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bus marginc non coloratis. Stamina erecta cum filamentis 5 mm. 

 longa, filamentis validiusculis rectis 3 mm. longis, antheris exsertis 

 lincai'ibus 2 mm. longis J mm. latis apice obtuse bi-apiculatis 

 basi leviter emarginatis vel rotundatis facie minute tenuiter 

 striato-maculatis. Spicae Ç : squamis rhachin semi-amplectan- 

 tibus. Utriculus prgomaturus cylindrico-linearis 4 J mm. longus, Jram. 

 latus vel angustior ore brevissime obtuso-2-dentatus 2-costatus 

 glabor. Stylus basi non incrassatus 3-fidus. 



Hab. Arizan, leg. T. Kawakami et U.Mori, Mart. 1908, (No. 

 3697). 



Comes near C. paucimascula in having very short male 

 spikes, but differs from it by scales, leaves, and nutlets. 



Carex atronucula IIayaïa sp. nov. Culmi aphylli erecti 20-25 

 cm. alti graciles obtuso-trigoni basi squamati, (squamis imbrica- 

 tis vagin iformibus, inferioribus brevioribus fuscentibus, superioribus 

 longioribus, laminis lanceolatis IJ cm. longis apice obtusis), 

 partibus squamatis circ. 2 cm. longis, a medio sursum spiciferi, par- 

 tibus spiciferis 10 cm. longis obtuso-trigonis. Folia conforta linearia 

 validiuscula subcoriacea 65 cm. longa culmos 3-plo in longitudine 

 superantia suberecta 8 mm. lata apice acuminata plicato-nervosa 

 utraque pagina margneque scabriuscula basi explicato-vaginiformia 

 (partibus vagin iformibus 4 cm. longis apice vaginae vestigiis 

 ligularum), utraque pallida, basi fuscentia. Spica3 Ç : pedunculala? 

 racemose dispositœ, ad nodos solitaria), vol geminœ, internodiis in- 

 ferioribus 3 cm. longis ; spicœ cyliiulrica) 2-2J cm. longae 4 mm. Iata3, 

 pedunculis 3 cm. longis, bracteis inferioribus majoribus, vaginiformi- 

 Inis, vagiuis 8 mm. longis basi piibcscentilnis ore subtruncatis, laminis 

 cuspidato-lancoolatis 12 mm. longis; squamis ovatis 2-J mm. longis 

 1 \ mm. latis apice cuspidatis basi leviter contractis ad insertionem 



