396 ART. I. — B. H AY AT A : 



antice planum, postice angulato-elevatum, IJ mm. longum 1 

 mm. latum, flavescens glabrain, stylo baud incrassato, postice 

 reflexo, a medio 3-fido, rami s fasco-rnbescentibus minute liir- 

 tellatis. 



Hab. Nantö : Musba, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1908, 

 Mart. (No. 3749). 



Near C. kiyotensis Claeke and also C. nemostachys Steud., 

 but differs from botb in tbe shape of nutlets. 



Carex Shimadai Hayata sp. nov. Culmi 70-80 cm. alti, folium 

 exceclentes, gracillimi basi foliis confertis, supra basin usque ad 

 apicem non foliati, triquetri, a facie § mm. lati. Folia angus- 

 tissima, linearia 60 cm. longa 3 mm. lata, plicato-teretia, recto- 

 recurvata, sab recta, subtus obscure costata, costis inconspicuis, 

 supra multinervata, ad nervös et margines scaberula, basi 

 vaginosa, vaginis 6-25 cm. longis in longitudine mutabilibus, 

 ligulis circ. obsoletis. Spicae racemose 3-4-di3positëe, 

 racemis 25 cm. longis, spicis ad nodos solitariis longe vel 

 breve pedunculatis a se 5-8 cm. remotis ad nodos 1 -bracteatis, 

 braoteis longe vaginosis, vaginis 2-3J cm. longis ore obliqais, 

 laminis cuspidatis 1 cm. longis vel superiore obsoletis. Spicse J 

 terminales longe cylindricse, 9 cm. longge 3 mm. latae. Spicse ^ 

 laterales cylindricae 5 cm. longse, pedunculis 3-6 cm. longis. Fl. J : 

 squamae oblongo-angustatse 7 mm. longse, 2J mm. latae, apice acutae 

 basi sensim angustatae basi | mm. latae, castaneo-fuscentes, dorso 

 medio costatae, costis planis flavescentibus prope apicem evanes- 

 centibus. Fl. ^ : squamae late ovatae squamis J multo breviores, 

 4 mm. longae 3 mm. latae apice brevissime caspidatae castaneo- 

 fuscentes, ad basin et marginem non coloratae, baud costatae. Utriculus 

 oblonge -lanceolatus 5^ mm. longus, IJ mm. latus apice attenuatus 



