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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GENUS CAREX. 
subtus vaginisque pilosa. Bracteae vaginatse, culmo breviores. 
Pedunculi 4 poll, longi, pilosi. Spicae 2-3 poll, longse, 10-15 
lin. latse. Spiculce 4-6 lin. longse, 4-5 lin. latse. Squamae 
conformes. Perigynium 2\ lin. longum, bn. latum : 
rostro 1 T V lin. longo. Achenium 1 lin. longum, t 4 t lin. latum, 
insequaliter triquetrum, pallidum, stipitatum, basi styli sequali 
terminatum. 
Affinis C. thyrsiflorae, Boott, et C. Lindleyance, N. Differt 
spicis majoribus, magis apertis; radii pilosa; perigyniis mi- 
noribus, rostro longiori, sparsim piloso; foliis bracteisque 
subtus vaginisque pilosis. 
210. C. fissilis (Boott); spica elongata stramineo-pal- 
lida, e spicis partialibus 5-6 ambitu ovato duplicato-pin- 
natis composita, inferioribus remotis longe exserte pedun- 
culatis, rachi scabra; spicidis oblongo-lanceolatis apice 
parce masculis; bracteis vaginatis culmo longioribus; 
stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ellipticis longe rostratis bicus- 
pidatis, laciniis acutis scabris, nervatis excurvis glabris 
vel marginibus sparsim denticulatis, squama late ovata 
obtusa subinde emarginata vel subacuta dorso scabra 
nervata straminea superne albo-byalina longe fiispido- 
aristata angustioribus subduplo longioribus. (Tab. 
CCXLV.) 
Hab. Anuteum, New Caledonia group, Milne (Herb. 
Hooker). 
Culmus sub-2-pedalis. Folia 2-3 lin. lata. Bracteae culmo 
longiores. Spicae llr-3 poll, longse, 1-11 poll, latse : spiculse 
4-6 lin. longse, 11 lin. latse, bracteolis setaceis suffultse. 
Squamae masculse glabrse. Perigynium 1 -,^-2 lin. longum, 
A 0 —i'V lbi. latum, rostro At bn. longo. Achenium )\- s lin. 
longum, Ao bn. latum, ellipticum, triquetrum, fuscum, basi 
styli apiculatum. 
A C. crucial a, Nees, differt inflorescentise colore stramineo; 
spicis singulis; perigynio bicuspidato, margine sparsim den- 
ticulato; squamis foemineis latioribus, brevioribus. 
211. C. spatiosa (Boott); spica elongata pallide stra¬ 
minea concolori, e spicis partialibus 5-6 (ambitu ovato) 
subduplicato pinnatim compositis, inferioribus remotis 
longe exserte pedunculatis; spiculis laxis apice masculis 
subrotundis divaricatis ; bracteis inferioribus latis elon- 
gatis longe vaginatis ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ellipticis 
triquetris longe rostratis, ore oblique alte fisso, superne 
scabris marginibus serratis crebre nervosis arete contiguis 
patentibus vel subdeflexis, squama lanceolata acuta vel 
obtusa emarginata pallida nervosa scabra longioribus. 
(Tab. CCXLVI.) 
Hab. In Cochin China, ad Touran, Gaudichaud (Herb. 
Mus. Paris). 
Culmus sub-2-pedalis, triqueter, basi foliosus; pars spicas 
gerens 9-18 poll, longa. Folia latissima, 8-10 lin. lata, ^-2- 
pedalia, plana, mollia. Bracteae inferiores 5-8 lin. lata: in- 
fima ssepe sterilis, culmum sequans: sursum breviores, demum 
obsolete. Spicae partiales 1-2 poll, longse et latse. Spiculce 
sub-3 lin. longse et latse, ssepe basi squamis vacuis appressis in- 
structse, squamse conformes ; nisi foeminese infimse subinde 
emarginatse. Perigynium (cum rostro 1-1 A lin. longo) 2 T 7 0 - 
lin. longum, t 7 t hn. latum. Achenium l) g lin. longum, 1 lin. 
latum, ellipticum vel oblongo-obovatum; basi styli incrassata. 
Affinis C. cruciata, Nees; differt foliis bracteisque latis, etc. 
I am indebted to M. Spach for the knowledge of this species. 
