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whole forming a composite panicle often a foot long. Glumes 
containing female flowers ovate, glabrous, except the rough, pro- 
longed midrib. Utricle narrowly ovoid, 3-sided, minutely hairy ; 
nerves few, distinct; beak long, straight, deeply bifid. Style 
3-branched. Nut 3-sided. 
Simla, Mahasu, common in pastures. — Temperate Himalaya, 1000-10,000 ft. 
7. Carex meiogyna, Sirachey ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 718, under 
C. filicina. Stems 1-3 ft. Leaves long, 1-J- in. broad. Spikes 
50-200, linear, up to 1 in., lengthening in fruit, not crowded, red- 
brown, male at the top, the lower utricles distant, forming an 
oblong panicle usually more than half the length of the plant. 
Glumes containing female flowers ovate, acute. Utricle glabrous, 
narrowly lanceolate, more or less 3-sided ; nerves few, distinct ; 
beak straight, shortly bifid. Style 3-branched. Nut 3-sided. 
Simla, common. — Temperate Himalaya, 3000-9000 ft. 
8. Carex psycrophila, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 732. Stems 
1-2 ft., slender. Leaves nearly as long as the stem, narrow. 
Spikes 3-5, rather close, oblong, in., the lowest one stalked ; 
terminal spike female at the top, male at the base, rarely wholly 
male, the others female. Glumes containing female flowers 
ovate, pointed. Utricle glabrous, lanceolate, 3-sided ; nerves 
obscure ; beak short, straight. Style 3-branched. Nut 3-sided. 
Narkunda. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. 
9. Carex setigera, D. Don ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 743. Stems varying 
from 4 in. to 2 ft. Leaves long, linear. Spikes usually 4-8, 
cylindric, erect, varying much in length and thickness, the terminal 
1-3 male, the lower female, usually stalked and rather distant frorp 
the others. Glumes containing female flowers ovate ; margins pale 
brown; midrib prolonged as a short or long bristle. Utricle ovoid, 
more or less 3-sided, minutely hairy ; nerves obscure ; beak short, 
oblong. Style 3-branched. Nut 3-sided. 
Simla, Fagoo, common. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-10,000 ft. 
As here described this species includes C. Schlagintweitiana and C. inanis 
of the FI. Br. Incl. 
10. Carex heematostoma, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 744. Stems 
8-30 in., nearly terete. Leaves long or short, linear. Spikes 
2- 6, chestnut-brown, linear-cylindric, \-l in., the terminal 1-3 
male, the lower female, erect, shortly stalked, rather distant from 
the others. Glumes containing female flowers ovate, acute ; 
margins chestnut-brown. Utricle ovoid, more or less 3-sided, 
chestnut-purple towards the top, minutely hairy ; nerves few, 
obscure. Style 3-branched. Nut stalked, oblong- ovoid, obscurely 
3- sided. 
Narkunda. — Temperate Himalaya, 9000-17,000 ft. — Tibet 
