CYPERACE.E. 



rather aiistate) scales of tlie female spikelets. 



Carex ligata BOOTT. iu BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 402 ; KUKENTH. iu ENGL. 

 Pfl-reich, Cyper.-Caric. p. 473 ; var. formosensis (LEV. et VAN.) KUKENTH. 

 I.e. p. 474. Carex fwmosemis LEV. et VAN. iu Mem. Soc. sc. iiat. Cherbourg 

 XXXV. p. 216. 



HAB. Keluug, leg. U. FAURIE (ex KUKENTH.) 



Carex Morii HAYATA Ic. PL Formos. VI. p. 135. Folia fasciculata 

 validissima 100-120 cm. louga 14-15 mm. lata apice acuuiiuata coriacea facie 

 margineque glabra. Canlis spicifer 3-4-foliatus 100-200 cm. lougus 2-3-foliatus 

 triquetrus. 



HAB. Ptankanzan, ad 4000 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA, Mai, 1916 ; Buizau, 

 leg. Y. MATSUDA, Juli. 1918. 



Somewhat comparable to Carex Reltm FR. et. SAV. 



Carex rankanensis HAYATA sp. uov. (Fig. 41). Folia fasciculata liuearia 

 60-100 cm. longa 7-8 mm. lata margine scabriuscula basi squamis purpureis in- 

 structa. Caulis spicifer tenuissimus gracillinius 50 cm. longus foliis valde minoribus 



2-3 instructus. Spica J terniiualis Ipugis- 

 sinia teuuissima solitaria 5-7 cm. longa 

 1-2 mm. lata longe peduuculata ; spicis 

 ? lateralibus teuuissimis 3-4 cm. lorigis 

 2 mm. latis pedunculatis prope apicem 

 caulis 2-3-dispositis. Fl. J: squamis oblan- 

 ceolatis 6 mm. longis 2| mm. Latis apice 

 obtusis basi rhacheolam amplectautibus, 

 autheris 3 liuearibus 24- mm. longis ^nim. 

 latis. 11. $ : squamis ovatis 3 mm. longis 

 1^ mm. latis acutis 1-costatis glabris. 

 Utiiculus fusiformis 3 mm. longus f mm. latus apice obtusus 2-dentatus basi 

 attenuatus dense hirsutus. Nucula triqueti-a longe stipitata matura ignota. 

 HAB. Eankanzan, leg. B. HAYATA, ad 4000 ped. alt., Mai. 1916. 

 Near Carex fdiosissima FRANCE. ; but differs from it in the much slenderer 

 female spikelets. 



Pig. 41, Carex rankar.eiisis HAYATA ; 

 1, a scale ; 2, section of the same ; 3, an 

 iitricle ; 4, a nutlet ; 5, section of the same. 



