392 AET. I. — B. HAYATA : 



caspidato-acutœ basi latissimse, extus aristato-hirtellatse. Utriculus 

 trigono-ovoicleo-fusiformis 2J-3 mm. longus f mm. latus apice 

 rostratus (rostris 1-1 J- mm. longis) basi obtusus glaber antice 

 planus postice elevato-angulatus latere 2-costatus inter costas 4- 

 6-nervatus iiavescens versus rostrum fuscens. Achaenium trigono- 

 ovoideum glabrum castaneum o-costatum, (angulis acutis), 

 obtusum infra apicem valde constrictum supra constrictionem 

 cum stylo articulatam basi plus minus in stipitem brevissimum 

 productum, stylo basi gradatim incrassato supra basin 3-fido. 



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

 3707) ; Eandaizan, (No. 7067). 



Yery near C. cruciata Wahl, and also C. filicina, but differs 

 from the former in the shape of nutlets, and from the latter in 

 having narrower bracts, much looser inflorescence and very much 

 slender spikes. 



Carex pseudo-japonica Hayata sp. nov. Culmi 10 cm. longi 

 acuto-trigoni facie plus minus sulcati vel plani, partibus spiciferis 

 3 cm. longis, basi foliis confertis. Folia culmos 2-plo in longi- 

 tudine superantia suberecta vel erecto-patentia cum vaginis 

 15 cm. longa 2-2 J mm. lata acuminata subtus elevato-costata 

 utraque pagine et margine glabra. Spicas J terminales, Ç laterales 

 3-4 alternatim dispositaB, ad nodos solitariae a se 2-1 cm. remotis, 

 subsessilia vel breve pedunculatae, sub quoque l-bracteatae, 

 bracteis inferioribus longioribus 6 cm. longis, basi brevissime 

 vaginosis vel non vaginosis amplexicauhbus. Spicae J terminales 

 cylindricae, subsessiles 2-2 J cm. longae 1-1 J mm. latœ, squamis 

 dense adpresso-imbricatis oblongis 3 J mm. longis 1^ mm. latis 

 apice rhomboideo-acutis basi plus minus angustatis ad insertionem 

 ^ mm. latis dorso obscure costatis apice aristato-acutis filamentis 



