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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
minis, inferioribus longe exserte pedunculatis; spiculis 
oblongis apice masculis; bracteis spicas suas subsequan- 
tibus; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ellipticis triquetris fusco- 
rubris scabris impunctatis marginibus ciliatis pauci-ner- 
vatis rectis vel excurvis plus minus longe rostratis, ore 
bilobato, squama ovata acuta vel obtusa mucronata fusco- 
rubra angustioribus longioribus.—C. impunctata, Boott. 
(Tab. CCCXXYI.) 
Hab. In Java, Zollinger, n. 2563 {Herb. Mus. Paris). 
Rhizoma tortum, lignosum, repens. Culmus subpedalis, 
gracilis, scaber; pars spicas gereus 7 poll, longa. Folia sub- 
lineam lata, culmo breviora, rigida, carinata, marginibus revo- 
lutis. Bractece superiores spicis breviores. Spica partiales 
6-8 lin. longse, 4 lin. latse : superiores contiguse : mediae 
gem in eg : omnes simpliciter vel una alterave subduplicato-pin- 
natim composite. Spiculce 3-4 lin. longse, alternatim con- 
tiguse. Squama fcemineae inferiores mucronatse : masculce 
acutse, muticee. Perigynium (vix maturum) 1-A lin- longum, 
-V bn- latum, ellipticum, plus minus rostratum : rostrum nunc 
anguste lineare, nunc e basi latiore sensim angustatum, bilo- 
batum: lacinise obtusse, ad margines membranaceae, nervis ad 
facies 2-3 inaequalibus, marginibus e basi setose ciliatis. Ache- 
nium 1 lin. longum, T s _ li n . latum, ellipticum, stipitatum, pal¬ 
lidum, basi styli apiculatum. 
The more complex inflorescence, the bilobed impunctate peri- 
gynium, with its few slight nerves, distinguish this species from 
the preceding one. The specimen figured is from the Paris Her¬ 
barium, communicated by M. Spach, 
I at one time thought that this species might be the G. rhizoma- 
tosa, Steudel, and that some mistake had been made in the number 
and habitat of the specimens in Herb. Steudel and Mus. Paris ; 
but Steudel takes no notice of the roughness of the perigynium, 
so marked in G. impunctata, and his “ spiculis pluribus dense ag¬ 
gregate, superioribus masculis, inferioribus foemineis,” is at vari¬ 
ance with C. impunctata, as it is with C. Cumingiana. 
258. C. setosa (Boott); spicis 4-5 ferrugineis conco- 
loribus cylindricis pedunculatis remotis, terminali mas- 
cula, reliquis foemineis basi attenuatis nutantibus longe 
exserte pedunculatis, infima subinde basi composita; 
bracteis inferioribus longe vaginatis spicas subsequanti- 
bus vel iis brevioribus; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ob- 
longo-ovalibus rostratis stipitatis plano-triquetris enerviis 
glabris vel superne scabris marginibus setis longis e basi 
ciliatis ferrugineis, ore oblique fisso bidentato, squama 
lanceolata obtusa truncata vel emarginata vel acuta mutica 
vel mucronata paulo longioribus.—C. setosa, Boott. (Tab. 
CCCXXVII.) 
Yar. J3; spicis angustioribus brevioribus erectis; squa- 
mis muticis, abrupte vel sensim apiculatis, vel obtusis 
emarginatis, vel nervo centrali superne hispido excur- 
rente; perigyniis scabris. (Tab. CCCXXVIII.) 
Yar. y; spica mascula laxiflora; squamis inferioribus 
longissime valideque cuspiclatis, foemineis latis truncatis 
emarginatis cuspidatis. (Tab, CCCXXIX.) 
Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata. Sikkim, 8- 
12,000 ped,, Dr. Hooker. 
Culmus sesquipedalis, lsevis, inter spicas scaber; pars spicas 
gerens 7-11 poll, longa. Folia liueain lata, culmo breviora. 
Bracteae vaginatse. Pedunculus infimus 4-5 poll, longus, fili- 
formis, superne scaber. Vagina infima bipollicaris. Spica 
mascula 16-20 lin. longa, 1-2 lin. lata : fcemineae 16-24 lin. 
| longse, 2-2| lin. latse, basi attenuatse: infima basi spiculis 
1-2 brevibus subinde composita. Squamae masculse longiores, 
nervo centrali scabro, infra rarius extra apicem excurrente. 
