Carex.] clxxii. ctpbracbje. (C. B. Clarke.) 729 



safe to unite them. C.fragilis differs by the extreme slenderness of the infl. and 

 peduncles, and by lowest bract not (or scarcely) overtopping infl. 



88. C. munlpoorensls, C. B. Clarke; short, leaves and bracts 

 narrow overtopping infl., spikes all iem. at base oblong solitary straw-colour 

 not very numerous, lower peduncles 2-3-olustered, glumes elliptic-lanceolate 

 elongate, style 3-fid, utricle oblong glabrous beaked. 



MUNIPOOB; Jopoo, alt. 9500 ft., Wait (n. 6894). 



Glabroas. Bhizome woody. Stems approximate, 6-8 in. Leaves snbbasal, nu- 

 merous, up to 11 in. by ^ in., rather tough. Infi. 3 by 1 iu., a solitary long- 

 peduncled spike sometimes added near base of stem. Spikes 12-14 on 1 stem, | by 

 ^ in., dense. Male glumes very elongate, not cuspidate j fern, glumes similar, rather 

 less elongate, shining, irregularly 3-5-nerved. Utricle not ripe. 



89. C. speciosaj Kunth Enum. ii. 504 ; leaves long, spikes 3-1 very 

 remote linear fern, at base, style 3-fid, fem. glumes short ovate muticous, 

 utricle ovoid-pyramidal many-striate green pnberulous hardly beaked. 

 Boott Garex, i. 53 ; Boeck. in lAnnaa, xl. 388 ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXV. 82. 0. concolor, Ifees in Wight Contrib. 125 {not B. Br.). C. 

 jjeduncularis, Wallich ms. 0. courtallensis, Nees ms. ; ex. Boott Ca/rex, i. 

 62, t. 138. 



Widely distributed in India, alt. 1-7000 ft. ; from Nepal to Sikkim, and Khasia 

 Hills to Muneypoorj also Kajmahl, Parasnath, and Mts. of S. India. — Disteib. 

 Borneo. 



Glabrous. Mliisome woody, short, with tough fibres (remains of lower sheaths). 

 Stems 1-2 ft., slender hut tough. Leaves (subbasal) often exceeding stem, some- 

 times scarcely -| in. wide, tough, many-striate, sometimes J in. broad, flat. Peduncles 

 usually very short, olten not exserted from sheath, but basal often 4-10 in. long 

 (perhaps a stem) ; bracts like the leaves usually not overtopping infl. Spikes 1-3 in. 

 by i in. Fem. glume triangular-tipped, muticous, shorter thnn utricle. Vtricles 

 J in., trigonous, not inflated, mouth nearly entire. Nut oblong-obovoid, f utricle, 

 black ; style (and its 3 branches) short, style-base scarcely dilated. 



90. C. radicalis, Booti Carea; i. 56, t. 147; leaves subradical many 

 exceeding the slender stems, spikes 2-1 very remote broad ovoid } in. diam., 

 style 3-branched, utricle ovoid many-ribbed hairy. Boeck. in Linnxa, 

 xxxix. 40. 



SiKEiM HiMAiAXA j Lachen, alt. 10-11,000 ft., J. V. H. 



Glabrous, except utricle. Rhizome oblique woody. Leaves 10 by Jj in., many. 

 Stems almost capillary, sometimes 2 from one sbeath, sometimes with a leaf and 

 peduncle in the middle. Spihe irregular, sometimes of 2 or 3 obscurely fused into 

 one head, pale. Fem. glumes ovate-triangular Inerved, lower mucroiiate, lowest 

 bract-like sometimes 1 in. Utricle few, small, with uo linear beak, dull green. 



91. C. curticeps, C. B. Clarke; leaves as long as stem narrow, 

 spikes 2-14 very long approximate several terminal often male or witb 

 few fem. at base, fem. glumes ovate usually cuspidate, style 3-fid, utricle 

 \ in. and upwards elongate-lanceolate nerveless glabrous, beak 4 as long as 

 utricle. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft., common, C. B. Clarke. 



Glabrous. Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves rarely more than i in. broad. Jnjl. ^-2^ in. 

 long. Fruiting spikes 2-3^ in. long; glumes | in. apart, \ in. long. Utricle alto- 

 gether resembling that of 0. decora, but sometimes i in. long.— Closely allied to 

 C. decora, but the infl. is uniform and very diflferent. 



