1070 ÓXOIX. CYPERACEJE. [Cryptangiec. 
stigmatosis 3 filiformibus sepe brevibus.—Herbze perennes. Folia e rhizomate in axi 
brevi conferta, elongata. Caules v. potius seapi floridi ad axillas foliorum inferiorum iis 
swpe breviores, basi vaginis paucis instructi, czeterum preter bracteas aphylli. Spicu- 
larum fasciculi numerosi, dense capitati, capitulis ad apicem scapi pluribus parvis irregu- 
lariter umbellatis v. in capitulo posito arcte Bractea foliacea ad basin 
inflorescentiz parva, v. magis evoluta capitula superans. 
Species 3 v. 4, Brasiliz borealis et Guians incole. Backel in Linnea, xxxix. 11. Rudge, Pl. 
Gui, t. 16 (Sehemus longifolius, species evidenter eadem ae Hoppia microcephala, Boeckel.). 
Genus utrieulo non obstante Hecquerelie nee Carici affine; utrieulus enim e glumis 3 concretis 
compositum nec gluma unica sistens. Speciebus 3 a Beckelero enumeratis addenda videtur planta 
Spruceeana n. 2933, prope flumen Uaupés lecta, cui utrieulus post anthesin auctus supra nucem 
spongiosó-faretus ; ceterum characteres omnes uti habitum Zoppie exhibens. 
'(Tuisus V. ScLERIEX. 
bb. Eriospora, Hochst., A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 508. —Spiculee 1-3-floree, androgynre v. 
abortu unisexuales, flore infimo foemineo, superioribus 1-2 masculis, uno alterove inter- 
dum abortiente. Glum:e paucs, carinatz, tenues, subdistichz, infima vacua, secunda 
florem 9 dum adsit, 1-2 superiores flores d foventes, summa v. interdum ommes supra 
florem 9 vacum. Setze hypogyn:e normales desunt, sed ovarium basi pilis longis flexuosis 
(setis issimis ?) cinctum. Stamina in flore d 1-3. Stylus in flore 9 cum 
ovario continuus, basi haud incrassatus, elongatus, apice ramis stigmatosis 9. Nux 
oblongo-3-quetra. —Herb:e elats. Folia ad basin caulis conferta, elongata, angusta. 
Spicul: parvze, in spicas spi. ime confert:e, spicis ipsis numerosis parvis in 
. panicula longa laxa ssepe nutante sessilibus v. pedicellatis. Bractew sub ramis panicule 
longe vaginatze, lamina foliacea brevi. 
Species 4, Afriez tropiez incole. JBweLel. in Linnea, xxxix. 9 (Trilepis), et in Flera, 1879, 669 
(Carpha) Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xiv. 30, t. 1342. Species Abyssinica, a Quartin-Dillono et a 
Scehimpero n. 1262 lecta, a typiea Schimperiana n. 233 paullulum diversa videtur. 
Caracxva, Beauv. in Lestiboud. Essai Fam. Cyp. 26, species a Thouarsio communicata, patria non 
nota, ex charactere maneo videtur Ériospore affinis, sed valde dubia remanet et e generibus delenda. 
b6. Scleria, Berg in K. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. Stockholm, xxvi. (1765), 142, t. 4, 5.— 
Flores unisexuales, foeminei solitarii, in spiculis androgynis infra masculos v. in spicula. 
distincta, masculi in spiculis androgynis v. distinctis oc. Glum: undique imbricatc, 
1-3 inferiores et interdum 1-3 supra florem 9 vacus. Set» hypogynz 0. Stamina 1, 
2 v.rarius 3. Stylus cum ovario continuus, basi haud v. breviter incrassatus, ramis 
stigmatosis 3 Bliformibus. Nux Lair v. 9voldea, sepius alba, obtusissima et erostris v. 
styli basi brevi persist siepe in discum simplicem v. duplicem. 
cartilagineum dilatato v. rarius EO imposita. —Herb:e nunc humiles diffusze v. laxce, 
nune elatz/ validz. Folia nunc graminea flaccida, nunc longa lata plicato-nervosa. 
Spiculr parve, ssepius fasciculatz, fasciculis nunc minimis ad axillas subsessilibus v. 
in cymulas breves terminales v. ad axillas breviter pedunculatas dispositis, nunc in panicula 
terminali lata densa numerosis, v. in paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque laxe numero- 
sissimis. Bractes ad basin eymarum v. panieularum foliaces, intra inflorescentiam 
breves, sed sepe in acumen rigidum tenue fere aristiforme products, sub spiculis ssepe 
glumiformes. 
Species ad 100, per regiones tropieas et subtropicas utriusque orbis late dispersz, in America 
boreali usque ad regiones temperatas extenrte. Kunth, Enum. PL.ii. 339. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. 
ji. 167. Bocke. in Linnea, xxxviii. 430, excl. sect. D. Benth. FI. Austral. vii, 425. 
Genus habitu sat polymorphum, facile tamen dignoscendum, a Neesio in, genera plura divisum 
imprimis ad disci hypogyni formam, quie de specie in speciem variat ct characteres potius specifieos 
quam genericos prabet. Beckeler species melius distribuit ad infloreseentiam et Bentham in Flora 
Australiensi series 6 proposuit, hie tamen inter se arcte connex: sunt. nee pro seetionibus distinetis 
habendz. Genera igitur sequentia a variis auctoribus proposita in Sc/eria Tneludimus, 
