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Spiculfe 1-3-aggregate, ovoid-oblong, many-flowered, 6-9 mm. in length. 

 Setje slightly enlarged and serrato-scabrous above. 



Nom. Jap. Ahura-gaya. 



Hab. Prov. Sagami : Hakone (Herb. ! So. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 Aug. 1880) ; Prov. Shinano : Shimo-suwa [R. Yatahe and J. ^latsumura ! 

 herb. ibid. July 24, 1880) ; Prov. Iga : Shorenzi-mnra in Nabari-gori 

 (Herb. ! ibid.) ; Prov. Hitachi (Herb. ! ibid.) ; Prov. Hizen : Takeo {R. 

 Yatabe and J. Blatsumural herb. ibid. July 1882); Prov. Settsu : Mt. 

 Maya {R. Yatabe ! Aug. 15, 1888) ; Prov. Mikawa : Near Fntakawa {T. 

 llakino ! Oct. 28, 1894) ; Prov. Kawachi : Mt. Kongo- zan (T. Tada ! 

 herb, ibid.); Prov. Suo: Ouchi-miira (D. Nikail herb. ibid. Aug. 26, 1892); 

 Prov. Kodzuke: Yakatahara-mnra {T. Makino\ Sept. 1888), Yokogawa 

 {T. 31aldno\ Sept. 1888); Prov. Tosa {S. Yano\ 1888), Mt. Knromori 

 {T. Mahino\ Aug. 1885), Tokano-mura {T. 3Iahinol Aug. 1885); Prov. 

 Harima : Mt. Masui {K. lheda\ 1902); Prov. Shimotsuke : Nikko (T. 

 Maldno\ Sept. 1901). 



Common in middle and southern Japan. 



0. Wichurai (Boeck.) Makino. 



Scirpus Wichurai Boeck. in Linntea XXXVI. (1869-70) p. 729; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 557. 



Scirpus EriopJiorum var. nipponicus Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 

 II. (1879) pp. 114, .545. 



? Scirpus Eriophorum Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 75. 



Spicule^ solitary, lateral ones pedicellate, ovoid, 4-5 mm. long. Sette 

 serrato-scabrous and usually slightly enlarged above. 



Nom. Jap. Aiba-so. 



Hab. Prov. Iwashiro : Aidzu {J. 31atsmnura ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp, 

 Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 1879) ; Prov. Kaga : Yumoto in Mt. Hakusan {R. 

 Yatabe and J. Matsumura ! herb. ibid. Aug. 6, 1881) ; Prov. Kii : Mt. 

 Zyiidyo-toge {J. Matsumura and aS'. Okubo ! herb. ibid. July 24, 1883) ; 

 Prov. ToSA : Mt. Kuromori {R. Yatabe ! herb. ibid. Aug. 3, 1888) ; Prov. 

 Chikuzen : Mt. Wakasugi {K. Nagano ! herb, ibid.) ; Prov. Echigo : Mt. 

 Komagadake {B. Eayatal herb. ibid. 1903), Mt. Shimidzu-toge (T. 3Iakinol 

 Sept. 1888) ; Prov. Ise : Tsu (7^. Kida ! 1899) ; Prov. Shimotsuke : Nikko 

 (T. 3fakino ! Sept. 1901) ; Prov. Musashi : Shirako {T. 31ukino ! Aug. 29, 

 1894, Sept. 23, 1895); Prov. Ugo : Masuta (7. .S'a^o ! Aug. 19, 1892). 



Common in middle and southern Japan, and southern districts of 

 northern Japan. 



