38 ^ tH5 1 m-^ mmmei^is^n n. 



small flowers and foliaceous stems. It was collected iu Etorofu by Dr. K. Jimbo, 

 now the Professor of INIineralogy in the Imperial University of Tokyo, while he 

 was engaged in tlie geological survey of Hokkaido iu 1891. The plant is named 

 in honor of the collector, 



5. Luzula Kjellmanniana Miyabe et Kndo. nom. nov. 



L. arcuaia Wahlenb. f. latifoUa Kjellm. Wiss. Ergebn. der Vega Exped. 

 (1883) p. 374 ; Kurtz, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 19 (1895) p. 476.— i. confusa Lindeb. 

 var. latifoUa Fr, Buch. Monogr. Juncac. (1890) p. 125.— L. arctica Blytt, var. 

 latifoUa Nilsson, in Fr. Buch. Juncac. (1906) p. 69. 



Ptootstock short, tufted ; stolons Stems erect, rather stout, straight, 



12-20 cm high, foliaceous. Ptadical leaves shorter than the stem, 4-16 cm long, 2- 

 3.5 mm broad, flat, linear, canaliculate and tapering toward the calloso-obtuse apex, 

 often cm-ved, gi-een or rufescent, long-ciliate at the basal portion ; cauline leaves 

 2-3, the uppermost leaf longer than the inflorescence, 5-9 mm long, 4-6 mm broad, 

 green or rufescent, flat, canaliculate toward the calloso-obtuse ajaex, long-ciliate 

 spai'ingly at the margin and densely at the junction with the sheath. Inflorescence 

 terminal, erect, congested, composed of 2 to 6 small many-flowered heads ; lower 

 bract foliaceous, often longer than the inflorescence; the otliers hypsophyllous. 

 Floral bracts and prophylla albo- membranaceous, light chestnut -colored in the 

 middle portion, lacerate, fimbriate. Flowers 3 mm long, chestnut-colored ; perianth- 

 segments all alike in size and shape, lanceolate, acuminate, crenulately denticulate 

 towards the apex. Stamens of about half the length of the inner segments, 

 anthers nearly as long as the filaments. Seeds obovate, provided with slender 

 fibres at the base. 



Nom. jap. CMshima-suziimenoldye. 



H.U}. No7-thern Kuriles. Shimushu : Kataoka-Bay (Capt. Gimji ! ^^ 1897 ; K. 

 Yendo!2> July 20, 25, 1903).— Paramushir : Ottomai (C. Tarao!-'^ Aug. 25, 1892). 

 — Kashuwa (I. Kodama !^^ July, 1893).— Shimushir (J. Tochinai !'^ June 19, 1900). 

 — Urup : Yoshinohama (K. Uchida ^^^ June 18, 1891). 



DiSTPJB. Kast Silieria, Behring-Sea regions and Northern Kuriles. 



T]ie present sj)ecies was collected for the first time during the Vega-Expedi- 

 tion, and ti-eated as a form of Luzula arcuata by Kjellmann. Afterward, Buche- 

 nau considered it as a variety of Luzula co^ifusa, but at the same time he expressed 

 a doubt, thinking that it miglit be a hybrid between Luzula arctica and confusa. 



