.-744: CLXXii. ciPJiEACB^. (C..B; Glarke..) [.Carex. 



K&sniiiK, a,lt. 10-15,000 ft., Thomson, frequent, C. S. Glarkfi. 



Eesembles generally C. pracox or C. pihelifera, but has an oblong beak to 

 ntricle ending in two starious lanceolate teeth. Shizome short, creeping, divided. 

 Stems 8-16 in., slender. Leaves all nearly basal, f length of stem, i in. broad, flat. 

 Infl. usually l-lj in. j bracts not (or scarcely) overtopping infl. Spikes very close, 

 nearly sessile ; lowest fem. occasionally 1-li in. distant, then shortly pednncled. 

 Spikes i-i in., ferruginous; fem. with 8-20 utricles. TTtriUle i in. long (much 

 smaller than in C. hirtella), greenish, about 8-ribbed. Nut filling utricle, dark 

 brown, oblong-ellipsoid ; style microscopically scabrous-pilose, exsert branches about 

 as long as .utricle.-:^The .preceding 0. inanis, Kunth, is distinguished from the present 

 sp. by its very long bracts. 



131. C. heematostoma, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 126 ; spikes 4r-10 

 linear-oylindric, uppermost 3-1 male, lower fem. somewhat distant short- 

 pedunoled suberect, fem. glumes ovate, style 3-fid, utricle much com- 

 pressed ovoid tip triaugxilar-oblong deeply 2-fid hairy, nut stalked, style 

 hairy. Kwnth Enum. ii. 514; Strachey Gat. PI. Kumaon, 73; Boott 

 Carex, i. 72, t. 196 ; Boeck, in I/inneea, xli. 302. 0. macrogyna, Boott I. c. 

 7, t. 22; Boeck. I. c. 223 (not of Turcz). 



Himalaya and W. Tibet ; N. Sikkim, alt. 12-17,000 ft., X X>. H., Ac. Kumaon, 

 alt. 10-13,000 ft., DutUf, &c. Knnawur, alt. 7-9000 ft., Moi/le, &c. Nubra, alt. 

 15-17,000 ft., Thomson. — Disteib. Central Asia. 



Glabrous, except spikes. Rhizome short ; no stolons seen. Stemt 8-30 in., 

 unusually terete. Leaver 4r-20 by 4 in., weak, flat when dry. Spikes sometimes 2i 

 by 4 in. (or in some high-level Sikkim examples 5 by J in. few-fld.), chestnut-purple. 

 Fem. glumes shorter than utricle, mucronate, dark chestnut with or without a broad 

 green back, in the large Sikkim examples brown-pilose, in Boyle's plant nearly 

 (sometimes quite) glabrous. Utricle j-i in., with few obscure nerves, usually 

 browner upwards. 2fut oblong-obovoid, trigonous, obtuse, with short oblong api- 

 culus. 



132. C. birtella, Brejer Byrrib. Caric. 21 ; leaves very narrow en- 

 rolled when dry, utricle ellipsoid-lanceolate very long — otherwise as G. 

 hsematostoma, Nees. Boott Carex, i. 11, t. 31 ; Boeck. in Linnma, xli. 209, 

 Sc in Journ. lAnn. 80c. xviii. 105. C. tenuis, Nees in Wight Gontrib, 128; 

 Kunth JSnum. ii. 516. 



Kashmie, alt. 9-13,0C0 ft., very common. Kunawue, Soyle. GuEWHAL, 

 alt. 9-10,000 ft., Duthie (n. 62). 



The full form has utricles 4-J in. long and is very marked ; but eastern examples 

 have smaller utricles, and are hardly distinguishable from C. hirtella by their very 

 narrow inroUed leaves. The utricles in both species are triangular at tip without 

 any definite beak ; the terete stems, the much-stalked nut, and the very hairy. style 

 are characteristic of both species. The spikes in 0. hirtella are (usually) 3 male, 

 3-2 fem. ; the glistening margins of the glumes are sometimes very prominent, some- 

 times not more so than in C. hcematostoma and many sp. 



133. C. cardiolepis, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 127 ; spikes 3-5 distant 

 oylindric, terminal one male, fem. glumes ovate truncate mucronate pale- 

 backed, style 3-fld, utricles obovoid-ellipsoid trigonous scabrous bristly 

 suddenly narrowed into minute oblong beak. Kiinth Enum. ii. 516; 

 Si/rachey Cat. PI. Kumaon, 73 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xli. 200 ^ in Journ. 

 Linn. Soe. xviii. 105 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 409. 



'S.W. HiMAiAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft., frequent; from Kumaon to Kashmir.— 

 Disteib. Cabul. "' 



Glabrous. S^f^s 6-18 iu., osespitose on a tough short rootstock. Leaves often 

 neai-ly as long asTsfem, -}^ in. broad, flat. Lowest fem. spike in fruit 1 by i in.. 



