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Eleocharis tetraquetra Nees, 'in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 

 113', in Linnsea IX. p. 294; Kunth, Enum. PI. II. p. 150; Steud. Syn. 

 PI Cyper. p. 78; F. Muell. Frigro. Phyt. Austral. VIII. p. 239; Benth. 

 Fl. Austral. VII. p. 294 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 630. 



Heleocharis tetraquetra Boeckl. in Linnaea, XXXVI. p. 447. 



Llmnochloa tetraquetra Nees ' in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 113 \ 



Scirpus tetraquetrus 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. II. p. 757. 



Eleocharis erythrochlamys Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. p. 300. 



Culm quadriquetrous. Glumes many-spiral. Setae lower than the 

 rostrum (style-base) in height. Style base broadly ovato-deltoid, mucronato- 

 obtuse, shorter than the achene. 



Nom. Jap. Mashikaku-i, Shima-shikakui (nov.). 



Hob. Amami Oshima : Ariya-mura (Kimei Fudzinol Sept. 9, 1904). 



var. /?. Wichurai (Boeckl.) Makino. 



Heleocharis Wichurai Boeckl. in Linnaea XXXVI. (1869-70) p. 448. 



Scirpus Wichurai Frauch. et Saw Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 544, non 

 Boeckl. 



Scirpus hakonensis Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 110. 



Scirpus Onoei Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 110. 



Scirpus yohuhamensis O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. II. p. 758. 



Heleocharis tetraquetra Boeckl. in Engler's But. Jahrb. VI. p. 51. 



? Scirpus petasatus Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. LIV. (1879) p. 64. 



Culm compresso-quadriquetrous, compresso-triquetrous, compresso-sub- 

 quadriquetrous, or sometimes quadriquetrous. Glumes several-spiral, larger. 

 Setaa equal to the rostrum (style-base) in height. Style-base elongato- 

 conico-deltoid, or elongato-ovato-deltoid, tapering above, equal to or slightly 

 longer or hardly shorter than the achene. 



Nom. Jap. Shilcaku-i. 



Hob. Prov. Tosa : Takaoka-gori (T. 3JaJcino\ 1885), Sakawa (T. Makino ! 

 July 14, 1889; T. Mahino\ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 1884); Prov. 

 Iyo: Near Matsuyama (Z. Vmcmura\ July 4, 1897); Prov. HyPga : Near 

 Tsuno (R. Yatabe and J. 31ahumura\ herb. ibid. July 26, 1882); Prov. 

 Buzex : Foot of Mt. Iwadake (R. Yalabe and J. Matsumura\ herb. ibid. 

 July 20, 1882); Prov. Tsushima: Neo-saka in Shimoshima (Y. Yabe ! 

 h'rb. ibid. July 22, 1901); Prov. Suo : Yata in Ouchi-mura (J). Nikai\ 

 herb. ibid. Oct. 4, 1891); Prov. Misashi : Nerima (R. Yatabe and J. 

 Matsumural July 4, 1880), Wada-n lira (//. Yatabe and J. Matsumura\ 

 July 6, 1879); Prov. Mikawa : Takashi-mura (T. Makino \ herb. ibid. Oct. 

 28, 1S94), Oshima in Higashi-kamo-gcri (G. Kagura ! July 4, 1896) ; Prov. 



