MATERIALS FOE A FLOEA OF FORMOSA. 381 



culatis, bracteis inferioribus lanceolatis basi pedunculos vaginan- 

 'tibus, vaginis 7 mm. longis ore trnncatis, laminis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 bracteis snperioribus vaginiformibus, laminis brevioribus gradatim 

 obsoletis, spicis inferioribus cylindraceis 2 cm. longis vel breviori- 

 bus 5 mm. latis longe pedunculatis, pedunculis 3J cm. longis vel 

 brevioribns scaberulis. Spicae androgynae ad apicem spiculis 

 masculinis ; spiculis J : squamis ovatis 3J mm. longis IJ mm. 

 latis ad basin § mm. latis apice acutis vel acuminatis glabris dorso 

 costatis ; spiculis Ç : squamis inferioribus longioribus plus minus 

 obtusis oblongis 4 J mm. longis 1 J mm. latis apice interdum 

 truncato-obtusis a basi 1^ nun. latis a dorso tenuiter costatis medio 

 non coloratis ad apicem et marginemque rubro-coloratis squamis 

 snperioribus plus minus acutis minoribus. Utriculus fusiformis a 

 facie compressus 4 mm. longus 1 mm. latus apice bidentatus 

 attenuatus basi acuto-attenuatns a latere costatus ad costis 

 scabrido-liirsutns facie sursum hispidulus deorsum glaber. 

 Achsenia praematura obovoidea a facie compressa 1 mm. lata apice 

 truncato-rotundata basi acuto-obtusa glaberrima ; styli 4 mm. 

 longi basi erecti vix incrassati, vel non incrassati, a basi usque 

 ad apicem 2-fidi, ramis fusco-rubescentibus hirtellatis. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, leg. G. Nakahaea, 1900. 



Appears to be near C. hrunnea Thunb., but differs from it in 

 the shape of spikelets, utricles and nutlets. 



Carex Boottiana ITook. et Aen. Bot. Beech, ^^oy. p. 273 ; Foebes 

 et IIemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. III. p. 275. 



Hab. Kötösbö, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1908, Aprili. (No. 

 2421). 



DiSTEiB. Loo-clloo, and Benin Islands. 



Carex chinensis Iîetz. ; I'ooït Carex, p. 13, t. 36; Benth. Fl. 



