726 CLXxii. CYPEEAoaai. (C. B. Clarke.) [Carex. 



purple-red, several terminal frequently wholly male, fern, glumes ovate 

 obtuse or retuse, style 3-fld, utricles long narrow-ellipsoid trigonous nerve- 

 less glabrous, beak ^ utricle. Boeck. in lAnnsea, xl. 338. 



SiKEiM HiMAlATA J alt. 9-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c., abundant. 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody ; lateral shoots strong. Btems 2-3 ft. Leaves often 

 overtopping infl., J-i in. broad, coarse. Infi. 18 by 3 in.; lower peduncles some- 

 times 8 in. exsert, 6 in. long, 5-spiked. Terminal spike with a few fern, at base, or 

 sometimes 6-10 top spikes wholly male 14 by ^ in. Fern, glumes |— J in., dark-red, 

 searious-edged, lower often distant. Style long, base conic, branches 3 long. 

 Utricles i-i in., attenuate at both ends, greenish, not inflated ; beak conic-linear, 

 often minutely scabious, teeth 2 long linear. — -Varies greatly In size of glumes and 

 utricles J a large form with utricles more than \ in. long and clusters of wholly 

 male spikes has been taken for a distinct species. 



78. C. arridens, C. B. Clarice ; robust, leaves overtopping stem, infl. 

 elongate, peduncles 3-1 from each sheath bearing many spikes, spikes 

 linear-lanceolate dark-red with few fern, at base or wholly male, style 3-fid, 

 utricle ovoid trigonous nerveless hairy, beak linear hairy longer than, 

 utricle. 



Pegu ; Nattoung, alt. 4000 ft., Kmz. Pebak ; alt. 3000 ft., Kumtler. 



Glabrous, except utricles. Bhinome oblique, woody, stout. Stem 18 in. Leaves 

 (subbasal) numerous, \ in. broad, coarse, strongly striate. Infi. 12 by 2 in ; lower 

 peduncles distant, exsert 2 in., stout, erect. Spikes i-i in., rather stout. Male 

 glumes oblong-obovate, obtuse, scarcely mucronate, red-brown with scarious margin. 

 Fern, glumes ovate, acuminate, scarcely mucronate, much shorter than utricles (beak 

 included). Utricle covered with golden hairs in upper part suddenly narrowed into 

 beak, beak slender 2-fid into two large lips. Nut ellipsoid, trigonous, pyramidal at 

 both ends, dark-brown, style-base linear. — C. divaricata, Wall. Cat. 3538 from 

 Saluen is very young; it may be this. 



79. C. Daltoni; Boott Carex, i. 5, 1. 16 ; large, leaves long, infl. long 

 compound peduncles clustered, spikes linear, fern, glumes cuspidate, style 

 3-fid, utricle small narrow ellipsoid trigonous nerveless hairy, beak oblong- 

 linear f the length of utricle. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 331. C. crassipes, 

 Boeck. l.c. 329. 



TJpPEB SiKKiM ; alt. 7-10,000 ft., J. D. H., Pantlmg. Bhotan ; Oriffith. 



Glabrous. No stolons seen. Stems 2-2i ft., stout ; lower sheaths horny, yellow 

 or chestnut-colour, grooved. Leaves many, overtopping the stem, J in. broad, stout, 

 striate. Infl. 18 in. by 6 ; peduncles in lowest sheath sometimes 6-20, 7 in. long, 

 slender. Spikes 2 by i in., chestnut or pale-yellow or intermediate ; terminal spikes 

 often nearly (sometimes wholly) male. Fern, glumes ovate, subobtuse, cusp reaching 

 to top of beak of utricle. UtHcles becoming chestnut-red almost shining when fully 

 ripe, narrowed into beak (yet nut is obovoid rather obtuse) ; beak not hairy, scabrid 

 on the bifid teeth. 



80. C. ineequalls, Boott ms. ; medium sized, leaves long very narrow, 

 infl. long compound, peduncles clustered, spikes linear, glumes shortly cus- 

 pidate, style 3-fid, utricles small narrow ellipsoid trigonous nerveless hairy, 

 beak oblong-linear f utricle. 



KuMAON, alt. 8-9000 ft., Duthie. Sikkim Hmiaiata ; Lachen, 9-11,000 ft., 

 /. D. S. 



Steins slender, 12-15 in. Leaves as long as stem, hardly ^ in. broad. Infl. 7 by 

 1 in. Spilces J by | in., chestnut or pale; terminal spike sometimes wholly mnle. — 

 Closely allied to C. Daltoni ; the utricles turn shining chestnut-red when fully ripe, 

 and (what is unusual in Carex) though the utricle is attenuated into the beak, the 