Perigynium 1-V~tit lin. longum, T \ lin. latum, rostro antice 
interdum scabro. Achenium T \ lin. longum, yy lin. latum, 
plano-subtriquetrum, stipitatum, pallidum, basi styli apicu¬ 
latum. 
This species belongs to the Perruginece group, varying in the 
degree of roughness on the perigynium, but especially in the form 
of the squamae. It is distinguished from C. hcematostoma by its 
rostrate nerveless perigynium. All Dr. Hooker’s specimens were 
from Lachen. 
259. C. celsa (Boott); spicis 4 oblongo - cylindricis * 
contiguis fusco-ferrugineis concoloribus, terminali majore 
androgyna basi mascula, reliquis foemineis, superioribus 
sessilibus, infima breve pedunculata ; bractea evaginata 
subulata culmo breviore; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ova- 
libus triquetris sensim longiuscule rostratis, ore obliquo 
bifido, pallide viridibus glabris vel rostro ferrugineo su¬ 
perne dentato plus minus leviter nervatis membranaceis, 
squama ovata obtusa vel acuta fusco-ferruginea nervo 
pallido angustioribus longioribusque.—C. celsa, Boott. 
(Tab. CCCXXX.) 
Hab. In Nipalia, Herb. Wallich, n. 3393. 
Culmus 3-pedalis, triqueter, gracilis, superne scaber, inferne 
foliatus, basi rudimentis foliorum ferrugineo-purpureis vagi- 
nisque fibrillatis tectus; pars spicas gerens subbipollicaris. 
Folia 1-1 \ lin. lata, culmo breviora, plana. Bractea infima 
spicula ejus paulo longior vel brevior, evaginata; altera ab- 
breviata: auriculis purpureis, amplis. Pedunculus 2-5 lin. 
longus, scaber. Spica terminalis 10-12 lin. longa, 2 lin. lata, 
basi subdimidiatim vel brevius mascula: fcemineae minores. 
Squamae conformes: masculse persistentes, longiores. Peri¬ 
gynium 1 t VA lin- longum, t 4 tt bn- latum. Achenium f Tt lin. 
longum, Ao bn. latum, ovale, triquetrum, punctulatum, ferru- 
gineum. Stylus insertus. 
Habitus et adspectus C. parvibracteatce, Nees, quae (afiinis 
C. obscurae ) differt culmo breviore, foliis elongatis, spicis 5 in¬ 
ferioribus remotis, perigyniis erostribus, ore integro, squamis 
obtusis ciliatis, stylo exserto. 
I have only seen this species in the herbarium of Dr. Wallich. 
Nees takes no notice of it. It belongs to the MelananthoB of 
Drejer. The specimens of G. parvibracteata in Herb. Royle, are 
young, I suspect not separable from G. olscura. The erostrate 
perigynium, with its entire orifice, sufficiently distinguish it from 
C. celsa. 
260. C. longifolia (Brown); spica longissima, e spi¬ 
culis 10-14 pluribusve stramineis cylindricis, superiori¬ 
bus singulis masculis 2-3 sessilibus contiguis, vel 4 in¬ 
fima remota exserte pedunculata, reliquis fasciculatis bi- 
quinatis remotis longissime exserte pedunculatis pendulis, 
superioribus vel omnibus, apice vel basi, vel apice et 
basi masculis vel sterilibus vel ornnino foemineis; bracteis 
vaginatis foliaceis elongatis; stigmatibus 3, longis; peri¬ 
gyniis oblongo-ellipticis utrinque attenuatis plano-trique¬ 
tris rostratis bifidis demum bilobis nervatis marginibus 
serratis (sub lente) scabridis vel glabris pallidis vel fer¬ 
rugineis, squama pallide ferruginea margine late albo- 
byalina obtusissima rotundata vel emarginata cuspidata 
angustioribus longioribusque.—C. longifolia, Brown, 
Prod. 242 ; Kunth, 472. C. Brownei, Steud. Syn. 209. 
(Tab. CCCXXXI.) 
