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ferruginea, fcemineis 3 oblongo-cylindraceis subcrassis erectis olivaceis, inferioribus vaginatis 

 exserte pedunculatis longe bracteatis ; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis iramaturis ex ovali basi in 

 rostrum longum acuminatis (ore membranceo iutegro oblique fisso !) olivaceis crebre striato- 

 nervosis squama ovata acuminata acuta longe hispido-aristata alba nervo viridi latioribus lonoi- 

 oribus vel ajquantibus. — Yokobama. Culm slender, about a foot bigb, triquetrous, smooth ; 

 the spike-bearing part 2^-3^ inches long. Culm-leaves 2 lines wide, longer than the culm, with 

 long sheaths. Bracts foliaceous, exceeding the culm, the lowest two lines wide, the uppermost 

 often narrower, equalling the culm. Lowest sheath 6-13 lines long. Lowest peduncle 1 or 2 

 inches long. Male spike 12-15 lines long, a line wide, in one specimen setaceous-bracted ; female 

 spikes 8-15 lines long, 3 or 4 lines wide, the uppermost sessile and destitute of a sheath, the 

 lower ones peduncled, all contiguous. Scales all long-awned ; those of the male spikes lanceo- 

 late, pale ferrugineous, the lower larger-awned, those of the female spikes whitish, ovate, grad- 

 ually tapering into a long awn. Perigynium 3 lines long, ff of a line wide, obliquely ascend- 

 ing. Immature achenium over a line long, oval-triquetrous, apiculate with the persistent base 

 of the style, which is not enlarged. A species of doubtful affinity, approaching the Lupulince 

 in habit, but differing in the entire and oblique orifice of the perigynium ; and receding from 

 the Vesicarice by the same character, as well as by the sheathing bracts and the awned 

 scales. 



Carex dispalata, Boott, (n. sp.) : spicis 4-6 elongatis cylindricis erectis, terminali mascula 

 densiflora ferruginea pedunculata, fcemineis 3-5 olivaceis, superioribus alternatim contiguis, 

 infima longe pedunculata remota longe bracteata evaginata, omnibus laxifloris, flosculis basi 

 subverticillatim interruptis ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovatis brevi-rostratis (rostro apice ferru- 

 gineo, ore membranaceo obliquo integro) olivaceis obsolete nervosis oblique divergentibus squama 

 lineari-lanceolata acuminata acuta vel obtusiuscula purpurea medio nervata pallida latioribus 

 brevioribusque. — Hakodadi, &c. Culm acute-angled, smooth, or slightly scabrous between 

 the spikes, which occupy 8 or 9 inches of the culm. Leaves wanting. Lowest bract 2 lines wide, 

 nearly equalling the culm ; the upper ones narrow, equalling or shorter than their spikes. 

 Ligule purple and clasping. Lowest peduncles very slender, 1| to 1\ inches long, smooth. 

 Male spike 2 inches long, 2 lines wide ; its scales linear and elongated. Female spikes from 

 over an inch to 3 inches long, 2-2^ lines wide, the lower tapering and loosely-flowered at the 

 base. Perigynium 1^ lines long, r \ of a line wide. Achenium r %~ of a line long, oval- 

 triquetrous, pale ; the style contorted. Perhaps most allied to C. olivacea, Boott. 



Carex conica, Boott, (n. sp.): spicis 4 remotis erectis oblongo-ovalibus, terminali mascula 

 pedunculata ferruginea, fcemineis 3 exserte pedunculatis, infima radicali ; bracteis subaphyllis ; 

 stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovalibus conico-rostratis (ore integro) sparse puberulis leviter nervatis 

 pallidis basi productis squama oblonga obtusissima truncata vel subemarginata brevi-cuspidata 

 pallida purpureo-tincta angustioribus brevioribusque. — Simoda? Culm 5 inches high, obtuse- 

 angled, leafy at the base ; the spike-bearing portion 4| inches long. Culm-leaves a line broad, 

 half the length of the culm, firm. Bracts sheathing, subulate, shorter than the peduncles; 

 sheaths 8 or 7 lines long, purple at the base. Peduncles 10-to 18 lines long, rather scabrous. 

 Male spike 7 lines long, a line and a half broad. Female spikes 4 or 5 lines long, 2 lines wide, 

 remote : scales cuspidate, the cusp of the lower ones scabrous ; male scales very obtuse ; upper 

 female scales narrow. Perigynium a line and a half long, clothed with short scattered hairs, 

 the nerves of the same color. Achenium a line long, obtusely triquetrous, pale ; thickened base 

 of the style deciduous. Kacheola setaceous, shorter than the achenium, placed at its inner side. 



