Carex.'] CLxxn. otpeeaobji. (C. B. Clarke.) 727 



nut is obtuse at top.— The difference in size, stoutness, and breadth of leaves between 

 this and C. Daltoni is great. 



81. C. Winterbottomi, G. B. Clarke ; leaves and bracts narrow 

 slightly overtopping infl., infl. long narrow of 19 spikes whereof 6 terminal 

 wholly male, peduncles clustered, fem. glumes elliptic acate pale, style 

 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid trigonous nerveless hairy, beak bifid i length of 

 utricle. 0. setigera ? var. fasciculata, Strachey Cat. PI. Kumaon, 73; 

 Duthie in T. E. Atkinson Oaz. x. 616. 



KnMAON; alt. 8000 ft., Strachey 8; Winterbottom (n. 16). 



Glabrous. Rhizome creeping, woody. Sterm approximate, 10 in. Leaves |-i 

 in. broad, rather rigid. Inji. 6 by 1 in. ; peduncles shortly exserted, little divided. 

 Terminal 6 spikes male, 1 by ^^ in. ; glumes pale brown, acute, not cuspidate, mar- 

 gins white shining. Lower spikes f by \-^ in., with 4-8 basal females. Style- 

 branches 3, rather long. Fem. glumes pale, 1- nerved, exceeding utricles. 



82. C. pulchra, Boott Carex, i. 4, t. 13; leaves shorter than infl. 

 narrow, infl. oblong, peduncles short clustered, spikes rather numerous 

 linear, chestnut-brown, fem. glumes vtry small not cuspidate, style 3-fid, 

 utricle small narrow ellipsoid trigonous nerveless glabrous red-brown, 

 V.eak conic-linear f length of utricle shortly bifid. Boeck. in Idnnsea, si. 

 336. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 10-14,000 ft., Lachen, J. D. H. East Nepai, ; 

 Tambur River, J. D. H. 



Glabrous. Stolons slender. Stems approximate 8-16 in., slender. Leaves 

 scarcely ^ in. broad, 1 or 2 eauline often present. Infl. 4 by 1 in. ; spikes mostly 

 fem. with a few males at top, terminal sometimes wholly male ; peduncles often 6 or 

 more clustered, not rarely divided. Spikes 1 by ^ '„ -^\ in, , much slenderer than in 

 C. inaquaUs or Daltoni. Fem. glumes -^^ in., about as long as utricle. — This 

 specii'S differs from all (except C. munda, Boott) by the very small glumes and 

 utricles, and very slender spikes. 



83. C. munda, Boott Carex, i. 7, t. 20 ; leaves about as long as infl. 

 narrow, infl. very lax, peduncles distant long lower often paired, spikes 

 oblong-linear straw-colrd., fem. glumes elliptic triangular-tipped, styles 

 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid- trigonous nerveless glabrous green-yellow, beak i 

 utricle nearly entire. Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 383. 



SiKKiM HiMAiATA, alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. B., &c., frequent. 



Glabrous. Stolons slender, iitems 10-18 in., very slender. Leaves J-i in. 

 broad, weak. Infl. of few scattered distant solitary spikes j lower peduncles often 

 exsert 3-6 in. Spikes mostly fem. at base (terminal sometimes wholly male), | by 

 I in. Utricle -^-ys in. — Closely allied to 0. pulchra, Boott ; spikes and utricles 

 larger (though \mall). Rhacheola not rarely developed inside utricle. Possibly a 

 form of G. Straoheyi ; the utricles are rather smaller, glabrous, the terminal spike 

 usually fem. at base. 



84. C. Stracheyi, Boott; Strachey Cat. Fl. Kumaon, 73; spikes 

 20-30* loosely panicled on slender long peduncles, uppermost 2 male, lower 

 fem. slender cylindiio pale, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid-lanceolate setulose 

 narrowed into a linear-conic beak. Buthie in T. E. Atkinson Gaz. x. 

 618. 



N.W Himalaya ; Kumaon, alt. 8000 ft. (Mudhnri Pass), Strachey 8r Winter- 

 Uttom (n. 18). GuBWHAL, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Duthie. 



Glabrous. Stems 12-18 in. Leaves as long as the stems, i m. broad. Pamcle 

 commencing at 8 in. from base of stem. Feduncles 2-5 from one sheath, 3-7 m., 



