f rf 



caryopsi parvula ovato-globosa mi^crouulata trigona^ basi d<^- 

 pressa, irnuBy evBim undulatO'tuberculatay tubereulis hirtellls^ 

 inferne pallida, superne fusceteente^ opaca; perigynio siiperi- 

 ore mimitulo mcmbranaceo-rigido albido trilobo; iJtferiore 



primiiin obsciiro. 



■? S- stipulaiis N. ab E. in Herb. Lindl. — Hymenoly- 

 tnim siWestre Scbrad, in Nees. Cjper. Brasil, 176. — 

 Schomhurgk. hb. u» 913* 



GQiana (Scbomburgk.) Orinoco (Ayres.) 



60. S. cyperhia AVilld. 



Cuhno 1 — 2-p^dan slricto piMngulo folioso acute 

 triqueiro la?vi 1 — 1*^/^ liii. rrasso; loliis in culmi parte 

 superiore confertis eoquc muito lougtaribus iaet«; vjjidibiis 

 lineari-lauceolatiR plains uimyis duobus prominenlibnsj mar- 

 g;iiiibus minule serratis 16 ^— 10 poll. long. 6 — 5 lin. 

 latis ; \aginis ampHatis alalia , alis vix ^cabridis,* ligula 

 abbreviate j otmidata rigida n^r^c^^^ glabra; panirula singula 

 6ecompo8ita ovatO'COnica obtusissima nmUiramosa dcnsa 3 — 



l*/g po^^' *^^t^3 hructeis plurihus (3 — 4) foliacois patcntibus 

 oblongo-linearibus acntis ipsa brevioribuf^ t. parum longiori- 

 bus basi foHaiisf ramis valde approximatis rigidis patciUi-* 

 bus bractea setacea inutiltis, apice llabeHalo-ramulosis; spi- 

 cutis solitariis an^ustis liueari-lanccolatis coniprcssls, mas- 

 culU uuiuerosissimis length poduuciilatis^ foemineis pauris in 

 rantorirnL basi subsessilibus; sijuamis m^'inbrauaccis jerrugineis- 

 ceuli-slrauiiueis: ma>scuUs aiiguste obltmj^o^aureolatis acnialo^ 

 mufromilatis, foejuincis ovafo-lanceolatis; caryopsi parvula 

 orato-^lobosa obtuse iriangulajri obtusa mutica obsolett^^t^. 

 bransT^^Tsim nif>nsa birtula alba y. intrrdjim grisea; perigynio 

 superiore membrauaceo pellucido-aDiido Irilobo, IoIhs angusli^ 



