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CX1I. CYPERACEAE 
Leaves long, l in. broad. Spikes 1- in., ovoid, sessile, male at the 
top, pale coloured, forming an interrupted spike l-§-3 in. long. 
Glumes containing female flowers ovate, usually long-pointed ; 
midrib prominent, hardly prolonged ; margins white, transparent. 
Utricle ovoid, glabrous ; nerves none or few and obscure ; beak 
linear, rough on the margins. Style 2-branched. Nut hardly 
half the length of the utricle, flattened. 
Simla, Mushobra, Matiana. — Himalaya, 6000-9000 ft. — Nilghiris. 
Closely allied to the British C. muricata. 
*3. Carex brunnea, Thunb. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 705. Stems 1-3 ft., 
slender. Leaves nearly as long as the stem, £ in. broad or less. 
Spikes 1-2 in., linear, stalked, nodding, red-brown, the uppermost 
male at the top, forming a long, lax panicle- Glumes containing 
female flowers ovate. Utricle ovoid ; nerves many on each face, 
minutely hairy ; margins smooth, brown, flat ; beak straight, much 
shorter than the body. Style 2-branched ; arms very long, brown. 
Nut ovoid, flattened. 
Hilly districts throughout India, 3000-6000 ft.— Madagascar, Australia. 
4. Carex longicruris, Nees; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 705. Stems 
2-4 ft., slender. Leaves nearly as long as the stem, \ in. broad. 
Spikes 1-2 in., linear, stalked, nodding, red-brown, the upper- 
most male at the top, forming a long, lax panicle. Glumes con- 
taining female flowers lanceolate, long-pointed. Utricle ovoid, 
red-brown, glabrous ; nerves several on each face ; margins rough, 
green, incurved ; beak straight, about as long as the body. Style 
2-branched ; arms very long, brown. Nut ovoid, flattened. 
Simla. — W. Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft. — Ceylon. 
5. Carex Rochebruni, Franch. & Sav . ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 706, 
under C. remota. Stems 1-2^ ft., slender. Leaves nearly as long 
as the stem, in. broad or less. Spikes l in., ovoid, sessile, pale 
green, the uppermost male at the top, lower ones 1 in. or more 
apart, upper more or less crowded, the whole forming a much 
interrupted spike often half the length of the plant. Glumes 
containing female flowers ovate, acute. Utricle glabrous, ovoid ; 
margins of the upper half winged, minutely toothed ; nerves few 
and weak ; beak short. Style 2-branched. Nut ovoid, flattened. 
Simla. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-12,000 ft. 
Closely allied to C. remota , a British plant from which it differs in the 
utricle being winged. 
6. Carex condensata, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 716. Stems 
2-3 ft., robust. Leaves nearly as long as the stem, in. broad. 
Spikes 50-200, oblong, in., crowded, red-brown, male at the 
top or the terminal ones sometimes wholly male, nearly sessile on 
the rough branches of dense, erect, lateral panicles 1-3 in. long, the 
