CYPERACE^E. 



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(maturum) obovatum 1 mm. longum f mm. latum facie subplanum dorso con- 

 vexum in sectioiie sursum piano-con vexum deorsum rliomboideum dorso 

 facieque tuberculis minutis notatum apice obtuso-truncatum basi cimeato- 

 acutum ; stylus gracilis 2J mm. longus apice supra squamam exsertus supra 

 medium pilosus supra medium 2-fidus, (ramis 1 mm. longis gracilibus recurvis), 

 basi leviter dilatatus vel baud dilatatus glaber. 



HAB. Takao, leg. Y., SHIM ADA, Mai. 1915. 



Near F. polytnchoides VAHL, but differs from it by the much larger 

 spikelets and nuts which are as long as -J glume with much longer styles than 

 nuts. 



Fimbristylis (Sect. Dichelostylis) tikushiensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 30). Planta plus minus esespitosa. Caulis cum inflorescentiis 40-80 cm. longus 

 brevissime hirsutus vel sub- 

 glabratus teres in exsiccato 

 multo-sulcatus basi sursum 

 usque ad inflorescentiam 

 haud rarnosus erectus rectus 

 basi squamis et foliis suf- 

 fultus, squamis exterioribus 

 ad folium abeuntibus. Folia 



basi caulis conferta erecta 

 vel recur va linearia 30-40 



a 



Pig. SO, Finibristylis tikushiensis HAYATA ; a, a scale ; 

 longa 3-4 mm. lata apice b, a nutlet, with the style ; c, the same in section ; d. 

 Obtusa basi vaginata supra cellular structure of the outer coat of the nutlet. 



minus subtus plus villosa hirsuta, vaginis 5-15 cm. latis ore obliquis hirsutis. 

 Inflorescentia 10-15 cm. longa cylindrico-pyramidalis in circumscriptione, basi 

 umbellatim ramosa, ramis lateralibus ineequalibus 2-10 cm. longis, ramo eentrali 

 longissimo 15 cm. longo, apice spiculas siugulas vel multas corymbose laxeque 

 gerentibus, basi bracteis 58 quasiverticillatiin instructa, bracteis foliiformibus 

 vel acerosis 25 cm. longis inflorescentiam % plo sequantibus villosis. Spiculge 

 oblongse 1 cm. longge 5 mm. latae apice acutse, squamis mediis rotundato- 

 triangularibus 3^ mm. longis 3 mm. latis apice acutis. Nuculse obovato- 

 rotundatss 1 mm. longse mm. latee apice truncatse basi obtusse biconvexse 



