740 OLxxii. CYPERACEa. (0. B. Clarke.) [Oarex, 



117. C. rostrata^ Stokes in With. Brit. PL ed. ii. 1059 ; spikes 3-6 

 distant erect, uppermost 1 (or 2-3) male, lower fern, cylindrio dense, fern, 

 glumes lanceolate not aristate, style 3-fid, utricle ovoid 9r ellipsoid much 

 inflated thin narrowed suddenly into short beak, nut very small. 0. am- 

 pnllacea, Orooden. in Vrans. Linn. 8oo. ii. 207 ; Kuiutli Enum. ii. 494 ; Reichh. 

 Ic. Fl. Germ. viii. S(l,.t. 277 ; Boott Garex, iv. 156>, t, 561; 



KASHMIR! Jacquemont, alt.. 10-11,000 ft., Thomson, alt. 8-13,000 ft., 0. S. 

 Clarke. Lahoul ; Jaeschhe. — Distbib. Cool Northern' regions. 



Glabrous. Stolohlferous. Stemi 2-3 ft., robust. ■ Leaves often f the stem, i iti. 

 broad, scabrous near tip. Male spike IJ by i in. Lowest fern, spike l-li by i in., 

 often 3 in. distant, on a peduncle 0^ in. Fem, ^Jwrne^ ■ purple-chestnut witli 

 narrow pale back (In the Indian examples, often pals, in thp European). Utricles 

 (fertile) J in. long, ellipsoid, longer than glume, but many of the utricles are ovoid 

 more inflated (with sterile mit) shorter than glume ; ribs of utricle 6-8, incon- 

 spicuous (till the nut is taken out arid the wall of utricle looked through) ; beak in 

 sterile utricles about ^ as long as utricles linear-conic, in fertile utricles much 

 shorter, shortly 2-fid with erect teeth: Ifut (perfect) vCry small, not i length or 

 breadth of utricle, obovoid, dark-brown.-^This Indian C. rostrdia is so referred by 

 Boott, and is conspicuous by the narrow chestnut'purple glumes imperfectly' covering 

 the pale (nearly white) utricles ; the beak of the frpnt i» very little split. ' Mr. Baker 

 says " it is not at all good 0. ampuUacea." 



118. C. vesicaria, Linn. Sp. PI. 1388 {partly) ; spikes longer than 

 in Q. rostrata, fem. glumes ovate-lanceolate mucronate or short-aristate 

 pale, utricle rather larger than in 0. rostrata, beak deeply notched with 

 2 conspicuous shining lanceolate ri^id teeth (otherwise as C. rostrata), 

 Kunth Enum. ii. 494; Seichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. viii. 30, t. 276.; Boott Garex, 

 iv. 162, tt. 536, 537 ; Boeclc in Linniea, xli. 319. 



Kasumie; Margan Pass, alt. 11,500 ft., W. S. Atkinson. — Disteib. ■ Cold 

 temp. N. regions. ^ 



Male spikes 2f in., and up to IJ in. apart (in the Kashmir examples). Pem. 

 spikes up to 3 by i in., both glumes and utricles pale stramineous. — Atkinson's 

 collection is copious, though not fully ripe; Mr. Baker says it 'is "satisfactory 

 nesicaria." 



119. C. pseudo-cyperus, Linn. Sp. PL 1387 ; spikes 3-7 moderately 

 near together, terminal one male pale, lower fem. cylindric dense nodding, 

 female glumes linear-Oblong aristate pale, style 3-fid, utricle ellipsoid- 

 lanceolate subinflated thin pale smooth strongly ribbed, beak 2-fid in two 

 erect whitened almost prickly teeth. Kunth Enum. ii. 501 ; B,eichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germt. viii.' 30, t. 275; Boott Garex, iv. 140, tt. 451, 452 ; Boeclc. in Linntea, 

 xU. 321. 



Kashmir j alt. 600O ft., Thomson ; Pir Punjal, alt.- 11,000 ft.y iCTinye— Disteib. 

 Cool N. regions. 



Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems 24 ft. Leaves often longer than stem, i^ in. 

 broad, flat. Spikes 1-3 in. long, lowest 1-8 (rarely 4-6) in. distant. Utricles i in., 

 nltimately divi^ricHte, green or yellowish; beak about half as long as utricle, deeply 

 notched. Nut ovoid, somewhat narrower than utricle, and about Tialf as long, 

 brown. 



120. C. acutiformis, Ehrh. Beitr. iv. 43 ; spikes 3-7 distant erect, 

 uppermost 3-2 male chestnut-red, fem. cylindrio dense, fem. glumes 

 elliptic-lanceolate not aristate, style 3-fid, utricle ovpid or ellipsoid in- 

 flated thin obliquely erect fuscous glabrous obscurely nerved, beak short, 

 nut very small. Boeck in lAnncea, xli. 289. 0. spadicea, Roth Tent. ii. 



