■ Cyperaceae-Caricoideae. 



— Rhizoma crassum caespitosum. Culmus 

 is. Folia culmum superantia 4 — 6 mm lata 

 basi plicata sursum plana brunneo-virentia coriacea. Spiculae 3 — 4, terminalis rf 

 caudato-< vlindrica 6 — 8 cm longa longepedunculata, laierales 2 — 3 androgynae cylin- 

 dri cae 3_!_7 cm longae densiflorae crassae, superior breviter inferiores longe pedun- 

 culatae, erectae, pedunculi validi laeves. Bracteae vaginantes breviter setaceo- lamini- 

 ferae. Squamae g obovatae apice emarginatae sordide brunneae e dorso tricostato 

 in arista m longam scabram excurrentes. Utriculi squamas longe superantes sub- 

 coriacei rhomboidales turgido-trigoni 8 — 9 mm longi brunneo-olivacei parce scabri vel 

 glabri multicostati, basi cuneatim attenuati, in rostrum longissimum subcylindricum 

 marginibus spinulosum profunde bidentatum subsensim abeuntes, crura patentia intus 

 scabra. Nux arete inclusa ovata obtuse trigona medio constricta lateribus excavata, in 

 rostrum longum latum cylindricum apice dilatato-annulatum abrupte contracta. Styli 

 basis incrassata. Stigmata 3 longa. 



Sudchina: Hongkong, in Waldern und Bergschluchlen: Happy Valley (Harland!), 

 Pic Victoria (Bodinier n. 51 o!). 



645. C. brevicuspis C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXX. (1903) 277. - 

 Rhizoma crassum caespitosum. Culmus 40 cm altus firmus triqueter laevis inferne 

 foliatus. Folia culmo longiora 5—7 mm lata marginibus revoluta pallida viridia ennacea. 

 vaginae spadiceae dissolutae. Spiculae 3 — 4 remotae, terminalis (J 1 lineari-elhptica 

 3 cm longa, laterales Q (vel apice breviter cf) cylindricae densiflorae 5 — 6 cm longae 

 8 mm latae, superiores breviter ima longius pedunculatae, erectae. Bracteae longe- 

 vaginantes breviter laminiferae. Squamae L lineari- lanceolatae acuminatae sordide 

 stramineae dorso trinerves. Utriculi squamas superantes oblique patentes subconacei 

 ovati turgido-trigoni 6 1 /2 mm l° u gi brunneo-olivacei imprimis superne parce scabri 

 multinervosi, basi contracti, apice in rostrum longissimum subcylindricum marginibus 

 sublaeve ore grosse et breviter bifurcatum abrupte contracti. Nux arete inclusa ovata 

 turgida medio constricta, in rostrum longum cylindricum apice annulatum abrupte 

 desinens. Stigmata 3. 



Siidostchina: Kiangsi, Kiukiang (Maries!, Shearer! in herb. Kew.j; Chekiang, 

 Ningpo Mts. (Faber n. 62!). 



Var. /?. basiflora (Clarke) Kiikenth. — C. basi flora C. B. Clarke, I. c. 274. — 

 Folia culmos abbreviatos longissime superantia. Nux erostrata. 



Centralchina: Hupeh, Patung (Henry n. 3748!), Shen si, Lao y san (Hugh, n. v.). 



646. C. Harlandii Boott, fflustr. II. (i860) 87 t. 255 et in Benth. Fl. hongkong. 

 (1861) 403; Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris 3. ser. IX. (1897) 176; C. B. ? Clarice 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. (1903) 289. — C. chlorocystis Boeck. in Engler s Hot. 

 Jahrb. V. (1884) 520. — Rhizoma crassum caespitosum. Culmus lateralis 1 5— -45 cm 

 altus validus triqueter laevis inferne breviter foliatus. Folia sterilia culmo longioi^ 

 2— 2 72 an lata basi plicata caeterum plana multinervosa breviter acuminata coriacea, 

 vaginae obscurius nervosae, vetustae brunneae dissolutae. Spiculae 2 — 4, terminalis Q 

 lineari-cylindrica ad 7 cm longa breviter pedunculata, laterales 1—3 Q (apice breviter •& 

 eyhndricae crassae densiflorae 6—8 cm longae, suprcma spiculae (J 1 approximata bre ^ 

 pedunculata, inferiores remotae longe pedunculatae, pedunculi validi ohtusanguh laer • 

 Bracteae foliaceae vaginantes inflorescentiam subaequantes. Squamae Q ovato-oblong^ 

 sordide luteae e dorso tricostato scabro-aristatae. Ihi-nli squamas superantes s 





