LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. HI. Manila, P. I., November 26, 1910. Art. 46 — 
THREE NEW CYPERACEAE 
BY 
A. D. E. Elmer 
D 
Carex Elmeri Kuk. in Fedde's Repertorium VIII (1910) 326. 
Rhizoma caespitosum.  Culmus lateralis 20 cm. altus debilis 
eompresso-triangularis laevis paucifoliatus sub inflorescentia di- 
latatus, Folia sterilia culmum longe superantia 4—5 mm. 
lata plana breviter acuminata marginibus sursum scabra utrinque 
aspera graminea, vaginae basilares brunneae dissolutae. Spiculae 
3—4 fastigiatae, terminalis masc, linearis vix pedunculata, laterales 
2—3 fem. oblongae pauci-et laxiflorae vix 1 cm. longae breviter 
peduneulatae. Bracteae foliaceae inflorescentiam longe super- 
antes subvaginantes. Squamae fem. oblongo-lanceolatae pallide 
rufae e dorso tricostato aristatae. Utriculi squamas duplo superantes 
suberecti ellipsoidei obtuse trigoni 5 mm. longi intense virentes 
superne parce scabri nitidi plurinervosi basi attenuati in ros- 
trum longum ore hyalino bidentulum exeurvum  subabrupte 
abeuntes. Nux utrieulum explens trigona lateribus concavis. 
Stigmata 3. 
Philippinen: Prov. of Benguet, Baguio (A. D. E. Elmer, - 
no. 8444) : 
Aus der Verwandtschaft von Carez Loheri C. B. Clarke; 
