140 T. Holm — Studies in the Cyperacece. 



"Rhizoma stoloniferum, stolonibus graeilibus, horizontalibus ; 

 culmi debiles 20-30 cm. alti, acute trianguli, etiam superne leves, 

 inferne tantum foliati; vaginae infimae fulvae; folia culmos 

 aequantia vel superantia, mollia, 4 mm. lati ; bracteae, evaginatae, 

 inferior foliacea innorescentiam superans ; spiculae 3-4 inf eriores 

 pedunculatae, pedunculis ochrea fusca 5 mm. longa, cinctis; 

 spicula mascula unica, late oblonga vel oblonga, circiter 2 cm. 

 longa, squamis obovatis, fuscis, dorso lutescentibus, nervo in 

 mucronem levem excurrente ; spiculae f emineae 2-5 cm. longae, 

 superior sessilis, squamis intense fuscis oblongis, masculis homo- 

 morphis sed longius acuminatis ; utriculus 4 mm. longus squamas 

 subaequans, laete virescens, apice fuscescens, compressus, ellip- 

 ticus, margine et f aciebus levis, in rostrum breve paulo emargina- 

 tum sensim desinens; stylus trifidus, achaenium sessile. Hab. 

 Le Japon : ile de Nippon, etc. ' ' 



C. gansuensis. 5 



"Bepens; culmi 40-70 cent., acutanguli, etiam apice leves ; 

 folia 4-6 mm. lata, culmis breviora ; bractea inferior foliacea, 

 inflorescentia brevior ; spiculae 3-4, omnes pedunculatae, suprema 

 tota mascula, rarius f eminea superior subsessilis ; spicula mascula 

 linearis, squamis rubro-fuscis, oblongis, mucronatis; spiculae 

 femineae cylindraceae, inferne et superne attenuatae acutae, 

 inferior paulo remota, pendens 3-4 cent, longa ; squamae fuscae, 

 ovato-lanceolatas, mucronatae vel breviter cuspidatae utriculos vix 

 superantes, utriculi ovati, nervosi, leves, apice attenuati, in 

 rostrum tubulosum ore truncatum 1 mm. longum desinens; 

 stylus trifidus. 



Hab. Le Japon. 



Rappelle assez bien le C. Gmelini, mais les feuilles sont plus 

 larges, les ecailles au moins aussi longues que les utricules et ter- 

 minees par une pointe lisse ; le bee des utricules est aussi sensible- 

 ment plus long. ' ' 



These two species are so well defined by Franchet that 

 there seems no doubt of their validity as distinct species. 

 The fact that Kiikenthal (1. c. p. 414) has disposed of 

 them as mere synonyms is of no importance, and espe- 

 cially not, when we examine his compilation of the so- 

 called "Scitce"; in this section, which is characterized 

 as being composed of "Aphyllopodce," we meet with 

 several species, which nevertheless are true " Pliyl- 

 lopodce," namely C. rariflora Sm. (C. podocarpa R. Br.), 

 C. microchceta nob., C. nesophila nob., and C. littoralis 

 Schw. 



5 Nouv, Archives ]. c, p. 152. 



