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Malacochaele sanguinolenta (sp.) Nees et Meyen ms. 
Chile (Bertero n. 643), Arica (Leenver n. 453), Valdivia. (Lecnten 
n. 1383, mamm n. 539); Ins. Chiloe (King, AxpEnSsEN, Reep); Patagonia, 
Port Famine (CUNNINGHAM). 
Distrib. Argentina, Peru. 
Var. mihi trivialis, in S. spartan typicum sensim transiens, 
17. S. melanocaulos Philippi! in Anal. Univ. Chil. v. 93 (1896) p. 476. 
A^. nitens Boeck.! in Linnaea v. 36 (4869—70) p. 696 partim (i. e. 
stylis 2-fidis;; F. Philippi Cat. Pl. Chil. p. 312. 
S. spadiceus Philippi! in Linnaea v. 29 p. 80, non Boeck. 
Isolepis Krause; Philippi! in Linnaea v. 30 p. 203. 
Glabra. Rhizoma repens, tenue, 5—15 em longum. Culmi 5—20 em 
longi, graciles lenti, enodosi, teretes; vaginae basales nitide castaneae. 
Folia cum ?/, parte culmi saepe aequilonga, setacea, rigida. — Corymhi 
rami 1-—2, vix ad 1 cm longi, aut saepius caput 1 oligostachyum; bractea 
ima 1—-6 em longa, foliiformis, rigida. Spieulae 5-—6 mm longae, 2—3 mm 
latae, 4—5-nueigerae, durae, castaneae, vix compressae. Glumae ovatae, 
mulicae, castaneo-rubrae, in margine scariosae glabrae, 2 imae vacuae: 
rhachilla supra florem imum perfectum non elongatum curvatum (idcirco 
vix Schoeni sp. Benth.). Setae 6—2, irregulares, nucem saepe superantes, 
scabrae, luteae, ima basi longe luteo-ciliatae. Stamina 3. Stylus linearis, 
basi in nucis apicem sensim transiens; rami 2, lineares. Nux parva, ob- 
longo-ellipsoidea, plano-convexa, levis, flava, brunescens. 
Chile: Valdivia, Corral (Lecarer n. 3090, Parppei n. 641, Krause 
n. 99, 129, 165), in litore Oceani (Brinces n. 837, 851), Valle Hermoso 
Dunn n. 82). 
Stylus in exemplis numerosis a me visus, semper 2-fidus. Species differt à Sehoeno 
ob 4. spiculae rhachillam (supra imum florem perfectum; brevem (neque elongatum 
supra nucem incurvatum); 2. glumas imas 2 (neque 3, vacuas; 3. stylum 2-fidum (nec 
3-fidum . S. melanocaulos forsan quasi S. nitentis Boeck., forma 2-stigmatosa Ameri- 
cana habenda est. 
Species residuae. 
Isolepis heterolepis Steud. in Flora v. 25 (1842) p. 602, et Cyp. p. 93. 
Chile (Berrero n. 607). 
Est Carex Berteroana Desv. 
Scirpus elichnarius Molina Chile (ed. Angl.) v. 1 (1889) p. 125, 287; 
Kunth Enum. v. 9 p. 174. 
Culmus 4-pedalis, teres, nudus. Braeteae 3, xiphoideae. Caput e 4 
spicis globosis exstructum. 
Chile; fide Molina. mE 
S. Cumingii Boeck. in Linnaea v. 36 (1869—70) p. 491: F. Philippi 
Cal, Pl. Chil. p. 314. 
Chile (Bertero n. 606, 611, 1297). 
Est Carex setifolia Kunze. 