He tells me that Gaudichaud remarks on the ticket to the speci¬ 
mens in the Paris Herbarium that the rachis and inflorescence are 
“ colore lacteo insignes.” 
212. C. condensata (Nees); spica elongata ferruginea 
concolori, e spicis partialibus rarius singulis ssepius me- 
diis vel inferioribus insequalibus geminis (ambitu late 
ovato), inferioribus remotis longe exserte pedunculatis 
supradecompositis; spiculis oblongis copiosissimis apice 
flosculis masculis pluribus basi foemineis 1-4 vel pluribus; 
bracteis inferioribus longe vaginatis elongatis; stigma¬ 
tibus 3 ; perigyniis ovalibus vel ellipticis obtuse trigonis 
rostratis, marginibus superne serratis, ore oblique fisso 
bifido, rectis vel subexcurvis plerumque scabris leviter 
pauci-nervatis plus minus maculatis olivaceis vel fuscis, 
squama late ovata acuta vel obtusa emarginata cuspidata 
dorso scabra striata nervosa lineolis ferrugineis notata 
longioribus.—C. condensata, Nees, Wight, Contr. 123; 
Kunth, 509. (Tab. CCXLYIL, CCNLVIII.) 
Var. /3; inflorescentia simpliori.—C. Xndica, Nees, 
123 ( non Linn). (Tab. CCXLIX.) 
Hab. In India orientali. Kumaon, Wallich, 3400 b. 
{ex parte). Mussorie, Moyle, n. 83-89, etc. Almora, 
Strachey and Winterbottom, n. 924. Sikkim, I)r. Hooker. 
A C. Bengalensi, Roxb., differt spicis partialibus ssepius 
geminis, polystachyis, ferrugineis ; perigyniis brevius rostratis, 
plus minus scabris; nervis tenuioribus, paucioribus; squamis 
scabris. * 
Nees founded his C. condensata on Royle’s n. 83 and Wallich’s 
3400 h, ex parte. I have figured authentic specimens of both. 
Tab. CCXLYII. is a specimen, in flower, from Royle, n. 83. 
The “ rachis sulphureo-hispidissima,” as described by Nees, from 
the pollen diffused over it. The spiculse have 1-3 female florets. 
From the spathella of one of the terminal spiculse there is a pis- 
tillum with its stigmata projecting beyond the bifid apex, showing 
the nature of this organ as a proliferous ruptured perigynium, 
bearing occasionally the female organs beyond the usual floral 
axis. 
Tab. CCXLYIII. A specimen from Royle, n. 89, more advanced, 
the spiculse with 3 female florets, the squamse and perigynium 
very rough, the nerves slight. 
Tab. CCXLIX. A specimen from Wallich, n. 3400 l, from 
Kumaon, with simpler inflorescence. This is the C. Indica, Nees 
(not Linn.). The perigynium and squamse are from a more ad¬ 
vanced specimen from Almora, Strachey and Winterbottom, n. 
924, identical with Wallich’s. 
C. condensata has often a more diffuse and a less rigid habit of 
inflorescence than C. Bengalensis, and the rachis is very scabrous, 
and the geminate spikes common. The colour is ferruginous, the 
spiculse without sterile basal squamse, the female florets few, the 
squamse as well as the perigynium, in some specimens very sca¬ 
brous. The perigynium is l T V~xo bn. long, ^ bn. broad, un¬ 
equally triquetrous, the nerves about 2 or 3 on each face, always 
slight. The achenium is oval-triquetrous, 1 line long, a line 
wide, and in the specimen of Strachey and Winterbottom it is of 
a pale straw-colour, faintly spotted, the apex white and somewhat 
cupped. In Royle’s specimen it is more fully mature, of dark 
purple. 
Though this species is common in India, the specimens, easily 
recognized, are generally too young to afford as satisfactory cha¬ 
racters as those of C. Bengalensis. I have it thus undeveloped 
from Dr. Wight, from the Pulney Mountains; from Mr. Edge- 
worth, from “ the Ulkagash range, 5-7000 feet;” Dr. Thomson, 
August 10, 1847, without any locality ; Dr. Hooker, from Lachen. 
In Royle’s Herb., it has the numbers 83, 84, 85, and 89; and I 
think it is n. 2334 of Jacquemont’s list. 
From the specimens being generally young, and those of C. 
Bengalensis as generally old, it might be inferred that the dif- 
