398 ART. I.—B. HAYATA : 
maturum trigono-fusiforme apice truncatum vel cupulis parvulis 
coronatum basi attenuatum in stipitem 1 mm. longum productum 
glabrum flavescens, stylo basi plus minus conico-incrassato, 
(interdum partibus conicis inconspicuis) supra basin 3-fido. 
Has. Shinko: Rahoo, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mort, 1908, 
Feb. (No. 5086). 
The present variety differs from the type in having much 
longer bracts, acuter scales of male and female flowers and in the 
shape of the nutlets; but in other respects they are very similar. 
Further study will prove that the variety is a mere form of the 
type. 
Carex sociata Boorr Carex IV. p. 200; Fores et Hemst. Ind. 
Fl orm. Ti poi. 
Has. Kwashoto, leg. T. Kawakami et G. Naxanara, Feb. 1906, 
(No. 1024); Toyen, Goryd, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mort, 1907, 
Mart. (No. 2671). 
Distris. Loo-choo islands. 
Carex transalpina Havara sp. nov. Rhizoma? Folia fasciculo- 
rum 20-30 em. longa 2 mm. lata culmo florigero paullo breviora basi 
vaginata, vaginis 2-3 cm. longis, oribus truncatis, supra et margine 
scabrida. Culmi florigeri graciles 30 cm. longi 3-4 foliati, foliis 
superioribus basi vaginatis, laminis spica eequilongis. Spice 3-4 
remote disposite; terminalis masculina elongata pedunculata 
3 em. longa 2 mm. lata, squamis obovatis vel late cuneatis 
marginatis, marginibus badio-fuscis ; reliquee foemineze elongate 2 
em. longee spica masculina latiores breve pedunculate erecte, 
floribus remotis, squamis ovatis marginatis acutis basi truncatis. 
Utriculus 2-carinatus multinervius pubescens compressus apice 
rostratus distincte 2-dentatus, stigma 3-fidum. Achznium 
