Oarex.] clxxii. otperaOH^. (0. B. Clarke.) 747 



140. C. Wallichiana, Prescott in Wall. Gat. 8380 ; glabrous except 

 utricles, stolons long, leaves (all sub-basal) long, spikes 4-8 distant lon^- 

 oylindrio dense, 3-1 terminal male, style 3-fld, utricle ovoid-ellipsoid 

 densely hairy, beak very short divided nearly to base into two lanceolate 

 prickly teeth. Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834), 129 ; Kunth Enum. ii, 483; 

 Strachey Cat. PI. Kumaon, 73 ; Boott Garex, i. 6, t. 18 ; Boech. in lAnnma, 

 xli. 310 (pwrthj) ; Aitch. Gat. Punjab. PI. 152. 0. Fedia, Nees I. a. 129 ; 

 Kimth Enum. ii. 483. 0. hirta, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 431 ; Boech. in Jowm. 

 Linn. 8oc. xviii. 106 {not of Linn). — Carex, Wall. Gat. 3390. 



N. India, generally from Rawul Pindee, Aitohison, to Bdbma, Chiffith, and 

 from Delhi Caual, alt. 800 ft., Hdgeworth, to Sikkim, alt. 9000 ft.. King. — 

 DiSTEiB. Cabul. 



Stems 6-30 in. leaves often f stem, i in. broad, sheaths often fimbriate. 

 Spikes often IJ in. ; terminal males pale rather thick, often 3-2, sometimes &-i; 

 rarely 1 ; fem. i in. thick, ashy, lowest often 3-7 in. distant on erect peduncle ; 

 bracts usually overtopping infl. Fem. glumes ovate, acate, often macronate, fuscous, 

 shorter than utricles. Utricle (beak included) |-J in. long, 8-10-nerved; teeth 

 of beak ultimately whitening spreading. — United with 0. hlrfa, Linn., both by 

 Boeckeler and Boissier ; to which it is undoubtedly allied. G. hirta differs in the 

 sheaths (or the "ligules" at least) hairy, the mule spike smaller, the utricles 

 larger more acuminate into a longer beak. — C. JVallichiana, Boeck., was founded 

 partly on Falconer's n. 1164 which is 0. ligalata, Nees. 



141. C. ligrulata, JVees m Wicfht Gontrib. 127 ; stems with nodes and 

 leaves throughout their length, leaves J-i in. wide, spikes 6-8 oylindric 

 distant, terminal one male slender, style 8-fld, utricle densely hairy ovoid 

 acuminate into a short 2-fid beak. Kunth !Enwm.'\\.^\^\ mrachey Gat. 

 PI. Kumaon, 73 ; Boott Gwrew, i. 45, 1. 113 ; Boeck. in Linnxa, xli. 305. 0. 

 breviculmis, Thw. Enum. 356 not Br.). 0. Thwaitesii, Hance in Journ. 

 Bot. V. 235 (cf. Trimen Cat. PI. Ceylon, 104). 0. Wallichiana, Boech. in 

 Linnma, xli. 310 [pctrtly, not of Prescott). 0. laohnosperma, var. ^ 

 major, Nees in Wall. Gat. 3379 {partly) (3379 ^ Wall. Berb. propr.).— 

 Carex, Wall. Gat.. 3394 (second sheet). 



Kashmib ; Falconer to Nepai, Wallieh, alt. 5-7000 ft. Khasia Hiils, alt. 

 5-6000 ft., Griffith, C. B. Clarke. Nilgibi Hills j alt. 5-7000 ft., G. B. Glarlte. 

 Cetlon; alt. 4-5000 ft., Thwaites. — Distbib. China, Japan. 



Sheaths and leaves (partly) minutely hairy. Mootstooh woody, short, knotted, 

 not thick. Stems 12-30 in. Lower lemes short; those springing from middle of 

 stem about as long as infl., flat, striate. Terminal spike i by ^iy in., brown. Fern. 

 ipiJces Ii by i in., erect on short peduncles, pale or fuscous. Fem. glumes ovate, 

 acute, mostly mucronate, shorter than utricles. X/iricle (beak included) ^ in. 



142. C. hebecarpa, C. A. Meyer in Petersb. Mem. Sav. Etrang. i. 

 223, t. 12; leaves and lower bracts very close together scarcely 4 in. 

 broad much overtopping infl., fem. spikes slender with distant utricles, 

 fem glumes whitening (otherwise as G. ligulata, Nees). Kunth Enum. ii. 

 471 ; Boeck. in Unnsea, xli. 301. 0. Wallichiana, G. B. Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Boo. v. 25, S^ partly, not of Prescott). 0. lachnosperma, Wall. Gat. 

 3379, A. 



Nepal ; Wallieh. Munetpoob ; alt. 5800 ft., C. S. Glarhe. 



Beak of utricle rather longer and slenderer than in G. ligulata, Nees. 



Var. 8 lachnosperma (sp.) JSTees in Wigfd Gontrib. 13i (exel. syn) ; leaves close 

 together i in. broad, fem. spikes dense f-i in. broad. Kunth l.c 605: 0. Kunthu, 

 Drejer Symb. Garicol. 22. 0. gracilis, Boott Garea>, i. 59 {partly) C Maubertiana, 

 Boott I 45, t. 114. C. ligulata, Nees, var. minor and angustifolia, Boott ms. 



