466 CONTKIBUTIU^S FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 



Stems (^rcct; li^^iilo ovate or short. 



Panicles all composed of botli pistillate and staiiiinate 

 Fpikelets. 



Nut at length ehesLnut, red, or decolored 7. S, mdalcuca. 



Nut white, depresriod at apex 8. 5. pterota. 



Upperpart of panicle istaminati', lower part pistillate. 9. S, bractfata. 



Margin of disk ciliate; tall perennial (Ophryoscleria) 10. S. paludosa. 



Margin of disk laciniate; leaves 4 em. wide (Schizolepis). . . \]. S. lati/oUa. 



h Scleria distans Poir. F-ncy<'. 7: 4. ISOG. 

 Scleria tcmlla Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 240. 1800, in part, not Knnth. 

 DiaTUiiiUTioN: West Indies, Costa Rica. 

 Costa Rican collection: San Jose, altitude 1,100 meters, rUticr G48. 



2. Scleria liebmannl Steud. Syii. PL Glum. 2; 179. 1855. 

 Schria costariremis Hoeckl. AUgem. Rot. Zcitschr. 2: 157. IHOG. 

 DisTRTBirTioN: Dispersed from Mexico to RraziL 



Costa Rtcan collections: Boruca, altitude 450 meters, T(niduz 4484, 4034, 4792. 



3. Scleria hirteUa Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind, Occ. 19. 1788. 

 Scleria nutans Kunth, Eiuun. 2: 352. 1837, 



Distribution: Africa, including Madagascar; also in nearly all parts of America, 

 common. 



Costa Ricak collection: Guanacaste, rittier 2800. 



4. Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 18. 1788. 

 Sdrpiis Utiiospcrmiis L. Sp. PL 1: 51. 1753. 



Scleria tennis Retz. Obri. 4: 13. 178G. 



Sderia fdifonnis Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 19. 1788. 



Schocnus lilhospernuis L. Sp. PL ed.-2. 1: 65. 1762, in small part. 



Distuibution: In warm countries all around the world nearly; rare in Africa; in 



Asia, Oceania, and America rather common. 

 Co«ta Rican collection: Guanacaste, altitude 250 meters, rUtiir 2,716, 



5. Scleria lacustris C. Wright in Sauv. Fl. Cub. 185. 1873. 

 Scleria londiuil Boeckl. Allgem, Rot. Zeitschr. 2: IGO. 189(k 

 Distribution: Cuba, French Guiana, lirazil, Costa Rica, 



Costa Rican collection: Tuis Valley, altitude COO meters, TonduzSl&i. 



G. Scleria reflexa II. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Hp. 1: 232. 1815. 

 Scleria Jlagellitm Nees, Flora 11: 303. 1828, scarcely Sw. 

 Maatiyoscleria rejlexa 'iiecs in lsUiv\ . Fl. Bra?, 2^; 177. 1842. 

 DiSTKiBUTioN: From Mexico to soutliern Brazil, frequent. 



Costa Rican collections: Turrinlba, altitude GOO meters, Tondaz 9008: Golfo 

 de Osa, Tonduz 10079. 



Tonduz no. 11389 is a doubtful f.>rm = Spriice no. 500, collected at Para, i. e., Scleria 

 tenacissima? Bentli. Real Scleria Icnacissima, Steud.^^ collected by Nees at Para, no. 

 422, has its nut reticulate-taberculat(^ But Lo me, as to Bentham, the plants seem to 

 be the same. 



7. Scleiia melaleuca Schlecht. & Cham. Liunaea 6: 29. I.S3L 



Distribution: Common throughout troi>ical America. 



Costa Rican collkctioxs: HoffuiQim 873; 0. Kuntze; Rodeo de Pacaca, Pittier 

 332G; Siquirres, Piltier 4207; Matina, Piiiier 9747; Buenos Aires, Pittier 10635; Finca 

 de Chirripo, altitude 100 meters, Pittier 16076; San Carlos, Tonduz 2582; Terraba, ^ 

 altitude 250 meters, Tonduz 3581, 3589; Boruca, altitude 450 meters, Tonduz 4482; 

 Turrialba, altitude 0-550 meters, 7 om/^/? 8230, 8393; Rio Zhorquin, Tonduz ^b2S} . 



<*Syn. PL Glum. 2: 175. 1855. 



