728 cLXxn. oypeeaoe^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Garex. 



nearly capillary; bracts not overtopping panicle. Spikes solitary (rarely a small 

 second added) J by ^-^ in. ; two upper male (in one case with a disjunct fem. at base) 

 ferruginous, the others fem. often shortly male at top. Fem. glumes ovate, acute, 

 (lower often mncronate), pale, shorter than utricle. Utricle small, less than -^ in., 

 yellow-green, obscurely nerved, setnlose-scabrous at least in the upper half, granular 

 or subscabrous below ; beak shorter than ntricle, setulose, scabrous, shortly notched ; 

 exsf rt style-branches much shorter than utricle. Nut fitting the utricle, ellipsoid, 

 triquetrous, brown. — Very like C mundaj Boott. 



***** Species of Sect. " iNBici; " not easily placed in any one of the preceding 

 four subsections. 



85. C. curvata, Boott Carex, i. 2, t. 5 (nou Knaf) ; small, leaves 

 filiform, infl. compound oblong yellow dense, spikes very small ovoid 4^6- 

 nutted with few males at top, utricle ellipsoid plano-convex 3-nerved, 

 glabrous, beak very short oblong bifid, style 3-fid. Boeck. in Linntea, 

 xxxix. 110. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; Tungu, alt. 12-13,OfO ft., J. D. H. Pharee, Dwngloo. 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody. Stems densely oaespitose, 2-6 in., sometimes curved. 

 Leaves overtopping the short stems, often curved, edges inrolled. Infl. 1^ by \ in., 

 lowest bract often overtopping it. Lowest partial panicle subsessile (peduncle in- 

 cluded in the short sheath), nearly ^ in. with 2-6 spikes. S/jiJces | in., nearly 

 entirely fem. Fem. glumes ovate, acute, scarcely nucronate, yellow, back green, 

 about as long as utricle. Utricle -^ in., sessile, almost concavo-convex, yellow with 

 3 green longitudinal bands; beak bifid, nerves of utricle running up into its teeth. 

 Hudiment of the spicula usually present, as long as utricle, flat, green, 3-striate, 

 applied to the posticous face of nut, often (as observed by Boott) splitting the utricle 

 down. — Boott was unable to indicate the affinities of this species ; Boeckeler has 

 placed it in the middle of Yignea ; it has several points in common with Eobresia. 



86. C. inclinls, Boott ms. ; stems 4-9 in. slender 4-6-spiked, leaves 

 much overtopping infl. narrow, spikes solitary nearly all male at top 

 terminal usually fem. at base, style 3-fid, utricle narrow-ellipsoid tri- 

 gonous nearly nerveless, beak ^-^ length of utricle. C. setigera, var. S 

 inelinis, Boott ms. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; Tonglo, alt. IC.OOO ft., and Lachen, alt. 12-13,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., &c. 



Glabrous, except minutely hairy utricles. JRIiizome creeping ; stolons elongate, 

 rather slender. Leaves numerous, 1 ft. (and upwards) by i in. — Out of 17 terminal 

 ipilces 2 are wholly male, 15 fem. (usually only a few distant utricles) at base. 

 Spikes solitary f by ^ in. ; male glumes dark red. Fem. glumes ovate-lanceolate, 

 mncronate, not quite reaching beak of utricle. — Technically near 0. composita, 

 Boott. 



87. C. frag'ilis, Boott Carex, i. 7, t. 21 ; stem very slender, leaves 

 about as long as stem narrow, pednncles 3-6 very distant filiform, spikes 

 pale basal fem. distant, style 3-fid, utricle (unripe) oblong-obovoid minutely 

 scabrous-hairy, beak linear J— | utricle. Boeck. in Linniea, xl. 383. 



SiKRiM Himalaya, alt. 11,000 ft. ; Lachen and Lachoong, J. B. E. 



Glabrous, except utricles. BJdzome very short, horizontal. Stems densely uni- 

 seriate, 8-14 in. Leaves ^in. broad, lower 1-3 in. long, upper up to 12 in. Lowest 

 peduncle 3-4 in., capillary, uppermost 1-2 in. Spikes sometimes 1 by i in. with 10 

 fems. at base; sometimes 6-8-nd., very slender the 2 or 3 basal fems. distant. Fem, 

 glumes elliptic, 3-nerved, emarginate, often muticous. Utricle very obscurely few- 

 nervrd.' — Extremely like C. inelinis, collected at the same place by J. D. H. ; the 

 material of both being scanty, and the fruits of C.fiagilis only half ripe, it is not 



