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bus margine non coloratis. Stamina erecta cum filamentis 5 mm. 
longa, filamentis validiusculis rectis 3 mm. longis, antheris exsertis 
linearibus 2 mm. longis $ mm. latis apice obtuse bi-apiculatis 
basi leviter emarginatis vel rotundatis facie minute tenuiter 
striato-maculatis. Spice 2: squamis rhachin semi-amplectan- 
tibus. Utriculus preematurus cylindrico-linearis 44 mm. longus,§mm. 
latus vel angustior ore brevissime obtuso-2-dentatus 2-costatus 
glaber. Stylus basi non incrassatus 3-fidus. 
Has. Arizan, leg. T. Kawaxamt et U. Mort, Mart. 1908, (No. 
3697). 
Comes near C. paucimascula in having very short male 
spikes, but difters from it by seales, leaves, and nutlets. 
Carex atronucula Hayara sp. nov. Culmi aphylli erecti 20-25 
em. alti graciles obtuso-trigoni basi squamati, (squamis imbrica- 
tis vaginiformibus, inferioribus brevioribus fuscentibus, superioribus 
longioribus, laminis lanceolatis 14 cm. longis apice obtusis), 
partibus squamatis cire. 2 em. longis, a medio sursum spiciferi, par- 
tibus spiciferis 10 em. longis obtuso-trigonis. Folia conferta linearia 
validiuscula subcoriacea 65 em. longa culmos 3-plo in longitudine 
superantia suberecta 8 mm. lata apice acuminata plicato-nervosa 
utraque pagina margneque scabriuscula basi explicato-vaginiformia 
(partibus vaginiformibus 4 cm. longis apice vagine vestigiis 
ligularum), utraque pallida, basi fuscentia. Spice 2: pedunculate 
racemose disposite, ad nodos solitarie, vel gemine, internodiis in- 
ferioribus 3 cm. longis ; spicee cylindric 2-24 em. longs 4 mm. late, 
pedunculis 3 em. longis, bracteis inferioribus majoribus, vaginiformi- 
bus, vaginis 8mm. longis basi pubescentibus ore subtruncatis, laminis 
cuspidato-lanceolatis 12 mm. longis; squamis ovatis 24 mm. longis 
14mm. latis apice cuspidatis basi leviter contractis ad insertionem 
