398 ART. I. B. HAYATA : 



maturum trigono-fusiforme apice truncatum vel cupulis parvulis 

 coronatnm basi attenuatum in stipitem 1 mm. loiigum prodactnm 

 glabrum flavescens, stylo basi plus minus conico-incrassato, 

 (interdum partibus conicis inconspicuis) supra basin 3-fido. 



Hab. Shinkö : Ealioo, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, 1908, 

 Feb. (No. 5086). 



The present variety differs from the type in having much 

 longer bracts, acuter scales of male and female flowers and in the 

 shape of the nutlets ; but in other respects they are very similar. 

 Further study will prove that the variety is a mere form of the 

 type. 



Carex sociata Boott Carex IV. p. 200; Foebes et Hemsl. Ind. 

 Fl. Sin. III. p. 311. 



Hab. Kwashötö, leg. T. Kawakami et Gr. Nakahaea, Feb. 1906, 

 (No. 1024); Töj'-en, Goryö, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, 1907, 

 Mart. (No. 2671). 



DisTEiB. Loo-choo islands. 



Carex transalpina Hayata sp. nov. Rhizoma ? Folia fasciculo- 

 rnm 20-30 cm. longa 2 mm. lata culmo florigero paullo breviora basi 

 vaginata, vaginis 2-3 cm. longis, oribus truncatis, supra et margine 

 scabrida. Culmi florigeri graciles 30 cm. longi 3-4 foliati, foliis 

 superioribus basi vaginatis, laminis spica sequilongis. Spicae 3-4 

 remote dispositge ; terminalis masculina elongata pedunculata 

 3 cm. longa 2 mm. lata, squamis obovatis vel late caneatis 

 marginatis, marginibus badio-fuscis ; reliquae fœminesG elongatsß 2 

 cm. longae spica masculina latiores breve pedunculatae erectse, 

 floribus remotis, squamis ovatis marghiatis acutis basi truncatis. 

 Utriculus 2-carinatus multinervius pubescens compressus apice 

 rostratus distincte 2-dentatus, stigma 3-fidum. Achgenium 



