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short ; bracts setaceoiip. Rpicul^e erect, lanceolate, subulate, acuminate, 

 3-4:-flo\vored, 5-6 mm. long, ferrugineo-brunneus. Empty glumes 3, el- 

 liptical-ovate ; flowering ones oblong-ovate. Setjc G, smooth, longer than 

 the achene but lower than the rostrum. Stamens 3 ; filament exceeding 

 the rostrum at the mature achene. Achene oblong-obovate, 2 mm. long, 

 flavescent-subbrunnens, transversely rugulose ; rostrum as long as the achene, 

 angustato-conical ; style long, (lee[)ly bifid, tlie branches f or i as long as 

 tlie main portion. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Near Sakawa in Takaoka-gHri (T. Maldiio\ 1885), 

 Yunold in Hata-gori [T. Maldnol x\ug. 6, 1889); Prov. MuvAwa : Takashi- 

 hara {G. Nacjm-a ! S.;pt. 29, 189C ; T. Makino ! Aug. 1899) ; Prov. Suo : 

 Ouchi-mura {D. N ileal \ herb. f^c. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 26, 1892). 



I have named it in honour of Mr. K. Fujii, Assistant Professor of 

 Botany in the Science College, Imperial University of Tokyo. 



var. scabriseta Makino. 



(PI. VII. fig. 4.) 



Leaves attaining 2 nun. in width. Seta? antrorsely scabrous. 



Hah. Prov. I\Iikawa: Takashi-h;uM (71 3Fakinol Aug. 1899). 



Rynchospora (Dichostyle;e) Miyakeana Makino, sp. nov. 



(PI. VII. fig. 5, a. h.) 



Culm erect, attaining about 38 cm. long, very slender, stout-setaceous 

 or setaceous, very laxly foliate, glabrous. Leaves setaceo-Hnear or setac(;ous, 

 attaining 1 mm. wide, shorter than the culm, trigonous and scabrous above, 

 acute at the ai)ex. Coryml) fascicalately pauci (I-3)-si)iculose, terminal and 

 axillary above, the axillary ones shortly exserted on the vagina ; bracts setaceous. 

 Spicul{\3 erect, narrowly lanceolate, subulate, 5-6 mm. long, 2-3-flowered, 

 ferruginous. Glumes thinly membranaceous; empty ones ovate; flowering 

 ones ovato-janceolate. Set;e 6, longer than the achene, but lower than 

 the rostrum, minutely retrorsely scabrous or smooth. Stamens 3 ; filament 

 longer than the rostrum of the mature achene. Achene 2 mm. or little 

 more long, lato-obovoid, ferruginous-brunueous, transversely rugulose ; rostrum 

 narrowly conical, attenuated above, slightly shorter than the achene; style long. 



Hah. Prov. Ugo : Foot of Mt. Chdkai (/. Satd\ Oct. 1894). 



I have named tliis in honour of ]\Ir. Kiichi Mivake. 



Rynchospora (Dichostyleje) japonica ^Makino. pp. 



