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(jbtuse at tlie basal eud. Ovary obovato-fusiform or obovato-oblong, 1 mm. 

 King, smooth ; st3des 2, erect, plumose, pale, distinct or very shortly connate 

 at the base. Caryo[)sis obovoid-globose or oval-globose, somewhat oblique, 

 mucronulate at the top, more or less transversely rugose, shorter than 

 the fruiting ghunes but half-exposed, brown, 2^ mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Taki-kibi (in lyo), Kashima-gaya (in Nagoya). 



Hab. Prov. Iyo : Dogo {T. Nagasawa ! May 1889 ; Z. Umemura ! Aug. 

 1897), Fudzinoishi (7. and T. Yoshrnaga\ August 1890), Uwazima {Z. 

 Umemura ! June 7, 1896) ; Prov. Mikawa ; Kaikuku, cult, from Nagoya 

 {G. Nagura\ n. 397, June 20, 1900); Prov. Tsushima: Idzugahara {Y. 

 Yabel July 25, 11)01), Kutamichi (K. Iliratal July 6, 1902); Prov. Bi- 

 TCHu: Kawanose in Kamiichi-mura (Z. Yoshinol June and July 1, 1902), 

 Takahashi, cult, from Kawanose (Z. Yoshino ! July 7, 1903). 



This grass is new to the Flora of Japan, and not uncommon in 

 south-western parts of this country, having the remarkable caryopsis. 



Disirib. China. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum Linn. Cod. n. 227. 



Culm attuning 38cm. in height including the spike. Leaves thin, 

 glabrous, attaining 5mm. broad. Panicle spiciform, .3-4 cm. long; racliis 

 and pedicel glabrous. Inferior 2 glumes quite glabrous and shining. 



Hab. Prov. Kitamj in Hokkaido : Mt. Eishiri in Isl. Ptishiri {T. Jlakino ! 

 Aug. 1903). 



It grows among grasses on and near the sumujit of the mountain. 

 New to the Japanese Flora. 



Eriophoru'm japonicum Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. j). 558, (1886). 



Pei'cnnial, attaining 45 cm. in height. licaves short, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate. Corymb compound ; radii several, all reclinate to one side, 

 scabrous, tlie outer ones {>rovided with second radii, the outmost one 

 sometimes attaining 6 cm. long, the interior ones shorter and monostachyus. 

 Bract nigro-viridescent excepting the apical portion ; bracteoles and s[)icu!iu 

 nigro-viridescent. Glumes 1-nerved. iSetse 6, tlelicately filiform, antrorsely 

 scabrous above, complicate, palc-fulvous, slightly exceeding the style and 

 about 61 mm. long in fruit. Stamens 3 ; filament filiform, lowt-r than 

 the style. Achene obovato-oblong, compressed and trigonous, snjioth, stra- 

 mineous, mucronulate with the very base at the style, 1§ mm. long ; style 



