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of development. The cups at the base of the styles are never 

 seen in an earlier stage. The present variety differs from the type 

 not only by the presence of the caps, but also by the less glandu- 

 lar base of the style. 



Carex pseudo-filicina Hayata sp. nov. Culmi trigoni graciles 

 40 cm. alti a basi ramosi vel eramosi subglabri, facie 1 mm, 

 lati vel latiores, basi foliis confer! is, (fascicules foliorum basi 

 squamatis, squamis atropurpureis ovatis elongato-ovatis apice 

 obtusis). Folia calmo sequilonga 40 cm. longa 5 mm. lata 

 tenuia membrarracea plana suberecta subtus distincte tenuiter 

 costata glabra, supra costis inconspicuis, multinervata jjIus minus 

 scaberula apice acuminata basi vaginosa, vaginis 4-5 cm. longis 

 tenuissime membranaceis purpureis, ligulis tenuibus 1 mm, 

 longis oblique sitis. Paaiculae terminales vel laterales, 15 cm. 

 longcTe 4 cm. latas, ramis inferioribus solitariis vel geminatis 10 cm. 

 longis vel brevioribus ramiilis sursum alternatim remote sitis 

 2 cm. longis, bracteis inferioribus longioribus quam, ramo longiori- 

 bus basi vaginosis, bracteis superioribus angastioribus, rarius 

 filiformibus. Spicas sessiles superiore simplices inferioie com- 

 posite a se 3 mm. -5 mm. remotoB, generaliter 1 cm. longas 1 mm. 

 Iata3 a rhachi patentes, androgynse, (superiore fl. masculinis,. 

 inferiore fœmineis), (partibus Ç partes J o-5-plo in longitudine 

 superantibus) circ. 1 cm. longée vel longiores vel breviores, floribus 

 a se i mm. remotis, rhachilhs densiuscule hirsutis. Fl. J : 

 sqiiama3 ovato-lanceolata3 2i- mm. longas rubro-purpurascentes 

 prope basin non coloratae utraque glabrae margine integrse ciliolatse 

 vel liaud ciliolatœ, antheris linearibiis utrinque cellulis minutis 

 clavatis coronatis. Fl. Ç : squamœ triangulares ovatre 1-1 J mm. 

 longa? If mm. lata? rubro-purpurascentes cuspidato-obtusae vel 



