CYPERACI-LE. 



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(maturmn) obovatum 1 mm. longum f mm. latum facie subplanum dorso con- 

 vexum in sectioiic sursum piano-con vexum deorsum rhomboideum dorso 

 facieque tuberculis minutis notatum apicc obtuso-truncatum basi cuneato- 

 acutuni ; stylus gracilis 2j mm. longus apice supra squamam exscrtus supra 

 medium pilosus supra medium 2-fidus, (ramis 1 ram. longis gracilibus recurvis), 

 basi levitor dilatatus vel baud dilatatus glaber. 



HAB. Takao, leg. Y. SHIM ADA, Mai. 1915. 



Near F. polytrichoides VAIIL, but differs from it by the much larger 

 spikclets and nuts which are as long as J glume with much longer styles than 

 nuts. 



Fimbristylis (Sect. Dichdostylis} tikushiensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 30). Planta plus minus crespitosa. Caulis cum inflorescentiis 40-80 cm. longus 

 brcvissime hirsutus vel sub- 

 glabratus teres in exsiccato 

 imdto-sulcatus basi sursum 

 usque ad inflorcscentiam 

 baud ramosus crectus rectus 

 basi squamis ct foliis suf- 

 fultus, squamis exterioribus 

 ad folium abeuntibus. Folia 



basi caulis conferta erecta 

 vel recurva linearia 30-40 



a 



Fig. SO, Fimliristylis tikushiensis HAYATA; a, a scale; 

 loilga 3-4 mm. lata apice b, a nutlet, with the style ; c, the same in section ; d, 

 Obtusa basi vagiuata supra cellular structure of the outer coat of the nutlet. 



minus subtus plus villosa hirsuta, vagiuis 5-15 cm. latis ore obliquis hirsutis. 

 Inflorescentia 10-15 cm. longa cyliiidrico-pyramidalis in circumscriptione, basi 

 umbellatim ramosa, ramis lateralibus insequalibus 2-10 cm. longis, ramo centrah" 

 loiigissimo 15 cm. longo, apice spiculas singulas vel multas corymbose laxeque 

 gerentibus, basi bractcis 5-8 quasi vcrticillatim iustructa, bracteis foliiforniibus 

 vel acerosis 2-5 cm. longis inflorcscentiam 3 plo sequantibus villosis. SpiculaB 

 oblongse 1 cm. longse 5 mm. latse apice acutse, squamis mediis rotundato- 

 triangularibus 3J mm. longis 3 mm. latis apice acutis. Nuculse obovato- 

 rotundatSB 1 mm. longae | mm. lata? apice truncatre basi obtusse biconvexa? 



