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erect and not long), entire, carinato-navicuLir, glabrous, with 5-nerves 

 towards the centre, often reddish-ferruginous near and between the nerves, 

 viridescent at the back, membranaceous and aurantico-yellowish on sides. 

 Stamens 2, slightly exserted ; filament filiform ; anther oblong, ^mm. long. 

 Style minute, very short ; arms 3, delicate, filiform, longer than the style. 

 Caryopsis slightly shorter than the glume, l^mm. long, oblong, slightly 

 narrowed below, trigonous, dark-brown, very minutely scabro-punctate, ob- 

 tuse and minutely beaked with the remaining style at the apex. 



Hab. Japan, widely distributed and common. 



Intermediate si)ecies among Cyperus Iria Linn, and C. anmricus 

 Maxim, closely approaching the latter one. 



Bulbostylis capillaris Kunth var. capitata (Miq.) Makino in Bot. 

 Mag., Toky.., JX. (1895) p. 390. 



Jsolepis capillaris ^9. capitata Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 75 ; Franch. et 

 Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 116. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa : Sakawa {T. 31aMno\ 1884, Sept. 21, 1887), Iburi 

 {T. Makino \ Oct. 25, 1885), Saga {T. MaJcinol Oct. 22, 1885), Near 

 Yokobatake {T. 3Iakino\ Aug. 1885), Kawaguchi {K. Watanabel Oct. 

 1891); Prov. Omi : Near Uyeno-mura (T. Makino I Nov. 1893). 



Iris sibirica Linn. Cod. n. 329. «. typica Maxim, in Mel. Biol. X. 

 p. 709. 



forma albiflora Makino. 



Flower white, smaller than those of ^5. orlentalis (Thunb.) Maxim. ; 

 pedicel slender, longer than spathe. Petals spathulato-obovate, gradually 

 attenuated and cuneate towards the base. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa : Uchiwara in Sakawa-mura {T. Makino ! May 15, 

 1889). 



Cultivated. 



Gentella asiatica (Linn.) Urb. var. cristata Makino. 

 Hydrocoiyle asiatica var. cristata Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. 

 (1892) p. 51. 



Leaves thick, semiorbiculato-flabellate, crista to-dentate with deltoid 



