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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
gineo serrato, ore hyalino, basi attenuatis pallidis, strigoso- 
scaberrimis enerviis demum deciduis, squama oblonga 
amplectente obtusa truncata vel emarginata vel acuta 
ferruginea margine albo-hyalina longe bispido-aristata 
decidua angustioribus brevioribus vel subaequantibus. 
(Tab. XYI.) 
Hab. In Himalaya oriental! temperata, ad Sikkim, alt. 
7-9000 ped., in graminosis, J. D. Hooker. 
Culmus 3-pedalis vel altior, validus, obtusangulus, lsevis; 
pars fasciculos gerens H-21-ped. Folia desunt. Bractece 
inferiores 4-5 lin. latte, culmum subsequantes: superiores an- 
gustse, fasciculos superantes. Vagina infima sub-2-poll., pal¬ 
lida : summte 2-3 lin. longse, purpurese. Peduncuii 3-10- 
poll., longiores, superne spiculas 2-10 gerentes, nutantes, alii 
monostachyi, breviores, erecti: scabri. Fasciculi deorsum 
magis compositi: inferiores interdum e pedunculis 21 compo¬ 
site, quorum 13 monostachyis; longioribus eorum spiculas 
apice masculas, brevioribus foemineas gerentibus: et 8 (sem¬ 
per longioribus) 2-10-spiculiferis. Spicula; insequales, 7 lin.- 
2| poll, longse, apice 1 lin., basi 2 lin. latte: su m m ap, culmi 
(2-5) alternse, contigute, sessiles, masculse, quandoque etiam 
fasciculorum masculse vel fere omnino masculse : alise basi 
fiosculis foemineis paucis laxis, apice masculis pluribus imbri- 
catis vel foemineis pluribus masculis paucis prseditse. In pe¬ 
dunculis magis polystachyis spiculse summse alternse, sessiles, 
contiguse, fere omnino vel una alterave tote masculse, reliquse 
remotse, geminatse vel ternatse, longe exserte pedicellatse, e va- 
ginula 2-3 lin. longa, purpurea, cuspidata egredientes. Squamae 
omnes conformes : feemineae facile deciduae. Perigynium Ipq 
lin. longum, 4 lin. latum. Achenium qu. lin. longum, qq lin. 
latum, triquetrum, oblongo-ovale, stipitatum, basi styli tequali 
apiculatum, pallide ferrugineum, punctulatum, angulis palli- 
dioribus. 
This species, I think the most beautiful of the genus, I have 
named after Dr. Hooker. It had been found in Bhotan by Grif¬ 
fith, as I learn by a small specimen in the Herbarium of Sir "W. J. 
Hooker from him, with the number 2664. Nothing can exceed 
the elegance of the larger specimens, with their luxuriant nodding 
fascicles. 
15. C. cardiolepis (Nees); spicis 3-4 oblongo-cylin- 
draceis purpureis erectis, terminal! mascula pedunculata, 
reliquis foemineis sublaxifloris remotis exserte peduncu- 
latis; bracteis subturgide vaginatis brachyphyllis; stig- 
matibus 3 longis; perigyniis triquetro-obovatis abrupte 
rostellatis, ore emarginato-obliquo, crebre valideque ner- 
vatis strigoso-scabris oblique stipitatis, squama oblonga 
late emarginata cuspidata purpurea margine late albo- 
hyalina angustioribus longioribusque.—C. cardiolepis, 
Nees, Wight, Contr. 127. (Tab. XVII.) 
Hab. In Himalaya occidental! temperata, alt. 7-12,000 
ped., a Kumaon, Hoyle , ad Kashmir, Thomson. 
Csespitosa. Radix lignosa, horizontalis. Culmus 1—14- 
ped., gracilis, obtusangulus, sulcatus, scaber, basi foliatus 
vaginisque reticulato-fibrillosis reliquiisque foliorum fibratis 
nigrescentibus tectus; pars spicas gerens 4-6 poll, longa. 
Folia tj— 1 lin. lata: juniora culmo breviora, plana, carinata, 
apice setaceo-attenuata, scabra, demum senilia arida, culmo 
longiora. Bractece vaginatse, spicis suis breviores vel inferior 
paulo longior. Vaginae 6-12 lin. longse, apice albo-membra- 
nacese, subturgidse. Peduncuii semivaginati, scabri. Spicce 
6-14 lin. longse, l|-2 lin. latse: foeminese inter se 11-3 poll, 
remotse. Squamae conformes: masculse arete imbricatse, in¬ 
fima amplectens, longius cuspidata: foeminese demum margi- 
nibus insigniter albo-membranacese: omnes late emarginatse. 
