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CYPERACE^E. 



leg. Y. SHIMADA, Mart. 1908, (No. 4320); Taikokan, leg. T. SOMA, 1912, Oct. 



Near E. afflata STEUD, but differs from it by the much longer bristles 

 which are as long as | nuts. In E. qfflata and E. japonica, the bristles are 

 hardly visible from without, but in this new species, they are very conspicu- 

 ous, and exserted beyond the glumes. 



Fimbristylis VAHL. 



Fimbristylis (Seat. Dichelostylis) aginkotensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 25). Tenuissima dense csespitosa 30-15 cm. alta. Folia basi caulis sita quam 

 caulis multo breviora 8 cm. longa filiformia 

 eresto-recurvata basi vaginata, vaginis 1^-4 cm. 

 longis 1 mm. latis tubuliformibus ore obliquis, 

 lamiiiis filiformibus 3-10 cm. longis in plicato 

 -- mm. latis margine interiore recur vo-plicatis 

 igitur teretibus gracillimis glabris. Scapi 



mm. 



a 



foliis duplo longiores 10-30 cm. longi 

 lati gracillimi teretes vel plus minus compla- 

 nati glabri apice spiculam singulam gerentes 

 et apice ad bracteas abeuntes, bracteis singulis 



vel duabus 5-7 mm. longis linearibus apice p ig- 23, Fimbristylis aginko- 



. . tenslf HAYATA ; a, a scale ; b, the same, 



obtusis imm. ktis spicas exceedentibus basi in section; C( a nutlet ^th style; d, 



dilatatis. Spicula ovoidea 78 mm. longa 3 mm. tlie same, in section, 

 lata apice obtusa basi rotundata, squamis mediis late oblongis 3 mm. longis 

 2 mm. latis apice breve acutis dorso ad setulam brevissimam productis. Nuculse 

 obovatse l mm. longse - mm. latse laeves biconvexge dorso plus facie minus 

 convexse apice subtruncatse basi triangulari-acutaB flavo-fulvescentes ; styli 2 mm. 

 longi basi dilatati sursum sub ramificatione dense barbati deorsum prope 

 basin glabri apice 2-fidi, ramis recurvis. 



HAB. Agincort, leg. T. KAWAKAMI, 1907, Sept. 



Near F. ferruginea VAHL, but differs from it by the much more dilated 

 conical base of the styles and in the inconspicuously tessellate nuts. 



Fimbristylis (Sect. Dichelostylis) anpinensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 26). 

 Planta dense csespitosa basi densissime radicifera radicibus fibrillatis. Caulis gracilis 

 60-40 cm. longus glaber teres subreatus vel plus minus recurvus basi squamis 



