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< ibtn.se or acute with a cuspidate point at the apex, acute or subohtuse at 

 the base, 3-nerved on each side often with a few accessory nerves, serrulate 

 on margin, translucent, about 4-14 cm. long, 1 J-2£ cm. broad; petiole 

 3-5 mm. long; stipule 1^-4 cm. long. Peduncle about 8cm. long, 3mm. 

 in diameter. Spike smaller, about 4i cm. long and 5-6 mm. across in 

 fruit. Flower smaller, about 4 mm. across. Perianth-lobes about ljf mm. 

 long. Achene smaller, about 2 mm. long exclusive of the short beak. 



Norn. Jap. Gasha-molcu, Chakkara-moku. 



Hah. Prov. Shimoosa : Lake Teganuma (K. Yamadzutal Aug. 1904, 

 Aug. 1905 ; H. Naleano ! Aug. 1905). 



Smaller than the type in all respects. This is applyed to the soil 

 as a manure by the farmers who are living by the lake. 



Eleocharis (Eleogenus) capitata (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N.-Holl. 

 j). 225 ; Roam, et Schult. Syst. Veg. II. p. 153 ; Knnth, Enum. PI. II. p. 

 150, excl. syn. plur. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Rat. III. p. 299 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Cyper. 

 p. 78 ; Clarke in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. (J27, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXIV. p. 50, XXXVI. p. 227; Trim. Handb. Fl. Ceyl. V. p. 72 ; Britt. 

 et Br. 111. Fl. N. Un. St. et Can. I. p. 250, fig. 583. 



Heleocharis capitata Boeck. in Linmea, XXXVI. p. 4G1 ; F. Muell. 

 Fragm. Phyt. Austral. VIII. p. 240 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. VII. p. 296 ; 

 Henry, List. PI. Formos. p. 104. 



Eleogenus capitatics Nees ' in Wight, Contrib. Rot. Ind. p. 112/ et 

 in Linmea, IX. p. 294. 



Scirpus capitatus Linn, partim ; YVilld. Sp. PI. I. p. 294, partim ; 

 Vahl, Enum. PI. II. p. 250, partim; Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. p. 215; Renth. 

 Fl. Hongk. j). 394; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. II. p. 757. 



Scirpus caribaius Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. p. 46, tab. 15, fig. 3. 



Scirpus Broivnei Spreng. Syst. Veg. I. p. 204 



Scirpus palmaris Willd. ex Schult. Syst. Veg. Riant. II. p. 84, in obs. 



Scirpus impar Ehrenb. ex Boeck. 1. c. p. 462. 



Scirpus atrqpurpureus Willd. ex Kunth, 1. c. 



Eleocharis atropurpurea J. et C. Presl, ' Rel. Hrenk. I. p. L96.' 



Eleocharis setacea R. Br. 1. c. p. 225, nee p. 224. 



Roots fibrous. Stems ciespitose, slender, striate, green, attaining about 

 26 cm. long ; the inner sheath about 2-3 cm. long, brunneo-purple below, 

 oblique at the orifice. Spikelets ovoid, globoso-ovoid, or ovoid-oblong, 



