Garex.] olxxii. cTPERACEai. (C. B. Clarke.) 737 



(occasionally fem. at base) small, lower fern, oylindric very dense rigid pale, 

 style 3-fid, utricle ovoid glabrous suddenly contracted into a linear-conic 

 beak. Schk. Riedgr. i. 115, t. Ww, fig. 110 ; Kunth Enum. ii. 517. 0. 

 japonica, /3 minor, Boott Carex, ii. 88. C; ohlorostachys, Bon in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xiv. 330 and Prodr. 43. C. Doniana, Spreng. Si/st. iii. ,825 ; 

 Nees m Wight Contrih. 128; Kunth I.e. 503; Boott in Perry Exped. Jap. 

 ii. 327 (Donniana). C. Motoskei, Mig. in Ann. Mua. Lugd. Bat. ii. 148. 

 C. trichostyles, Franeh. et Savat, PI. Japan, ii. 152, 581 . — Oarex, Wall. 

 Cat. 3395. 



Nepal; WalUch. Sikkim Himalaxa ; Herb. G-riffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6079) 

 KhASIA Hues, alt. 5500-6000 ft., frequent, C. S. Clarice. — Distem. Japan.' 



Description of Khasian plant.^Glabrous. STiizome often 8 in. very slender, 

 with pale brown scales. Stems G-15 in., rather stout, very acutely triquetrous. 

 Leaves often as long as stem, i—J in. broad. Fem. spii:es i-1 by i in., very short- 

 peduncled, subereet, green or yellowish", when young almost comose from the, brown - 

 red styles ; terminal spilie small, almost concealed among the fem. spikes ; bracts 

 far overtopping infl. Fem. glumes ovate-lanceolate, aristate, green with scarious 

 margins, hardly so long as utricle. Utricles ^ in., very close-packed, obliquely 

 ascending, trigonous, 8-nerved, beak narrow, notched, glabrous or most miniitely 

 scabrous. Nut ellipsoid, subacute at both ends, filling the utricle. — None of the 

 Khasian specimens match the original C. ja/poniica, described by Thunb. ." spiels 

 ovatis," and figured by Sehkuhr (= 0. aphanolepis, I'raneh. et Savat.). The 

 Indian 0. japoniea is 0. chlorostachys, Don, which is near the following var. 



Var. P alopecm-oides (sp.) Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 333 & Prodr. 43 j tall, 

 spikes 2 in. long linear-cylindric, male spike often as long as female frequently 

 female at top, utricle ellipsoid passing almost gradually into oblong beak; Nees in 

 Wight Contrib. 128; Boott Ca/rem, ii. 88, t. 258 j Boech. in Linnaa, xli. 172. C. 

 emodorum, Spreng. Syst. iii. SIS; Kunth Mnum. ii. 516. C. juponiea, Boott Carem, 

 ii. 88, t. 257 (exol. var. /3) ; Boeclc. I. c. 283. C. Doni.ma, Drejer Symb. 26, t. 13. 

 Carex, Wall. Oat. 3395 A {partly) ,B- 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; aft. 5-7000 ft., J. JD. M. Khasia Hills ; Nunklao, alt. 

 4-5000 ft., J. B. H., C. B. Clarhe. Munetpooe : alt. 8500 ft., ITati.— D'Isxeib. 

 Japan. 



Out of 31 spikes collected by me at Nunklao 14 have the terminal spike (mostly 

 plentifully) fem. at top. Stems much less 3-winged than in the Khasia 0. japoniea. 

 Both Boott and Boeckeler have reduced- this plant to 0. japoniea, Thunb., but it is 

 very unlike it in general aspect ; the principal difference I find in the male spike 

 which is in C. japoniea short occasionally female at base, in var. (?) alopecmoides 

 long, frequently fem. at top. 



111. C. diluta, M. Bieb. Ft. Taur. Caucas. ii. p. 388; iii. 614; 

 spikes 3-10 distant, terminal one male, lovrer fem. oylindric dense ru-sty 

 green, glumes shorter than utricle rough- tipped, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid 

 obscurely striate glabrous green narrowed into a short-oblong notched 

 beak.; Kninth Enum. ii. 448; Boott Garex, iv. 139, t. 448; Boeclc. in 

 Unneea, xli. 235 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 425. C. punctata, Gaudzn Agrost. u.. 

 (1811) 152 & Fl Helvet. vi. 106, t. 2 ; Eunfh I. a. 448 ; Reichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 viii 22 t 251 ; Boott Ca/rex, iv. 155, t. 500 ; Boec/c. I. c. 271. 0. laevioauhs, 

 Kwnze'Suppl. 31, t. 6, fig. 2. C. rigidifolia, 8e%h. Fl. Azov. 21, t. 2, 

 fig. 1. 



N Kashmie: Indus Talley, alt. ,7650-9000 ft., frequent, 0. B. Clarke. Kuna- 

 WUE ; alt. Il,0e0 ft., Kunro.— DisiEiB. Cabul and Central Asia to Lapland and 



^Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems caespitose, 6 in. to 3 ft. Leaves very variable (in 

 Indian examples) sometimes less than| length of stems i m. broad, sometimes 20 

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