80 A NEW HONGKONG CYPERACEA. 



aspect. Meadow above Buxton, in considerable quantity, with 

 other fairly typical plants. 



Chenopodium album L. Up to 350 yds. at Buxton. 



Polyfionum lapathifolium L. Up to nearly 400 yds. by Corbar 

 Wood. — P. Bistorta L. Meadows near Bugsworth, apparently 

 native. 



Euphorbia Helioscopia L. and E. ex'ujua L. Together at 350 yds. 

 in a corn-field above Miller's Dale. 



Cannabis saliva L. One plant (alien) by quarry at Corbar Wood. 



Populus tretnula L. At 250 yds, by the Wye in Miller's Dale. 



Habenaria viridis Brown. Up to about 400 yds. on Diamond 

 Hill, in plenty. 



Listera ovata Brown. From 300 to 400 yds. in Ashwood Dale 

 and on Diamond Hill. 



Luzula pilosa Willd. In Corbar Wood, and up to 550 yds. on 

 Axe Edge. — L. campestris DC. Near Buxton. 



Scirpus setaceus L. Chapel-en-le-Frith ; hollow west of Buxton, 

 350 yds. 



Carex ovalis Good. Over 550 yds. near the top of Axe Edge. — 

 C. prcRcox Jacq. Up to 850 yds. near Buxton. — C. hirta L. Up 

 to 250 yds. in Miller's Dale. 



Agrostis vidgaris With., ./3. piimila. Over 550 yds. on Axe Edge. 



Triodia decumbens Beauv. Very common up to nearly 550 yds. 

 on Axe Edge. 



Poa nemoralis L. Remarkably common on the limestone. 



Lolium italicum Braun. Frequent roadside casual. — L. temu- 

 lentum L. Corn-field casual at about 350 yds. above Miller's Dale. 



Aspleninm Trichomanes L. Up to 300 yds. on hill-sides in the 

 Wye Valley at Miller's Dale, &c. 



Nephrodium spinulosum Desv. (small form). In a slight hollow 

 on the side of Axe Edge, at about 400 yds. 



Equisetum sylvaticum L. Near Chapel-en-le-Frith, in plenty ; 

 near New Mills, a little above River Goyt. 



A NEW HONGKONG CYPERACEA. 

 By H. F. Hance, Ph.D., &c, 



^ Cladium (Baumea) ensigerum. — Rhizomate horizoutali 

 2-3 hn. crasso squamis arte cquitantibus lanceolatis acuminatis 

 scariosis griseo-fuscis G-8 lin. longis tecto fibras crassiusculas 

 edente, folhs omnibus radicalibus basi equitautibus rigidis com- 

 plicatis inferioribus sensim deminutis infimis ad squamas reductis 

 pallidc viridibus lineari-ensiformibus acuminatis multinerviis 

 ecostatis inferne purpureo-marginatis margine minute scabri- 

 denticulatis 1^-20 poll, longis 3-11 lin. latis, culmis complauatis 

 foliis circ. iequilongis, vaginis inferioribus longis superioribus 

 abbreviatis, pauiculae angustie ramis primariis plerumque ternis 

 laxiusculis, spiculis 2-3 floris purpurascentibus 5-6 lin. longis, 



