EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL FOKIEN. 373 
Woods at Tap Ling Ho near the Min River, some 80 miles above Foochow. 
Hongkong Herb. 3655. 
The utricles have the peculiar shining yellow appearance of grains of 
barley. 
CAREX CUSPIDOSA, Dunn, 8р. n. 
Cwespitosa, glabra et prster apices foliorum culmorum glumorumque 
asperas levis, 40 ст. alta. Folia 15 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Culmi 20-30 
cm. longi, foliosi, foliis paucis et bracteis inferioribus superati, apice 
4-6 spicas approximatas, unam apice basique vel omnino masculam, alias 
apice masculas gerentes ; bracteze amplexicaules vel brevissime vaginantes ; 
spice 1 em. longze, mascule anguste ovate, foemineze ovate. Stylus trifidus ; 
glume femine, prieter infimas rotundate, retuse, costa viridi in cuspidem 
patentem, lamina longiorem et utriculum longe superantem excurrente ; 
utriculus ovalis, apice angustatus, haud rostratus. 
Banks of the Yuen Fu near Foochow. Hongkong Herb. 3645. 
The spikes have a peculiar appearance in consequence of the long spread- 
ing points of the glumes. 
Carex TRANSVERSA, Bl. Hongkong Herb. 3654. Kiangsu and Chekiang 
were the previously known area of this sedge. 
C. ISCHNOSTACHYA, Steud. Hongkong Herb. 3647. An addition to the 
Chinese flora, and in the province where it might have been expected to occur 
considering its range in Japan and the Liu Chiu Tslands. 
C. Spacutana, Boot. Hongkong Herb. 3618 and 3641. Previously 
supposed to be endemic to Kwantung. 
СКАМІМЕ 4. 
PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA, Munro. Hongkong Herb. 4577. This Japanese 
bamboo has already been recorded from Szechuen, and is now found to be one 
of the most used of all the bamboos in Fokien. 
