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Wall. The following note is written on the sheet by E. Meyer, 1844. "Luzulae 

 nova species, Forsteri proxima, L. plumosa nomine descript." In the opinion of 

 the author this specimen is the type of this species. 



Representative Specimens: CHINA: Patung: A. Henry 5206 (K). Szechwan: K. L. Chu 

 2327 (K); F. T. Wang 22981 (S) ; H. Weigold (May 8, 1915) (S). Yunnan: C. W. Wang 

 63204 (GH). INDIA (northern): K. Biswas 6685 (GH) ; Griffith 5464 (K) ; J. D. Hooker 

 (May, 1840) (K) ; Strachey $ Winterbottom 1 (GH, K, LE). NEPAL: Staiton, SyJces # Wil- 

 liams 2670 (GH), 4929 (GH) ; Wallich (K— TYPE). TIBET: King 449 (K), (May, 1885) 

 (K). 



Hybrids. No natural occurring hybrids have been reported, and none were 

 found during this study. 



6b. Luzula plumosa Wall, ex E. Mey. var. reflexa Ebinger, var. now 



A var. plumosa inflorescentia eomposita vel decomposita ; pedicellis reflexis ; 

 laminis basilaribus 6-11 mm latis differ t. 



This variety is similar to variety plumosa. but differs in that the inflorescence 

 is sometimes decompound ; the pedicels are strongly nodding to reflexed, and the 

 blades of the basal leaves are over 6 mm wide. It can also be separated from vari- 

 ety brevipes by the wider leaves and the long hooked caruncle. Most of the speci- 

 mens examined were collected in the mountainous regions of China (Fig. 6), but 

 no information was availabl as to the altitude at which they grew. 



Type. A. Henry 6316; collected in Hupeh Providence, China 1885-88. (GH.) 



Eepresentative Specimens: CHINA: Hupeh: A. Henry 5315 (GH, K), 6316 (GH— TYPE, 

 K) ; E. H. Wilson 614 (K), 1655 (K). Szechwan: F. T. Wang 20818 (GH, S). Yunnan: J. 

 Cavalerie 3126 (K). 



Hybrids. No naturally occurring hybrids have been found, .however, it is pos- 

 sible that this variety hybridizes with Luzula rufcsccns in northern China, and 

 Siberia. This was not possible to determine due to the lack of material. 



6c. Luzula plumosa Wall, ex E. Mey. brevipes ( Franchet & Savatier) Ebinger, 

 comb. nov. 



Luzula rufescens Fisch. ex E. Mey. var. brevipes Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. 96. 

 1879. 



Luzula japonica Buchenau, Bot. Jahr. 12: 82. 1890. 

 Juncodes japonieum (Buchenau) O. Ktze. Bev. Gen. PI. 2: 724. 1891. 

 Luzula* macrocarpa (Buchenau) Nakai var. laxa Nakai, Rep. Yeg. Quelpqert 30. 1914. 

 Luzula plumosa Wall, ex E. Mey. var. brachycarpa Satake, Jour. Fac. Sci. Tokyo Bot. 4: 

 194. 1933. 



Luzula brachycarpa (Satake) Satake in Nakai & Hondo, Nova Fl. Jap. 24. 1938. 

 Luzula jimboi Miyabe & Kudo var. integra Satake in Nakai & Hondo, Nova Fl. Jap. 17. 

 1938. 



Luzula plumosa Wall, ex E. Mey. var. sphaerosperma Satake, Jour. Fac. Sci. Tokyo Bot. 

 4: 195. 1933. 



Luzula formosana Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 79. 1932. 



This variety can be distinguished from others of Luzula plufnosa by its cap- 

 sule which is longer than the perianth, and its erect to slightly curved caruncle 

 that is shorter than the seed. In the other two varieties, in contrast, the capsule 

 equals to slightly exceeds the perianth and the caruncle is usually strongly 

 hooked, and equals the seed in length. Moreover, variety brevipes may be dis- 

 tinguished from variety reflexa by its narrower leaves, and from variety plu- 



