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CYPERACE^E. 



minus quam 2 cm. loiigis ad apices spiculas capitulatim gerentibus. Spiculse ad 

 apiceni ramulorum capitatim 45 sitas rotundato-ovatse 4-5 mm. longse 3mm. 

 latse apice obtusissimse basi rotundatse, squamis infimis (i.e. bracteolis?) sterilibus 

 ovato-triaiigularibus apice acutis 2 mm. longis ; squamis mediis ovato-triaugu- 

 laribus 2 mm. loiigis 1-^- mm. latis apice obtusis dorso promiuente carinatis. 

 Nuculfo depresso-obovatse f mm. long^e toti usque latas apice truncate basi 

 acutas sub lente minute tuberculataa sursum fusco-fulvescentes deorsum flavo- 

 fulvescentes vel maturo fusco-rubescentes dorso valde convexse vel angulato- 

 coiivexse facie subplanse in sectione plano-convexse vel subtrigonse ; styli 1-Jmin. 

 long! 3-fidi subglabri. 



HAB. Kankao, leg. B. HAY ATA, Juli. 1 ( J14. 



Comparable to some extent to F. junciformis KUXTH, but greatly different 

 from it in having dark brown nuts with quite glabrous styles. 



Fimbristylis (Sect. Eleocharioides) takaoensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 29). Ixhizouia ramosum fere erectum dense radiciferuni. Caulis csespitosus 

 gracilliinus circ. 20 cm. longus tores vel 

 subcomplanatus -|- mm. latus vel latior erect us 

 apice plus minus recurvus apice ad bracteas 

 singulas productus, bracteis interdum obso- 

 letis filiformibus erectis spicam exceedentibus 

 1-1^ cm. longis. Folia ad basin caulis sita 

 pauca 1-3 cum vaginis 10-15 cm. longis 

 filiformia erecta. vao-inis 23 cm. lono-is 1 mm. 



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latis tubuliformibus ore bbliquissimis glabris, 

 auriculis late triangularibus ^ mm. longis 

 -| mm. latis, laminis 5-6 cm. longis in plicato Fig. 29, Fimbristylvi takaoensis 



latere complaiiatis -i mm. latis apice acuti 8 ^^; a, a scale; b, section of the 



same ; c, a nutlet with the style ; e, the 

 margiiie integris prope apiceni pauce minute same, seen from side ; d, section of the 



obscure setuloso-serrulatis. Spicula soh'taria same ' 



cylindrico-ovata circ. 1 cm. longa 3 mm. lata utriuque obtusa basi bracteis 

 deciduis singulis instructa ; squamis mediis oblongo-linearibus 3-3^ mm. longis 

 1 mm. latis apice obtusis vel triangulari-obtusis obtusissimis vel truncatis sur- 

 sum castaneo-fulvescentibus medio margine basique ecoloratis. Achsenium 



