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CYPEKACEJE. 



minus quam 2 cm. longis ad apices spicuks capitulatirn gerentibus. Spiculae ad 

 apicem ramulorum capitatim 4-5 sitse rotimdato-ovatse 4-5 mm. longse 3mm. 

 latse apico obtusissinise basi rotundatse, squamis infimis (i.e. bracteolis ?) storilibus 

 ovato-triaiigularibus apice acutis 2 min. longis ; squamis mediis ovato-triangu- 

 laribus 2 mm. longis l mm. latis apice obtasis dorso prominente carinatis. 

 Nuculse depresso-obovatse -| mm. longse toti usque latse apice truncatse basi 

 acutaa sub lente minute tubercuktse sursum fusco-fulvescentes deorsum flavo- 

 fulvescentes vel mature fusco-rubesccntes dorso valde convexse vel angukto- 

 convexse facie subpknse in sectione plano-convexse vel subtrigonse ; styli 1 mm. 

 longi 3-fidi subglabri. 



HAB. Kankao, leg. B. HAY ATA, Juli. 1914. 



Comparable to some extent to F. jund/ormis KUNTH, but greatly different 

 from it in having dark brown, nuts with quite glabrous styles. 



Fimbristylis (Sect. Eleockarioides) takaoensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 29). Rhizoma ramosum fere erectuni dense radicifcrum. Caulis csespitosus 

 gracilliinus circ. 20 cm. longus teres vel 

 subcomplanatus ^ mm. latus vel latior erectus 

 apice plus minus recurvus apice ad bracteas 

 singulas productus, bracteis interdum obso- 

 letis fiUformibus erectis spicam cxceedentibus 

 1-1^ cm. longis. Folia ad basin caulis sita 

 pauca 1-3 cum vaginis 10-15 cm. longis 

 filiformia erecta, vaginis 2-3 cm. longis 1 mm. 

 latis tubuliformibus ore obliquissimis glabris, 

 auriculis late triangularibus ^ mm. longis 

 | mm. ktis, laminis 5-6 cm. longis in plicato Fig. -29, Firr<Lrislylvi takaoensis 



latere complaiiatis ^ mm. latis apice acuti^ HAYATA ; . ^ scale; b, section of the 



same ; c, a nutlet with the style ; e, the 

 margine integris prope apicem pauce minute same, seen from side ; d, section of the 



obscure setuloso-serrulatis. Spicula solitaria same - 



cylindrico-ovata circ. 1 cm. longa 3 mm. kta utrinque obtusa basi bracteis 

 deciduis singulis instructa ; squamis mediis oblongo-linearibus 3-3 mm. longis 

 1 mm. ktis apice obtusis vel triangulari-obtusis obtusissimis vel truncatis sur- 

 sum castaneo-fulvesceiitibus medio margine basique ecoloratis. Achaenium 



