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ceous, lanceolato-oblong to ovato-oblong, obtuse, 3—4- ram. 

 long, veins obscure. Spikelets small, unisexual, male inferior 



and female superior. Male-spikelets fewer in the fascicle, pedi- 

 cellate, about 4^ mm. long, submanj^-flowered ; pedicel longer 

 than that of the female, attaining about 1\ mm. long, narrowly 

 2-alate, glabrous ; glumes erect, fasciculate, 1— nerved ; empty 

 glumes 2-3, subulate or subulato-oblong, cuspidato-acute (cusp 

 often subscabrous), entire, carinate dorsally, membranaceous, 

 1 -nerved, about 4 mm. long ; fertile glumes oblong-lanceolate 

 to lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate, scarioso-membranaceous, 

 ferruginous towards the centre, the outermost one similar to 

 the empty glumes in character but usually scarcely longer. 

 Male-flowers triandrous. Stamens glabrous ; filament linear- 

 filiform, scarcely exserted ; anther linear, with a spinescent tip 

 of the connective at the apex. Female-spikelets 1— flowered, 

 pedicellate, about 5 mm. long ; glumes 3, ovato-subulate or 

 subulate, cuspidato-acute at apex, entire, membranaceous, fer- 

 rugineo-viridescent, glabrous, 1— nerved, carinate dorsally (keel 

 often obscurely scabrous above), concave, the outer one shorter 

 and narrower, and the innermost one broader and longer ; 

 pedicel stout, gradually enlarged above, strict, triangular or 

 narrowly 2— alate, quite glabrous, about 1^—7 mm. long. Style 

 exserted, filiform, ferruginous, about 4-5 mm. long, divided into 

 3-branched from below the middle ; branches filiform, scabrous ; 

 ovary oblong or ellipsoid-oblong, glabrous, about 1-1^ mm. 

 long ; gynophore thick. Nut small, globose, with a slight 

 projection at the top, quite glabrous, excellent^ tessellate, 

 osseous, 2 mm. across, at first white when dried, but dull pale 

 when fully mature, not shining ; disc thick, short, enlarged 

 above, glabrous, white or dull pale, deeply 3-fid with angulate 

 sinuses ; lobes thickish, deltoid or ovato-deltoid, acute, entire, 

 erect-patent, appressed to the nut and reaching to about 1 height 

 of it ; cupula patelliform, with entire margin, thick, short, 1* 

 mm. in diameter. 



Nom. Jap. Mikawa-shinjugaya (nov). 



Hah. Prov. MIKAWA : Hosoya-mura and near Futakawa 

 in Atsumi-gori (T. Makino ! October 28, 1894), Takashi (T. 



