MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. a91 
of development. The cups at the base of the styles are never 
seen in an earlier stage. The present variety differs from the type 
not only by the presence of the cups, but also by the less glandu- 
lar base of the style. 
Carex pseudo-filicina Hayara sp. nov. Culmi trigoni graciles 
40 em. alti a basi ramosi vel eramosi subglabri, facie 1 mm. 
lati vel latiores, basi foliis confertis, (fasciculos foliorum basi 
squamatis, squamis atropurpureis ovatis elongato-ovatis apice 
obtusis). Folia culmo equilonga 40 cm. longa 5 mm. lata 
tenuia membranacea plana suberecta subtus distincte tenuiter 
eostata glabra, supra costis inconspicuis, multinervata plus minus 
scaberula apice acuminata basi vaginosa, vaginis 4-5 cm. longis 
tenuissime membranaceis purpureis, ligulis tenuibus 1 mm. 
longis oblique sitis. Panicule terminales vel laterales, 15 cm. 
longe 4 cm. late, ramis inferioribus solitariis vel geminatis 10 cm. 
longis vel brevioribus ramulis sursum alternatim remote sitis 
2 em. longis, bracteis inferioribus longioribus quam ramo longiori- 
bus basi vaginosis, bracteis superioribus angustioribus, rarius 
filiformibus. Spice sessiles superiore simplices inferiore com- 
posite a se 3 mm.-5 mm. remote, generaliter 1 cm. long 1 mm. 
late a rhachi patentes, androgyne, (superiore fl. masculinis, 
inferiore foemineis), (partibus 2 partes { 3-5-plo in longitudine 
superantibus) cire. 1 em. longe vel longiores vel breviores, floribus 
a se 4 mm. remotis, rhachillis densiuscule hirsutis. Fl. §: 
squamze ovato-lanceolate 24 mm. longe rubro-purpurascentes 
prope basin non coloratz utraque glabree margine integree ciliolate 
vel haud ciliolate, antheris linearibus utrinque cellulis minutis 
clavatis coronatis. Fl. 2: squame triangulares ovate 1-15 mm. 
longe 2 mm. late rubro-purpurascentes cuspidato-obtuse vel 
