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sent use of Lichens as domestic dye-stuffs in other parts of the Scottish 
Highlands and Islands, in Wales, in India and Ceylon, and in South 
America; but I must content myself at present with this mere refer- 
ence thereto. 
DIAGNOSES OF TWO NEW CHINESE CYPERACEJE. 
By H. F. Hance, Pu.D. 
MO Gren Sampsoni, n. sp. ; radicibus fibrosis, culmis subpedalibus basi 
foliatis compressis suleatis scaberulis, foliis atro-viridibus linearibus 
cire. 12-nerviis 2 lineas latis margine denticulato-scabris culmis di- 
midio brevioribus inferioribus ad vaginas scariosas reductis infimis 
denique in fibras solutis, spicis plerumque 3- circ. 7—10-linealibus ter- 
minali mascula cylindrica pallida reliquis fcemineis crassioribus incluse 
v. leviter exserte pedunculatis, bracteis foliaceis culmo brevioribus, 
perigyniis lanceolatis longe rostratis ore alte bicuspidato crebre striato- 
nervosis pubescentibus fuscis, squama oblonga obtusa v. emarginata 
alba nervo viridi percursa in acumen hirsutum sepius excurrente peri- 
gynio angustiore basin rostri attingente, acheenio castaneo stipitato 
obovoideo trigono angulis medio exsculptis basi persistente styli con- 
spicue apiculato, stigmatibus 3 tomentosis. 
Ad bases rupium, insula Ku-lang-sá, d. 10 Maii 1866, coll. cl. 
T. Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 13059.) 
Allied to C. Harlandi, Boott, C. tenebrosa, Boott, and especially 
C. manca, Boott, but differs from all in its short leaves; from the first- 
named also by its tomentose perigynia and narrow leaves; it resembles 
C. tenebrosa, chiefly in colour, but is in other respects different ; from 
C. manca, which has very similar squamae, achenia, and perigynia, it 
may be at once distinguished by its short leaves and dark tint. 
v Comat dg (Eufimbristylis) gracilenta, n. sp. ; radice tenui fibrosa, 
is basi foliatis setaceis sulcatis inferne glaberrimis superne tomen- 
nn foliis angustissimis sspe involutis tomentellis apice acutis basin 
umbelle attingentibus, vaginis late albo-membranaceo-marginatis, 
umbelle radiis 6-8 dense et breviter patulo-pilosis nunc bifidis in- 
eequalibus, involucri phyllis 5-6 valde inzequalibus, spicis lanceolato- 
linearibus acutis 1-3 in radiis alteraque centrali sessili, squamis un- 
dique imbricatis pallide brunueis lanceolatis nervo carinali excurrente, 
