Carex.] clxxh. orpERACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 723 



8-fid, utricles very small ellipsoid trisoaous nerveless minntely hairv, beak 

 short come. Soeek. in Linntea, xl. 385. 



MiSHMEE Hills; Paen Panee (Khosha's), Griffith {Kew BUinb. 6097). 



Glabrous, isiolons long, slender, becoming woody. Stems 6-10 in. Leaves 

 ^ in. broad. Spites f by | in. JTem. glumes i in., brown-red. Utricle nearly 

 white, narrowed into beak, beak included much shorter than glume. Style-bramckes 

 3, exsert part much longer than utricle, persistent. 



*** Spikes long cylindric. Peduncles often several from one sheath. 



74. C. Insig'nis, Boott Carex, i. 5, t. 14 ; cauline leaves many shorter 

 than infl. narrow, their sheaths concealing nearly whole stem, infl. long 

 narrow, peduncles several or many from each sheath, spikes long linear 

 lax dark green, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous nerveless nearly 

 glabrous, beak conic-linear f utricle. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 337. 



From East Nepal, J. JO. H., eastwards to Assam and the Khasia Hills, alt. 

 3500-7000 ft., common. 



Glabrous. Stolons stout, elongate, covered by torn scales. Stems 2-3 ft., lowest 

 6-12 in. covered by nearly leafless red sheaths. Leaves 6-12 by i-^ in., flat. Infl. 

 often 12 by 2 in. ; lower bracts similar to the leaves, not overtopping infl. Spikes 

 1^-2 in. by |-i in., mostly shortly male at top, terminal one sometimes wholly male. 

 Fern, glumes ovate, obtuse, cuspidate, shorter (cusp included) than utricles. Utricles 

 (beak included) f in., sometimes hispid-scabrous on angles and margins of beak, 

 otherwise glabrous. Nut closely filling utricle j style-base linear. 



75. C. polycephala, Boott Carex, i. 4, t. 12 ; leaves long, infl. elon- 

 gate oblong dense, peduncles fascicled, spikes large oblong-cylindric dense 

 straw-colrd., fem. glumes elliptic acute, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid 

 trigonous few-nerved glabrous, beak linear as long as utricle. Boeck. in 

 Linnaa, xl. 333. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 7-10,000 ft., J. D. M., &o. 



Glabrous. ^At^onie stout; stolons elongate. Stems \2 18 in., robust. Leaves 

 exceeding infl. i-J in. broad. Infl. 10 by 2-3 in. Spikes numerous, solitary (many 

 long-pedicelled), J by ^J in. ; terminal spike (always as seen) female at base. 

 Fem. glumes acute-triangular, scarcely mncronate, l-nerved, bright straw-colrd. 

 Utricles i in. (or rather more), green finally black, not inflated, nerves 6-8, suddenly 

 narrowed at top j beak smooth, shortly 2-fid. Nut ellipsoid, trigonous, pyramidal 

 at either end, dark-brown ; style-base not dilated. 



76. C. Walkeri, Arnott ms. ex Boott in Froc. Linn. Soc. i. 257 and 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 129, and Carex, i. 2, t. 4 ; leaves nearly as long as 

 stem, infl. elongate narrow interrupted, peduncles fascicled, spikes long 

 linear, fem. glumes oblong-obovate cuspidate, style 3-fid, utricle oblong 

 trigonous attenuate at either end glabrous, beak conic-linear length of 

 utricle. Thw. Enum. 335 ; Boeck. in Limnaa, xl. 333. 



NiLGHiEl Hills ; alt. 5-7503 ft., frequent, G. B. Clarice. Cetloit ; alt. 7O0O 

 ft., Thwaites (C. P. a. 2751), &c.— Distrib. Java. 



Glabrous. Stems 2-3 ft. Leaves often | stem, \-\ in. wide. Infl. 20 by 2-3 

 in. ; lowest bract often not reaching halfway to its top. Spikes 2 by ^ in., dark- 

 brown in Ceylon examples, pale ferruginous-green in Nilghiri ; terminal and upper 

 spikes often wholly male or with only 1 or 2 utricles at base. Fem. ghimes, cusp 

 included, shorter than utricles. Utriclei f-^ in., scabrous on 3 angles and on beak, 

 attenuated into beak, nerves not prominent. Nut oblong-ellipsoid trigonous. 



77. C. decora, Boott Carex, i. 5, t. 15; stout, leaves and bracts 

 long, infl. long narrow, peduncles often clustered, spikes large linear 



