ilS4 



triangnlan testafea; stjio lircviftsimo H t^naissimo apt^« ex* 

 tremo trifido; filamentis 3 snbelongalis latiosrulis persisten- 

 libns. 



£« Jilifwmi^ Swartz fl. Iodic, occid. 1. ]S1« — K, i* 

 JilifwmU Vahl I. r. 382. — Mariscus Jilifwmis Spr. SysU 1. 

 p.S34 H herb. — Kanth I. c. 116. 



Jamaica, Hispaniota (SwArtz), Goadcloape (Bfrtcro), Culm 



(E. Ot(o)* 



II. Conrtotsia N. ab E. 



Spiculae plADo-compressae ovales sqoAinis dnabus con- 

 rexiuscnlis m carinulatis fnlcratae, 1 — 2-florae, flore tcr- 

 niinali sterili. Squamae fructiferae arute carinatae, e carina 

 alata breviter mucronata* Slant- 3* Stylus trifidu?, snperoe 

 scabriuscnln8, basi pyramidato - incrassAlus trilobusque , rum 

 ovario articulatus* Carjopsis libera styli basi per$istenle 

 exacte eontinua, liueari-^obionga utrinqu^ acuiuuiiita, tri- 

 angnlaria, 



Corjmbu8 nmbelliformis. Spiculae irregulariter I'asricu- 

 latae, fasciculi capilatiiu conferti. Rhacbis eapitulorinu atque 

 apiuularum breTissima. 



Courtoisia N. ab E. in Linn. IX. 386- 



1, C« cyper«ides N< ab E, 



Tota fere planta luteo*fuscescens, rarlire fibrosa; rul- 

 mia subpluribns erertis ad sesquipedem allis lenotbus trf- 

 genia atriatis basin versus foliosisj foliis membrauaceis en^ 



mtt«i saopina superantibns exaete linearibus acumiiiaiis 2V2 — 

 t tin, laU planis r. complicalis marginibus remote spintilosia; 

 oniballa compoaita v. simplici pluriradiata; iurolncro 4 — 5- 

 phyllo; ochrcia oblique truncatis; ramis radiorum divergentibus, 

 foliis perMguslis setaceo^acuminatis basi membrauaeeo-dila- 



