 4-nutted. Fern, glumes 

 ovate, often aristate, shorter (including bristle) than utricle. Utricle Jj in., brown- 

 red ; beak scarcely notched. 



Var. 8 minor, Thw. 1. c. 355 ; very slender, infl. 1 by | in. E. Gardneri, Boott 

 ms. — Cetloit (C.P. n. 824), Gardner. Stems 8-10 in., almost capillary. Leaves 

 scarcely i in. broad. Inflorescence reduced to a snbsessile interrupted spike. 



Var. y rubella (sp.) Boott Carex, iv. 176, t. 599 ; infl. a single terminal pyra- 

 midal dense head i in. diam. — Ceylon (C.P. 2629). 



Var. ? 5 rostrata, Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 369 j utricles nearly twice as long 

 narrower evidently beaked nearly smooth, glumes muticous. [Cf. Thw. Enum. 

 355]. — Ceyion j Thm. (C.P. 2629). — This appears from description scarcely a var. 

 of C. spieigera, but I have failed to find it among Thwaites C.P. 2629. 



*** Spikes long-cylindric. Peduncles mostly solitary, sometimes 2, in each 

 sheath (cf. 0. arridene, n. 78.). [Terminal spike sometimes wholly male iu C 

 desponsa and 0. preestans.'] 



67. C> baccans, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 122 ; robust, leaves and 

 bracts long, panicle oblong or linear-oblong, fem. glumes striate nearly 

 throughout their width, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid-trigonous gibbous finally 

 berried, beak short ultimately minute. Kunth Enum. ii. 513 ; Thw. Emtm. 

 355 ; Boott Carex, ii. 83, tt. 234-236 and 238, 239 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xl. 

 339 ; 0. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Boc. xxv, 82. 0. curviroatris, Kunze 

 Suppl. 79, t. 20 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 350. C, recurvirostris, Steud. in, 

 Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 60, and Oyp. 207. C. dolioophylla, Linh ms. 

 (fide BoecJeeler). 



SiRKiM and Khasia to the Naga Hilis; alt. 2500-7000 ft. Malabae Ghats 

 to Ceylon; alt. 3-6000 ft. — Disteib. Java, Sumatra, China, Philippines. 



Glabrous. Rhizome very stout, short, horizontal, with approximate stems. 

 Btenu often 3 ft. Leaves often overtopping inflorescence, i in. bioad. Injl. 12-18 



