MATEEIALS FOE A FLOEA OF FOEMOSA. 393 



a basi distinctis crispatis floribiis a se J^ mm. remotis. Spica3 Ç 

 laterales breve pedmiculatae vel superiore subsessiles cylindricae 

 1 J-2 cm. longa3 3-4 mm. latse dense lloratœ, floribiis a se J mm. re- 

 motis, squamis 2J mm. longis 1 mm. latis ovatis apice cuspidatis 

 basi pins minns contractis § mm. latis ad insertionem sinnatis dorso 

 obscnre costatis. Utriculns ovato-fnsiformis 3 mm. longns 1 mm. 

 latus apice rostratns bidentatus basi breve attenuato-obtnsns 

 glaber minute-maculato-punctatus antice prominente convexus 

 postice subplanns vel paullo convexus latere costatus. Achgenia 

 trigone- ovoid ea, (angulis obtusis non costatis), plus minus obliqua 

 apice obtusa basi acuta glabra rubescentia. Styli basi plus 

 minus incrassati, (sed non conici), a basi reflexi supra basin 

 recurvato-erecti basi flavescentes supra basin fusco-rubescentes 

 supra medium 3-fidi, ramis filiformibus hirtellatis. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1906, 

 Nov. (No. 2298). 



Very near C. japonka Thunb., but differs from it by the 

 nearly sessile spikes. There is a very similar specimen at Kew, 

 collected by Dr. A. Heney, which is named C. japonica Thunb. 

 by C. B. Claeke. 



Carex reflexistyla Hayata sp. nov. Cnlmi circ. 30 cm. longi 

 folio breviores, inferiore foliis caespitosis, basi, squamis fusco- 

 purpurascentibus 5-7 cm. longis involucrati, graciles triqnetri ad 

 angulos scabridi facie striati, partibus spiciferis 11 cm. longis. 

 Folia basin cnlmi conforta basi erecta supra basin subito recur- 

 vato-patentia linearia 36-40 cm. longa culmos in longitudine 

 superantia 6 mm, lata utrinque glabra subtus prominente costata 

 arete nervata, nervis inter costas et raargines 7-8, ad costas et 

 margincs scabrida, basi fuscentia, vaginosa, vaginis circ. 5 cm. 



