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It is figured under the name of Ho-ran in linuma's Somolm-Dzusetsu, vol. 

 XX., published forty-nine years ago (1856). 



Eleocharis tetraquetra Nees, 'in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 

 113', in Linna3a IX. p. 294; Kunth, Enum. PI. II. p. 1.50; Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Cyper. p. 78 ; F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. VIII. p. 239 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austral. VII. p. 294 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 630. 



Heleocliaris tetraquetra Boetkl. in Linna3ii, XXXVI. p. 447. 



Limnochloa tetraquetra Nees 'in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 113.' 



Scirpus tetraquetrus 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. II. p. 757. 



Eleocharis erythrocUamys Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. p. 300. 



Culm quadriquetrous. Glumes many-spiral. Setae lower than the 

 rostrum (style-base) in height. Style base broadly ovato-deltoid, mucronato- 

 obtuse, shorter than the achene. 



Nom. Jap. Mashikahu-i, Shima-shikahui (nov.). 



Hob. Amami Oshima : Ariya-mura {Kimei Fudzino ! Sept. 9, 1904). 



var. ^. Wichurai (Boeckl.) Makino. 



Heleocliaris Wichurai Boeckl. in Linntea XXXVI. (1869-70) p. 448. 



Scirpus Wichicrai Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jai). II. p. 544, non 

 Boeckl. 



Scirpus hakonensis Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 110. 



Scirpus Onoei Franch. et Sav. 1. c. [). 110. 



Scirpus yokuhamensis 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. II. j). 758. 



Heleocharis tetraquetra Boeckl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. VI. p. 51. 



? Scirpus petasattcs Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mcsc. LIV. (1879) p. 64. 



Culm compresso-quadriquetrous, corapresso-triquetrous, compresso-sub- 

 quadriquetrous, ar sometimes quadriquetrous. Glumes several-spiral, larger. 

 Seta3 equal to the rostrum (style-base) in height. Style-base elongato- 

 conico-deltoid, or xslongato-ovato-deltoid, tapering above, equal to or slightly 

 longer or hardly shorter than the achene. 



Nom. Jap. Shikaku-i. 



Hah. Prov. TosA : Takaoka-gori {T. Makino ! 1885), Sakawa {T. Makino ! 

 July 14, 1889 ; T. 31akino ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 1884) ; Prov. 

 Iyo : Near Matsuyama {Z. Umemura ! July 4, 1897) ; Prov. Hylga : Near 

 Tsuno (it. Yatabe and J. Mattumura ! herb, ibitl. July 26, 1882) ; Prov. 

 BuzEN : Foot of Mt. Iwadake {li. Yatabe and J. Matsumura ! herb. ibid. 

 July 20, 1882); Prov. Tsushima: ^;e{)-saka in Sliini().«>hinja (7. Yahe\ 

 herb. ibid. July 22, 1901); Prov. Suo : Yata m Cuthi-mura {D. JSiLai\ 



