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longi foliosi, Bractew longe vaginatz, inflorescentiam superantes, inferiores 
foliacew, superiores filiformes. Spicarum 1 mascula, 25 mm. longa, 2-5 mm. 
lata, 5-9 Копите (рапс basi breviter masculæ), 8—4 em. long:e, 10-12 mm. 
late, pallide virides, pedunculis exsertis; glume fe minem ovatz, acute, 
hyalinz, costa viridi, utriculo breviores. Stylus trifidus ; utriculus patens, 
globosus, inflatus, 4-5 mm. longus, glaber, levis, in rostrum attenuatum. 
Yenping Mountains at 3000 feet. Hongkong Herb. 3658 a. 
CAREX RIVULORUM, Dunn, sp. n. 
Rhizoma repens, foliorum veterum basibus brunneis vestitum. Folia 
radicalia 80-90 em. longa, 3 mm. lata, margine scabra, parte superiore in 
tubum externe scabrum, revoluta. Culmus seaber, 70-100 em. longus, basi 
foliis paucis, brevibus vaginatus, medio nudus, apice bracteis 3 laxe vaginatus, 
vaginibus levibus. Spiearum 1 mascula, terminalis, 8 em. longa, 4 mm. lata, 
2 parte inferiore fæmineæ, apice masculæ, 5-8 cm. longs; glume fæmineæ 
lanceolate, acuminate, amplexieaules, 9-11 mm. long. Stylus trifidus ; 
utrieulus ascendens, ovalis, longe acuminatus, brunneus, striatus, 7-8 mm. 
longus. 
Among rocks by mountain rivulets at Sui Kai Кац, near the Min. Hong- 
kong Herb. 3651. 
CAREX GRACILIFLORA, Dunn, sp. n. 
Rhizoma repens, scapigerum. Folia 50-60 em. longa, 7-8 mm. lata, 
glabra, supra seaberula, infra levia. Сипа 25-28 em. longus, bracteis laxis 
membranaceis basi nodisque circiter 5 vaginatus, nodo inferiore a basi 6 em., 
aliis inter se superne gradatim minus distantes, Pedunculi 1—3-ni, bracteis 
semi- vel minus inclusi; spice glabra, omnes basi breviter foeminese, apice 
mascule 13-15 mm. longs ; glume famine utriculo breviores, ovate, 
obtuse, subeveniæ. Stylus 2-fidus; utriculus patens, ovalis, apice angustatus, 
decurvatus, haud rostratus, 2-3 mm. longus, fuscus, striatus, glaber. 
By rivulets near the Min at Sui Kai Kau, 1200 ft. Hongkong Herb. 
3657. Allied to C. brunnea, Thunb. Well marked when in fruit by its neat 
linear male spikes, each surmounting a few spreading utricles. 
CAREX GRANIFERA, Dunn, sp. n. 
Rhizoma cespitosum, fibras fuseas copiosas, circum folia gerens, scaposum. 
Folia glabra, 60-80 ст. longa, 6 mm. lata, supra scabra, subtus levia. Scape 
4-5 em. longs, bracteis paucis scariosis imbricatis, basi vaginatee, spicam | 
masculam et 2 fomineas in apice approximatas gerentes ; spice bracteis 
breviter vaginantibus peduneulos includentibus paullo superatæ, pauciflore, 
ovate, 10-15 mm. long; glume foeminez lanceolate, acuminate, costa 
viridi, utriculis subeequales. Utriculus ovalis, trigonus, in rostrum eequilongum 
angustatus, stramineus, glaber, preeter rostrum scaberulum levis. 
