CYPERACE.E. 



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oblongis 4 mm. longis 2 mm. latis apice acutis basi baud contractis rhachin 

 spiculse complete amplectantibus dorso prominente carinatis, carinis apice ad 

 setulam 1-2 mm, scabram abeuntibus. Utrieulus obovoideo-fusiformis 5^-6 

 mm. longus 2 mm. latus trigouus facie concavus apice anbito attenuatus 

 ad summum breve bi-deutatus basi gradatim acuminatus brevissime hir- 

 sutus, pilis Y^mm. longis transverse patentibus. Nucula obovoidea trigona 

 facie concava ad angulos prominente carinata apice obtusa basi triangulari- 

 acuta stipitata, stipite 1^ mm. longo cum utriculo fere periecte connate apice 

 libero et geniculatim recurvo, stylo basi leviter incrassato medio sursum 3-fido, 

 ramis gracilibus crispato-recurvis. 



HAB. Musha : Tatsutaka, ad 7000 ped. alt., leg. W. E. PRICE, No. 797. 



The culms of this new species appear to be always in pair which are 

 supported by a single fascicle of leaves at their base ; but in reality, they are 

 not in pair. That they appear to be in pair, is due to the fact that a 

 single culm bears a single branch at its 

 very base. 



Carex Morii HAYATA sp. nov. 

 (Fig. 46). Folia radicalia ignota. Caulis 

 ereetus circ. 80cm. longus acute triqueter 

 gracillimus 1-1^ mm. latus glaber. Folia 

 caulina infer! ora a i?e 1530 cm. distantia 

 linearia cum vaginis 25 cm. longa, vaginis 

 atro-purpureis 2 4cm. longis nitidis tri- 

 quetris prismaticis 3-4 mm. latis ore 

 obliquissimis apice gradatim ad limanam 

 abeuntibus, laminis planis circ. 20 cm. 

 longis 4 mm. latis apice acuminatis cori- 

 aceis margine integris scabris facie scabris ; 

 folia caulina basi ramos 12 amplectanti- 

 bus, ramis gracillimis erectis. Spiculfe ad 

 apicam caulis vel ramorum laxe paniculatim C 



' dispositse, paniculis in circumscriptione Fig. 46, (7re* Jforii HAYATA x 12 ; a, 



a scale ; b, the same in section ; c, an 

 linearibus circ. 25 cm. longis 4 cm. latis, utricle ; a, a nutlet. 



