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eompressis profande striatis; spieula ovata 12 —15-fora; ca- 
ryopsi castanea. 
E. sulciculmis Behb. — Sieb. Fl. Trinit. no. 4. — 
Scirpus Gaudichaudianus Kunth 1. ce. 157 et Herh. 
Columbia (Moritz). Caracas (Gollmer). Sarinam. Ins. 
Trinitat. Brasilia (D’Urville). 
6. Macrostachya; glauco-virens; eulmis pluribus 5-—-2 
pollie, strietis divaricatis validis suleate-striatis; spieulis 
grandinscalis multifloris ellipsoideis obtusis. 
Brasilia, Montevideo (Sello). Portorico, 
& Humilis; viridis; culmis copiosis decumbentibus 1—2- 
pollie. setaceis striatis; spienlis minimis ovatis panciforis, 
fraetiferis teretiasculis; squamis rotundioribus guam caryopsis 
minima castanea duplo longieribus. 
Seirpus flavescens Poir. in Herb. Willd. n. 1162. — 
Sc. repens ibid. no, 1175 (caryopsi snborbienlata). 
Carolina (Beyrich). Caracas (Gollmer). Brasilia (Cha- 
misso, Selle), Portorico (Desfont,). Mauritins (Aub. du 
Pet.-Th.). 
26. H. bonariensis N. ab E. 
Ruhizomate elongato descendente; culmis ploribns erectis 
tennibus firmis 10—3 poll. altis compresso -angulatis striatis ; 
vaginis leviter ampliatis membranaceo-herbaceis viridibus 
sulcatis 9—6 lin, long. er ore obliquo lanceolato - produckis; 
spienla ovali v. oblongo-lanceolata acuta compressa 7—3 
Tin. longa 10-multifora; sqaamis trispiris subchartaceis 
late oblongis obtusis obtusissimisque convexis, florigeris hand 
carinatis, uninerviis, dorso viridibus v, stramineis, ad latera 
fuseo - sangnineis v. fuseis, margine angusto tenui- membra- 
naceo pallido; infima bracteali floriferis conformi; ovario ob- 
