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Heleocharis Atacamensis Philippi! Fl. Atacama p. 53, in Anal. Univ. 
Chil. v. 93 (1896) p. 349; F. Philippi Cat. Pl. Chil. p. 308: Boeck. in 
Linnaea v. 36 (1869— 70) p. 454. 
Isolepis Andina Philippi! (ms.?) in herb. propr. n. 59. . 
Trichophorum paueiflorum Palla in Sitzb. Z. B. G. v. 38 (1888) p. 19, 
fide Richter. 
Stolones saepe adsunt. Culmi 5—25 em longi, rigidiusculi, enodosi, 
apice 4 spieulam gerentes, aphylli; vagina summa apice oblique truncata. 
Spicula quasi-terminalis, ebracteata, pauciflora, 4—7 mm longa.  Glumae 
3—4 mm longae, elliptico-oblongae, fusco-castaneae aut June, — Setae 
6—3, cum nuce saepe aequilongae, retrorsim scabrae. Stylus 3-fidus. Nux 
trigona, obovoidea apice acuminata, levis, pallida vel brunescens; stylobasis 
vix incrassata, in nucis apicem sensim transiens. 
Chile: Tarapaca (Dn n. 59), Atacama (PniriPrr. n. 42). 
Distrib. In Orbe Vetere, in regionibus Palaearctieis et Temperatis. 
— In Orbe Novo, in America Boreali Temperata, et in Rocky Mt.; in 
Argentina. 
Species omnino aphylla; forsan in Kleocharide potius ordinanda; ab Kleocharide 
propter stylobasin a nuce non distinctam neque tuberculiformem diversa. 
2. S. caespitosus Linn.! Sp. Pl. p. 74 et herb. propr.; Kunth Enum. 
v. 2 p. 159; Boeck. in Linnaea v. 36 (1869—70) p. 488 (syn. pusillo, 
oligantho exclusis); Desv.! in C. Gay Chile v. 6 p. 180. 
Eleocharis caespitosa Link. Hort. Berol. v. 4 p. 283; Hook. Fl. Bor. 
Amer. v. 2 p. 229. 
Rhizoma breve, descendens, apice divisum. Culmi 4—3 dm longi, 
monostachyi, basi a pluribus squamis semi-vaginosis imbricatis saepe in- 
lecti; vaginae summae folium 5-—15 mm longum, viride, setaceum. Spi- 
cula 4—8 mm longa, ovoidea, 3—7-flora, breviter bracteata, e luteo bru- 
nescens. Setae 6—4, nucem superantes, tenues, leves aut in parte superiore 
minute papillosae. Stylus 3-fidus. Nux obovoidea, apice acuta, levis e 
stramineo brunescens. 
Chile (C. Gay n. 190, in Mus. Paris). 
Distrib. In Zona boreali- temperata vulgaris. In Jamaica, fide 
BOECKELER. 
3. S. cernuus Vahl Enum. v. 2 (1806) p. 245; Britton in Trans. New 
York Acad. v. 44 (1892) p. 76. 
S. Savi? Sebast. et Mauri Prod. Fl. Rom. (1818) p. 22. 
S. setaceus Linn.! herb. propr. et Mant. p. 321, nee Sp. Pl. p. 73; 
Boeck. in Linnaea v. 36 (4869—70) p. 502 Var. 3 (et a pro parte) nee y; 
F. Philippi Cat. Pl. Chil. p. 312. 
S. pygmaeus Poir. Encycl. Suppl. v. 5 p. 100 (nee S. pigmaeus Poir. 
In Lam. Encycl. v. 6 p. 755). 
