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Tone {T. 3Iahino ! Aug. 1893) ; Prov. Kadzusa : Ichinomiya, mudj place 

 near sea (T. Makinol Sept.. 5, 1898). 



This species has the general habit of Fimhristylis autumnalis Roem. 

 et Schult., but is very distinct from it. The (^pikelets are remarkable by 

 the como?e-hquarrose deep-ferruginons style- branches. It seems to be 

 closely allied to F. Stauntoni Debeaux et Franch. of China. 



Fimbristyiis (Dichelostylis) verrucifera (Maxim.) Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, IX. (1895) p. 259. 



Isohpis verrucifera Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. (1859) p. 300 ; Eegel. 

 Tent. Fl. Ussur. n. 544. 



Fimbristyiis nipponensis Makino 1. c. VI. (1892) p. 47, (nomen tantura). 



Annual, glabrous. Roots fibrous, pale brownish. Stems numerous, 

 ctespitose, unequal in length, Ii-20 cm. long, slender, compressed, diffuse 

 or erect-patent or sometimes erect. Leaves basal, 1-2 to each stem, 

 shorter or much so than the stem, capillaceo-setaceons, with a membrana- 

 ceous sheath at the base. Cyme simply umbellate or sometimes subcom- 

 pound-umbellate, |-4 cm. across, rarely in depauperated monostachyous ; 

 radii 1 to 14, unequal in length, capillary, erect-patent or divaricately 

 spreading, monocephalous, the longest one about 21 cm. ; involucral bracts 

 few to several, capillary, shorter or longer than the cyme. Spiculfe ovoid- 

 globose to ovoid-oblong, 2^-6 mm. long, 2-3 mm. across, viridescent, densely 

 imbricated with setose glumes, the interior spicula sessile. Glume oblong, 

 subcarinato convex, thinly membranaceous, pale-hyaline, IJ mm. in whole 

 length, with a very delicate nerve near on each side of the midrib ; 

 midrib green, long-produced into a straight and erect setose tail which is 

 shorter than the glume itself. Stamen 1, a little exceeding the glume; 

 filament filiform, glabrous ; anther, small, linear-oblong, i mm. long. Style 

 erect, very slightly lower than the glume but very slightly exceeding it in 

 fruit, long, filiform, glabrous, somewhat bulbous at the base, persistent, 

 2-fid ; branches delicate, granular-papillose, shorter than the main portion 

 and also a little shorter than the matured caryopsis ; ovary oblong-cylin- 

 drical, smooth, pale, | mm. long, very shortly stipitate. Caryopsis about 

 one-half as long as the glume (omitting the seta), oblong-cylindrical, some- 

 what compressed, nearly straight, smooth, but obscurely /trabeculate under 

 microscope, yellowish-ferruginous, about f mm. long, shortly stipitate, 

 provided with very shortly stipitate 1-5 pale verrncfe on each side. 



