390 AET. I. B. HAYATA : 



longe exsertis. Spicaa Ç : cylindricse, squamis late ovatis 3 mm. 

 longis cii'C. 2 mm. latis aj^ice aristato-cuspidatis sub cuspide 

 emarginatis vel acutis basi 1^ nim. latis rhachin involventibns, 

 (cnspidibns J mm. longis margiue minute aristato-serrulatis), dorso 

 obscure costatis, (rhachillis subalatis, alis scabridis). Utriculus 

 elongato-oblongus sub-bilateralis, plus minus trigonus facie sub- 

 planus dorso convexus latere costatus 3 mm. longus f mm. 

 latus apice obscure 2-dentatus. Achsenia praematura cylindrica 

 1^ mm. longa apice leviter contracta ad stylorum basem incrassa- 

 tam abeuntia. Styli basi incrassati validiusculi erecti, (partibus 

 incrassatis IJ mm. longis elongato-ovoideis minute glanduloso- 

 cristato-pimctatis), apice tri-fidi, ramis tenuibus IJ mm. longis 

 gracilibus minute papilloso-hirtellatis. 



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

 3003). 



Near C. trislachya Thunb., but differs from it by the shape 

 of tlio utricles and styles ; also near C. breviculmis, from which 

 tliis differs in many points. 



Carex orthostemon Hayata var. cupulifera Hayata n. v. Ut 

 tj'picae. Achseoia matura ovoidea vel oblonga glabra trigona 

 2J mm. longa 1;^ Dim. lata 3-costata, (costis prominentibus), apice 

 constricta, enfra basin stylorum cupulis coronata, obovata ; stylis 

 basi conico-incrassatis, ad extremitatem constrictis, plus minus 

 minuto tenuissime gianduloso-punctatis. 



Hab. Eandaizau, leg. B. Hayata et U. Moei, 1908, Aug. (No. 

 7001 et 7058) ; in monte Morrison, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 

 (No. 1840). 



Ifc seems to me that the shape of the basal portion of 

 styles are some times extremely variable, according to the stage 



