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f Setae much exceeding the rostrum, attaining 9 mm. long ; 



spiculae 8-10 mm. long U. Faurice Franch. 



Setse lower than the rostrum ; spiculse not exceeding 6 mm. 



long 11 



' Achene narrowly oblong B. Yasudana Makino. 



Achene orbiculato-obovoid or broadly obovoid 12 



'Achene 2mm. long; corymbs in the superior part of the 



culm E. Miyakeana Makino. 



j Achene IJmm. long; corymbs scattered throughout the 



I culm B. Hattoriana Makino. 



Setse 11-14 ; terminal corymb subcompound, attaining 1§ cm. 



across , B. alba Vahl. 



Setse 9-11 ; terminal corymb compound, attaining 2^ cm. 



across, the radii about 2-5 B. alba var. Musiana 



Makino. 



Rynchospora (Haplostyleaa) rubra (Lour.) Makino^ nom. no v. 



Schoenus ruber Lour. Fl. Cocbinch. ed. Willd. (1793) p. 52 ; Spreng. 

 Syst. Veg. I (1825) p. 189 ; Steud. Syn. PL Glum. Cyper. (1855) p. 166. 



JRynchospora Hcenhei Presl (1830) ; Kunth Enum. PL XL (1837) p. 

 290; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. IIL p. 336; Steud. ]. c. p. ]48. 



Haplostylis Bleyenii Nees in Linnasa IX. (1834) p. 295. 



Morisia WallicUi Nees (1834). 



SpJiceroschoenus Wallicliii Nees (1843). 



Ryncliospora Wallichiana Kunth L c. p. 289 ; ZolL Syst. Verz. Ind 

 Arcliip. I. (1854) p. 61 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. III. p. 335, ProL FL Jap. pp, 

 77, 357, et Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat., FL Jap. p. 119; Steud. 1. c. p, 

 148 ; Boeck. in Linnsea XXXVII. p. 542, excL exampL Amer. ; F. Muell 

 Fragm. Phyt. x\ustraL IX. p. 17, et Sec. Syst. Gens. AustraL PL p. 214 

 Benth. FL Hongk. p. 396, et FL AustraL YII. p. 349 ; Franch. et Sav 

 Enum. PL Jap. II. p. 121 ; Kanitz Anthoph. Jap. p. 8 ; Clarke in Hook 

 fiL FL Brit. Ind. VI. p. mS, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIV. p. 88 ; 

 Pears, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIV. p. 358. 



Gephaloschoemcs parvus Nees in Linmm IX. (1834) p. 296. 



Ryncliospora parva Kunth L c. p. 302. 



Morisia capitata Nees in Linnaea IX. p. 295. 



Mariscus umhellaUis var. procerior ZolL L c. p. 63. 



Scirpus retusus Koenig. 



(PL VIL fig. 1, a. b.) 



Cgespitose, estoloniferous, attaining 65cm. in height; rhizome very short, 

 fasciculately rooting. Cuhn erect, slender, smooth, finely striata, foliate 



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