TLOIÎA MONTANA FOEMOSiE 



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truncatis in laminam brevem procluctis, laminis lanceolatis minute 

 seiTulatis. Spicula quasiterminalis oblongo-elongata leviter arcuata 

 pallido-fnsca obtusa parum compressa cire. 10-flora cire. 1 cm. 

 longa 0.7 mm. lata, sqnamis arcte imbricatis omnibus fertilibus mem- 



branaceis obtusis obscure 

 carinatis superioribus ovatis 

 basi brève decurrentibus in- 

 ferioribus lato ovatis basi 

 truncatis, nervo mediano in- 

 fra apicem evanido, versus 

 apicem fusco-castaneis mar- 

 ginibus pallidis, binis in- 

 forioribus latioribus brevibus. 

 Achœnium obovatum v. ob- 

 ovato-ellipsoidale trigonum 

 U- mm. longum glabrum 

 laîve fnsco-rubrum, stylo 

 persistenti exserto apice 2-3 

 fido, setis capillaribus 

 achœnio brevioribus. 



Hab. in monte Morri- 

 son, ad 10000 ped. ait., leg. 

 T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 

 Oct. 1000, (Xo. 1843). 



Fig. 16. 



SclriMs morrisonensls Hayata. 

 a— the basal i^ortion of catdes ; b — a sheath ; 

 c — a spikelet ; d— a scale detached from the 

 basal portion of the same spilcelet ; e— a scale 

 detached from the middle portion of the same ; 

 f — a flower. 



Carex Lixx. 



The following five species were kindly examined by the Rev. 

 KuEKENTHAL. Owing to the imperfectness of the specimens, as he 

 wrote me, tlie identification is not easy one. Nevertheless, the 

 descriptions of the plants here given may be of some interest. 



