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puherula, monadelpha (cernua, Herb. Par.)." One of these, C. Ringgoldiana, was gath- 

 ered on Ousima only, which we rank rather with the Loo Choo Islands ; but it proba- 

 bly occurs in Japan proper also. Appended are the characters of the new species 

 from Japan, and of a few from the Loo Choo Islands, as named and desciibed by Dr. 

 Boott.* Points of relationship with America would appear on studying the affinities 



^ * " Cakex nana (Boott, sp. nov.) : spioa simplici androgyna apice mascula oblouga olivacco-ferriiginea 

 nuda ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ovatis turgidis iniBqiialiter triquetris scnsim rostellatis (ore integro) obscure 

 2 - 3-nervatis glabris horizontaliter patcntibus resinoso- demuni ferrugineo-punctatis deciduis squama ovata 

 obtusissima mutica ferruginea margine albo-liyalina medio pallida longioribus. — Aff. C. capiUacea, Boott, HI. 

 Car. p. 44, t. 110. Omnibus partibus major; culmo altiori (8-10-poll.) la;vi ; foliis latioribus brevioribus ; 

 spica pauciflora; squamis nunquam ciliatis ; perigyniis duple majoribus turgidis, nervis paucioribus. Hakodadi. 



" Carex picta (Boott, sp. nov.): spicis 2-3 pedunculatis ferrugineis, terminali mascula gracili crecta, 

 fcemineis 1-2 longe setaceo-pedunculatis evaginatis nutantibus subremotis viridi-feiTugineo pictis ; bractea 

 culmo pauUo longiori ; stigmatibus 2 ; perigyniis cUipticis utrinque acutis brevissime aut vix rostellatis (ore 

 integro) compressis undique papilloso-asperulis superne ad margines nunc parce dentatis enerviis aut leviter 

 nervatis ferrugineis apice viridibus squama cllipticu obtusiuscula longiuscule hispido-cuspidata subaiquilata 

 viride ferruginea basi pallida nervo viridi pauUo longioribus (cuspide) brevioribus. — A C. cryptocarpa, 

 Meyer, differt spicis fcemineis 2 ferrugineis nee apice masculis ; squamis cuspidatis ; perigyniis majoribus ; 

 culmo scabro. A C. macrochceta, Meyer, stigmatibus 2 ; spicis longe pedunculatis ; squamis masculis obtusis 

 nervo vix excurrente, foomineis brevius cuspidatis ; perigyniis papiUosis margine dentatis ; fibris radicalibus 

 lignosis nee villosis. Hakodadi. 



" Carex confertiflora (Boott, sp. nov.) : spieis 6 alternatim subcontiguis erectis, terminali mascula 

 cylindrica gracili fen-uginea, reliquis fcemineis fusco-olivaceis concoloribus oblongo-cylindricis obtusis densifloris, 

 superioribus sessilibus, summa abbreviata apice mascula, infima vaginata brevi-exserte pedunculata ; bricteis 

 inferioribus late foliaceis culmum superantibus ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis triquetro-ovatis ventricosis rosti'atis 

 (ore fernigineo membranaceo margine hyalina oblique secto demum bilobo) glabris nervatis confertis mem- 

 branaceis squama lineari longe attcnuato-acuminata ferniginea nervata longioribus triplo latioribus. — Affinis 

 C. oUvacecg, Boott, 111. Car. p. 50, t. 149 : differt spicis paucioribus multum brevioribus densifloris obtusis nee 

 apice masculis ; bracteis culmoque multum brevioribus ; squamis fcemineis attenuatis nee longe cuspidatis. 

 Hakodadi. 



" Carex papulosa (Boott, sp. nov.) : spicis 3 oblongis remotis, terminali mascula lanceolata gracili longe 

 pedunculata erecta, reliquis fcemineis olivaceis exserte pedunculatis nutantibus distantibus ; bracteis culmo 

 brevioribus ; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis triquetro-lanceolatis in rostnam sensim longe acuminatis (ore oblique 

 integro membranaceo) superne vacuis glabris crebre nervatis elivaceis squama ovata obtusa valide cuspidata 

 ferruginea medio viridi-nervata sub lente papulosa angustioribus longioribus. — A C. viUosa, Bootl, differt, 

 spicis nutantibus remotis ; scjuamis medio papillosis nee emarginatis ; perigyniis ore integro ; culmo foHisque 

 glabris. A C, Jachiana, Boott, HI. Car. p. 9, t. 25 differt, spicis fcemineis 2 remotis longe pedunculatis nutan- 

 tibus simplicibus ; bracteis brevioribus ; squamis masculis muticis, fcemineis firmis latioribus. Hakodadi. 



" Carex parciflora (Boott, sp. nov.) : spicis oblongis pareifloris laxis pallidis, terminali mascula abbre- 

 viata oblique gracillima breve pedunculata, reliquis fcemineis erectis laxifloris, suprema masculaj arete contigua, 



