MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF HOKKAIDO. VII. 



By 

 KiNGO MiYABE 



and 

 YusHUN Kudo. 



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76. Carez (Gibbae) ponmoshiriensis Miyabe et Kudo, sp. nov. 



Rhizonia caespitosum. Culmus gracilis, 18-35 ^"^ altiis, laevis. Folia 

 striata, plerumque culmo longiora, circa 38 cm longa, deorsum plana, 1.5 mm lata, 

 margine glabra, siirsum paulatim angustiora, longe attenuata, margine scabra. 

 Spiculae ^--/, gNn-nnaecancirae, ov.itae Vi^l delioideo-ovatae, 7-8 mm longae, 4-6 mm 

 latae, densiflorae, plus-minus remotae vel supariores 2-3 approximatae ; bracteae 

 omnes foliaceae, longissimae usque 25 cm longae, usque 2.5 mm latae, striatae, 

 margine deorsum glabrae sursum scabrae. Squamae oblongo-ovatae apice acutae 

 vel acuminatae et aristatae, cum arista 3-3.5 mm longae, 1.2 mm latae, pallido- 

 stramineae, margine scariosae, carina viridiuscula. Utriculi pallide straminei, 

 eUiptlco-ovati, d.isi late cuncati^ 4-4-5 "i-"'^ Io"g'} compressi, glabri, jilrinqm dlstincte 

 ^—j nervati, margine alati, alls mir^iiu- non-niJid Jimbriatis^ ore antice ad utedinm 

 fisso. Niix iitriculo uiultj j/nnor, oblo'igj-elllptica^ subcompressa, brevltor stipitata^ 

 1.5 mm longa, 1 mm lata. S'yli basi incrassati. 



NoM. Jap. Ni.shida-siL;^e (nov.). 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. Ishikari : Sorachigun, Ponmoshiri (S. Nishida ! ^^ 

 Aug. 10, 1916).' 



DisTRiB. Endemic. 



A very interesting species. It is nearest to Carex glbba Wahlenb. in its 



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[Trans, of Sapporo Natural History Soc. Vol. VI. Part 3. Jan. 1917] 



