Oct. 1915.! y. YABE.— PLANTS FROM NORTHERN CHINA. 



brachystachvus Stapf. Rexdle in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXYI. p. 

 407. 



Hab. North China: Peking, on the dry wall of the city (Aug, 

 flow.), very common; Eastern Mongolia: Shih-chia-tzu -ftfc^ 

 (S. Hashimoto 29. Aug. 1910). 



4. Melica Gmelini Turcz. Steud. Syn. Gram. p. -289; Rgl. 

 Tent. Fl. Ussnr. p. 169; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 322; Fraxcii. 

 PI. David. I. p. 33G; Komarov, Fl. Mansh. I. p. 296; Rexdle in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. p. 418. 



Hab. North China: at the summit of Mt. Pohuashan alt. 

 2500 m (Jul. 1905); alpine region of Mt. Siao-wutaishan (Jul. 

 1906) ; Mt. Wutaishan (Jul. 1907). 



Northern Manchuria: Keelin, along the river Soongari (Sung- 

 hua-chiang). (June 1914. T. Kachi coll). 



5. Bromus inermis Leyss. Fl. Hall. p. 16 ; Steud. Syn. Gram, 

 p. 321; Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. VII. p. 357; Aschers. 

 u. Graebx. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. II. 1. p. 589. 



Hab. Shan-hsi: Eastern peak of Mt. Wutaishan (Jul. 1907. 

 and Y. Nagai Jul. 1908). 



6. Stipa mongholica Turcz. Steud. Syn. Gr. p. 132; Hook. 

 f. Fl. Br. Ind. p. 229; Rexdle in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. p. 

 382 ; Ptilagrostis mongolica Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV. p. 

 447; Turcz. Fl. Baic. Dah. II. 1. p, 302. 



Hab. Prov. Chihli: at the top of Mt. Siao-wutai (Jul. 1906) ; 

 Shanhsi: Mt. Wutaishan (Jul. 1907 fl.). 



7. Carex (Hymenochlaenae) capillaris L. var. pohua- 

 shanensis m. Rhizome dense caespitose. Stem 20-35 cm. long, 

 strict, filiform, obtuse-angled, smooth, leafy below. Leaves much 

 shorter than the culm, 10-25 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, flat, often 

 prolonged and forming scabrous acumen. Vagina brownish at 

 base, margin more or less fibrous. Spikelets 4-5 ; terminal one 

 staminate or sometimes g}maecandrous, linear, 7-10 mm. long, 

 erect or nutating; peduncles slender scabrous. Lateral three or 

 four spiklets £ oblong 8-13 flowered; the lowest long pedun- 

 culate 15-18 mm. long, 3 mm. diam. lax-flowered, subcernuous; 

 bracts long, foliaceous. Glumes <? obovate-oblong, rotundate, 



$ obovate 2 mm. long, apex rounded 



