ae 
superante munita; squamis menfbransceis ovalo -lanceolatis 
carinato-convexis uninerviis muticis v, inferdum mueronulatis, 
stramineo-fuscescenübus v. Iutescentibns; caryopsi magna 
squama "s breviore obovata inaequilätere triangulari, angulis 
obtäsiusenlis, fusca Feevz nitidula, mucrone validulo; stig- 
matibns 3 angustis flexuosis brunneis siyli exserti dimidium 
aeqnantibus; setis 6 rzgidis ferrugineis caryopsi plerumque 
brevioribus; stam. 3. — Squamae floriferae interdum infimae, 
räro et supremae, steriles. 
$, subterminalis Tor, |. c. 317. 
America septentr. 
18. S. subdistichus Beklr. 
Gliaucus; caespitosus; radice fibrosa; culmis setaceis 
erectis 2’; —1 Ys-pollie. irmulis triangularıbus suleatis strio- 
latisve, basi diphyllis; vaginis infimis aphyllis oblique trun- 
eatis hyalino-membranaceis ferruginescentibns ; foliis culmi di- 
midium subaequantibus setaceis canalienlatis suhrigidis obtusius- 
calis; spieula laterali late ovata obiusa leviter compressa 8— 
4-Hora 1% —1 lin. longa, hractea (interdum altera perbrevi) 
strieta setacea 6—9 lin. longa hasi suflulta; syuamis swb- 
distichis orbiculato-ovatis uuvicularıbus obtusis muticis, apice 
obsolete carinatis, inferiorihns dorso nervatis, omnibus er 010 
hyalino-albis; rhachilla albida flexuosa quadrisulcata (nee 
alata neque squamata); varyopsi squama "s breviore ellipsei- 
dea utringue obtusa trigona densiss. seriutim punctulata 
stramineo-ferruginescente, mucrone brevi crassiusculo. 
Isol. disticha Beklr, in Regensb. Fi, 1858. — Cyperus 
Berterianus Spreng. hb. — Bertero, coll. no. 248. --- (Herb. 
Propr.) 
Ins. S, Thomas. 
