SCIHPUS. 2^^ 



i) Spicula terminali y solitaria. 



1. SCIRPUS ExiGous. i 



is, 



S, repens; culniis quaJrangnlaribus, glabris; spicula ovaia , compressa ; glumis oblongt: 

 acuUuscab"s , inferioribuij raajoribus; staminibus diiobus ; akenio triangulari , setis destituto. 



Crescit locis kumidis^ iimhrosis Jndium Quindtiensium prope Quebrada cle Toche ^ alt, 

 loSohex, [Regno Novogranatensi-) % Floret Octohri. 



Brizoha filiforme, lionzonlale> repens , !*labrnm. Culmi ciespilosi, erecti, biponicaves et longiores, 

 capillaceo-filiformes, qnadrangulares, glabri, Laii vagiuati, nonnulli steriles. VitiiNjE tluip., lenuissime 

 metnbranacea? , glabrie, aphylbij, auperior tres lineas ioaga, oulmo arcte adpressa , infuiior brevissima , 

 ba*i nnrpurascens, laxa. Spiccla lerminalis, solitaria, ovala , acutai compressa , subsexHora, liiieam lonna. 

 CluM-£ oblongn^c, ocnlrusculcc , carinai.c , i^lahriT, viridcs, margine pnrpurea?. StaminA doo. Antheue 

 liucares, fiavtt, apical^. rirAWE?."'iA pcr.^^islenlia , (lemuin elongala. Ovapium lineare , triangulere, utrin- 

 «ue atleDuaLum» glabrum- Styms basi incrassr>nis , j-laber, apice trifldus. Stigmata pubescenLLa. Setas 

 examine siepissime repetiLo diiiingueic non poiui ; sunlnu cerlo null.T: in bacspecie ? sequenti tamcn valde 



aSTinis. 



Scirpo aciculari affmilale prOKimus , \is disLingnendus , nisi numero sUiminnm, qul in nosLrogeminus, 



in S, aciculari lernarius, 



Ifauc spcciem ob afunilatcm cum duabLis sequenlibus cL cum SL-iipo paluslvl bifc leiuli , quamqu.im 

 akeoium selis deslilulumsiL. UenionsLranl enim ct Scirpus ihuLajis^ a celcb. Brounio minus recle geiieri 

 Isolepidis, dcc Scirpo aticulari associaliis, et Scirpus nosLcr, buic allJnilaLe pioximus j characterem, 

 (£uo Scirpos ab Isolcpidibns disLingnanlvu', Iiaud bonum osjti^ : nam e spccicbus inler se siniillimis alijE 

 (ui Scirpus acicularis, fiuitans ct Ciiguns) seiii desLiUiij^, alia? , ( ut Scirpus liicboidcs, capilatus et 

 palustris) iis iuslructaj sunt, 



2- SCIRPUS TRICIIOTDES- f 



F 



S, repens; culmis leLi-agonis , clongati?., capillaceis, glabris ; spicula oblonga , coinprcss&j 

 staminibus duobus; akcnio trigono , basi setls cincto. 



Crescit cum prascedente intnonle Qiiindin^ locis iempcratis. % Floret Octohri. 



Rhizoma filiforme, borizoulaie, repens , glabrum. CuLMicrpspitosi, capillacei , Jcira^oni, glabri, crecti 

 quadii- aut sc}i[empoilicares, basi laginati, nonnulli sJeriles. Vacinje dna? , lcnuilev mcmbranaccc, 

 iu&cesccuLes, glabra?, cnlmo arctc adpressa?, superior pollicarJs , iufevior triplo brevior. Sptcij-l4 ler- 

 minalis, soljtana , oLlonga ^ acula, compressa , quinque- aut sexflora^ nuda , lineam longa, Gi-uM^ii 

 ovaLo-lanccolata?, acula?, carinat;i3 , membi anaccic, dorso virides, margine albid^, duie inferiores ma- 

 iimic^ spicnla paullo bievinri'.^, Staml^a duo. A^tueri lineares , apicaiic. Stvlus trifidus- ArEiMvm 

 oblonyum , Lriquelrum, baii setis noimullis (5?), albidis, tenuissimis cincLum. 



Scirpo capillari Mich- aDinis , prcececlenli consimilis; dilfert tamen ab boc : staini'a majore, glumis 

 margine albidJs , aec toloialis , aLquc eo quod selffi adsiat. 



5- S CI R PU S CAPITATtS. 



S, culmis sulcato-augulatis, glabris; spicula stibglobosa; glumis oblongis, obtusis ; akenio 



lenticulari. 

 Nov. Gen. et Spec. Tomus L 



