CYPERACEJE. 



Ill 



instructo ad insertionem laminae breve ciliato, lamina 410 cm. longa margine 

 interiore plicato-recurva in explicate 1 mm. lata margine glabra sed versus 

 apicem breve serrulata ad apicem obtusa. Spicula terminalis solitaria ovoideo- 

 globosa vel elongato-ovoidea 6-7 mm. longa 3 mm. lata basi bracteis singulis 

 vel duabus instructa, bracteis minutis cuspidato-triangularibus 3 mm. longis 

 basi 1^ mm. latis caducissimis glabris margine hyalinis tenuissimis medio 

 tri-iierviis. Squamae valde coiicavae glabrse 3 mm. longge in explicate 3-4 mm. 

 latae rotundatae brevissime mucronatae basi truncatae multinervise dorso medio 

 castaneae versus basin margineque hyalinse ecoloratse. Nucules biconvexae l 

 mm. longae 1 mm. latae apice fere rotundatae basi plus minus cuneato-angustatae 

 fulvo-pallidae, stylis plus minus exsertis 2 mm. longis basi plus minus incras- 

 satis sursum barbatis apice 2-fidis, ramis gracillimis desuper recurvis Jhaud 

 barbatis rubro-ferrugineis. 



HAB. Kagi, leg. T. SOMA, Sept. 1914. 



Near F. polytrichoides VAHL, but differs from it in having whitish 

 nutlets with the barbate styles. 



Fimbristylis (Sect. Trichelostylis) kankacensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 28). Rhizoma subrectum ramosum, radicibus et reliquis foliorum dense 

 obtectum apice ad cauleui abeuns. 

 Folia glabra basi caulis densissirne 

 fasciculata patent! ssima cum vaginis 

 4 5 cm. , longa, vaginis valde dila- 

 tatis 13 mm. longis latissimis cum 

 iis alteris connatis tenuibus, laminis 

 linearibus basi latissimis sursum 



gradatim angustioribus basi 3-3i 



Fig. 28, Fimbristylis kankacensis HATATA; 



mm. longis crassc COriaceis valde a, i scale; b, an ovary with the style; c, a 



. , . . nutlet : d, the same in section ; e, cellular struc- 



rigidis supra concavis . subtus con- 



ture of the outer coat of the nutlet, dorsal angle 



vexis margine sub lente minute seen from front. 



duplicato-s,errulatis sursum subintegris apice obtusissimis. Scapi 10-18 cm. longi 

 erecti recti graciles complanati (semper ?) -| mm. lati glabri plus minus 

 sulcati a centro fasciculorum foliorum basilarium oriundi basi squamis lineari- 

 lanceolatis 3-4 instructi versus apicem cymosi 2-4 ramosi, ramis insequalibus 



