Hawaiian Species of Carex — KRAUSS 
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Fig. 21 . Distribution of Carex kauaiensis R. 
Krauss. 
Kukenthal’s description of forma suhverti- 
cillata is, "Spiculae priores sed utriculi 2-4 
fere verticillatum dispositi nigricomtes.” He 
cites as his type Rock 8017 with precisely 
the same data as those given on Rock 9017 
at the Bishop Museum. It is to be assumed 
that the 8 is a typographical error. 
Dr. Carl Skottsberg has written that he 
also considers this a new species. He sug- 
gested the name kauaiensis , which is being 
adopted. 
So far the species has been found only in 
the high bogs of Kauai. It is doubtful if it 
has spread to any other of the islands. 
Nomen Inquirendum 
KLikenthal (1909: 133) describes a new 
species, Carex fiaviceps, collected on Oahu by 
Eschscholtz and deposited in the herbarium 
of the Botanical Garden in Leningrad, Russia. 
Requests for the loan of material from that 
source have not been answered. From the 
description the appearance of the plant is 
that of Carex macloviana except that it is 
androgynous and not gynaecandrous. K liken- 
thal mentions that the specimen is immature. 
The two characters are of primary impor- 
tance in the subgenus Vigneae and one would 
not expect Kukenthal to make such a funda- 
mental mistake. The locality, Oahu, also 
lends doubt to the supposition that the plant 
is Carex macloviana. Until such time as col- 
lections from the Russian herbaria are avail- 
able the real identity of Carex fiaviceps 
Kiikenth. must remain a mystery. 
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