120 CYPERACEJE. 



Subgenus Indocarex 



Spicules all supported by a fertile cladoprophyllum ; bractsnearly none 



sect. Japoniece. 



Spicules all supported by a sterile cladoprophyllum. 



Spicules cylindrical 2-6 cm. long sect. Polystachyce. 



Spicules hardly longer than 1.5 cm sect. Indices. 



Sect. Japonicm. 



Culms slender nearly 30 cm. long O. satsumensis, var. longiculma. 



Culms very much shorter, usually 10cm. long. . C. satsumensis var. Nakaii. 



Carex satsumensis FB. et SAV. var. longiculma HAYATA. n. v. (PL 

 XVII.) Dense csespitosa ; rhizonia haud repens. Caulis circ. 30 cm. longus 

 simplex haud ramosus glaber basi foliis 2-4 suffultus apice spicato-paniculi- 

 formis basibus exceptis haud foliatus. Folia basi caulis quasi-fasciculata longe 

 vaginata cum vaginis 30-40 cm. longa caulem in longitudine superantia tenuiter 

 diartacea glabra, vaginis tubuliformibus 5-10 cm. longis tenuiter membranaceis 

 ore truucatis integris, laniinis longe linearibus 20-30 cm. longis 2^-3 mm. latis 

 apice louge linear i-acuminatis margine tenuiter scabriusculis utraque pagine 

 glabris. Panicula terminalis singula circ. 6 cm. longa cylindrica l-l cm - l ata 

 basi et basi rami paniculse bracteis instructa crecta, ramis brevibus paucis 

 1 cm. longis ascendeiitibus haud patentibus interdum leviter pateiitibus ; 

 bractea cum cladprophyllo singula sub ramo paniculee insita ; bracteis infimis 

 longissimis foliiformibus paniculam in longitudine superantibus ; bracteis 

 cfeteris brevioribus 2-3 mm. longis subulato-linearibus basi dilatatis. Spiculse 

 a basi ramorum paniculse usque ad apicem vel in parte superiore paniculte 

 spicatim dispositse generaliter bisexuales (sed in ramo inferiore unisexuales 

 tune floribus lateralibus ftemineis, iis terminalibus masculinis) ; spiculse in- 

 feriores interdum ad florem singulum foemineum reductas, superiores bisexuales 

 cylindricse 5-6 mm. longse, floribus inferioribus fbemineis superioribus mas- 

 culinis ; spiculse totse basi bractea sterili et cladoprophyllo instruct83 (vel clado- 

 prophyllum rarius obsoletum) ; bracteis sterilibus trianguLari-ovatis 2 mm. longis 

 1 mm. latis apice cuspidatis ; cladoprophyllis ovatis 1^-2 mm. longis valde 

 concavis subventricosis apice late truncatis leviter bidentatis vel haud dentatis 

 exteriore reflexis utriculum reductum aniplectantibus. Fl. J : squamis ovato- 

 lanceolatis 3 mm. longis quam squama floris fceminei angustioribus apice 



