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H mm. longis 1 mm. latis), ntraqne pagine scaberula margine 

 scabrida, subtus subglauca distincte costata inter costas et 

 margines 3-nervata inter nervös tenuissime 6-nervnlosa, supra 

 minute nervulosa costis et nervis inconspicuis, vaginis 6 cm. longis 

 cylindraceis, ab ore usque ad basin fissis explicate 6 mm. latis 

 intus nitidis extus glabris multo et prominente nervatis ad orem 

 barbatis, barbis 3 mm. longis, ligulis barbiformibus. Spiculœ 

 simplices remote fioratas a latere compressée l-G-floratse elongato- 

 bblongœ 2 J cm. longae 4 mm. latse interdum breviores pedicellatse 

 ad nodos ramulorum 3-4-fasciculat8e, uno pedicellorum longissimo, 

 reliquis brevioribus, gracillimis crispatis ascendentibus rarius 

 pendulis. 01. 1, et II. vacuae ovatse vel elongate -oblongae 5 mm.- 

 10 mm. longa? 2 mm. lata? straminese, floribus 3-6, a se 2 mm. 

 romotis, rhacliillis flexuosis complanatis glabris ; fl. gl. oblonga 12 

 mm. longa explicate 5 mm. lata 9-nervata, (nervis viridibus), 

 margine intégra plus minus ciliolata apice acuta basi palcam 

 amplectans ; palea elongate -oblonga 1 1 mm. longa explicato 5 mm. 

 lata apice truncata dentata medio 2-nervata, (nervis a se 1§ 

 mm. remotis), margine secus nerves plicata, inter nerves 4-nervu- 

 lata, inter nerves et margines 2-nervulata, margine hyalina, 

 tenuissima non ciliata, basi genitalia amplectans ; lodiculse 3, 2- 

 majoribus ovatis apice obtusis 1 J mm. longis 1 mm. latis basi 

 J mm. latis margine ciliolatis hyalinis, 1 -minore. Stamina 3, 

 antheris linearibus 8 mm. longis ^b i^"^^^"^- ^'^^^^ apice obsagittatis, 

 lobis acutis, basi 2-lobatis, lobis obtusis 1 J mm. longis. Ovarium 

 ovoideum § mm. longum leviter compressum, stylo a basi 2-fido, 

 ramis sursum plumosis. 



IIab. Kosh an : Naibun, leg. G. Nakahaea, li)07, Feb. 



A very distinct species of the genus. 1 liave not seen any 

 specimen like this at Kcw. 