Perigynium (cum stipite lin. longo) Ipq lin. longum, r 8 0 
lin. latum, pallidum, apice purpureo-tinctum, stipite basi cur- 
vata. Achenium Ipq fin. longum, qq fi n> latum, triquetro- 
obovatum, pallidum, apice zona circular! basin styli bulbosam 
cingente instructum. 
Ab affinibus (inter Digitatas), squamis omnibus insigniter 
emarginatis, distincta. 
16. C. Wallichiana (Prescott); spicis 4-6 rarius 3-8 
erectis pallidis, masculis 3-2 rarius 1-4 vel 5 cylin- 
dricis, foemineis 2-3 vel 1-4 oblongis vel cylindricis 
ssepe approximatis infima vel binis inferioribus vaginatis 
plus minus exserte pedunculatis, bracteis foliaceis ssepe 
culmo multum longioribus; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis 
ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis obtuse trigonis rostellatis breve 
bicuspidatis nervatis hispidis coriaceis subturgidis cine- 
reis, squama ovato-lanceolata cuspidata pallide straminea 
latioribus brevioribus vel longioribus.— C. Wallichiana, 
Prescott! in Wall. Cat. n. 3380 ! Nees ap. Wight, 129 ! 
Kunth, 483. C. Pedia, Nees, l. c. 129 ! Kunth, 483 ; 
Boyle, n. 114 ! (Tab. XVIII.) 
Hab. In regionibus tropicis planitiei Gangeticse, Pun¬ 
jab et Assam, et Himalaya inferioris, alt. 1-5000 ped., 
Wallich, etc. Afghan, Griffith. 
Radix repens. Culmus 1-2-ped., obtusangulus, lie vis, rigi- 
dus, basi foliis vestientibus vaginisque reticulato-fissis glabris 
tectus; pars spicas gerens 4-12 poll, longa. Folia 1-21 lin. lata, 
culmo longiora, supra scabrida. Bractece omnes interdum culmo 
longiores : infima quandoque sesquipedalis semper proximaque 
ssepe vaginata. Vaginae 2-18 fin. longse. Pedunculus infimus 
2 lin. ad 3 poll, longus, teres, he vis. Spicce masculse contiguse 
(nunquam androgynse), suprema 14 poll, longa, 11 fin. lata, 
extremse majores, infima bracteata. Squamae lanceolatse, acu- 
minatse, cuspidatse vel obtusse, muticse, apice ciliatse. Spicce 
foeminese 1-21 poll, longse, 3-31 lin. latse : suprema rarius 
apice mascula sessilis; reliquse breve vel plus minus longe 
pedunculatse. Perigynium 2-2pp lin- longum, qq-1 bn- latum, 
breve bicuspidatum, laciniis latiusculis, ciliatis. Achenium 
1-fSjj- fin. longum, qqlin. latum, ellipticum, stipitatum, basi styli 
persistente apiculatum. 
Habitus et adspectus C. lanuginosce, Mich. Differt culmo 
validiori, lsevi, obtusangulo; bracteis ssepe longioribus, infe- 
rioribusque ssepius vaginatis; spicis pluribus; perigyniis minus 
hispidis, brevius bicuspidatis, laciniis latioribus; achenio ellip- 
tico; vaginis glabris. 
I find in the specimens I have seen of this species that— 
5 had 3 spikes. 17 had 1 male. 17 had 1 female. 
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47 
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5 
6 
7 
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16 
3 
2 
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4 
134 134 134 
The specimens which Nees had seen of Wallich’s Herbarium 
were apparently young, and he was induced to consider Royle’s 
as specifically distinct, but I can see nothing to justify the sepa¬ 
ration. He notices the very close affinity of his C. Fedia with C. 
lanuginosa (C. pellita, Muhl.). I have pointed out the few marks 
of distinction that I have observed. This species, Mr. Edgeworth 
says in a note, is the only one he had found in the plains of India 
towards the mountains: his specimens were from the Delhi 
canal. I have it from the Brahmaputra to Kashmir and Afghani¬ 
stan, varying in size as it grows in water or more or less remote 
from it. 
17. C. Eoyleana (Nees); spicis 3 vel 2-4 albo-viridibus 
oblongis laxifloris comosis, terminali mascula, reliquis 
