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——60. Mariseus bruneus C. B. Clarke, glaber, rhizomate horizontali, 
3 mm. in diam.; culmis 1—6 dm. longis; foliis culmum saepe superan- 
tibus, usque ad 5—6 mm. latis, lentis nec transversim lineolatis; um- 
bellae radiis paucis, 0—2 cm. longis; bracteis 4, usque ad 1—3 dm. 
longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spicis 10°—18 mm. in diam., ovoideis, 
usque ad 24-stachyis, densis, bruneis aut sanguineo-tinctis; spieulis 
usque ad 1 cm. longis 2—3 mm. latis, 5—8-nucigeris vix carinatis, 
ovatis obtusis, nervo medio viridi brevissime excurrente, per totam fere 
latitudinem conspicue 17—21-striatis; nuce cum !/, parte glumae aequi- 
longa, obovoidea, acutius trigona; stylo quam nux multo breviore, ra- 
mis 3 longis multum exsertis. 
Oyperus brunneus Swartz Fl. Ind. Oceid. I (1797) p. 116 partim; 
Kunth Enum. II p. 104; Sagra Fl. Oub. XI p. 287; Griseb. Kar. 
». 119, Flor. p. 565 partim et Pl. Oub. p. 237; Saiüv. Oub. n. 2584 
». 172. 
Oyperus rubicundus Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 308; non Kunth. 
Oyperus Ottonis Boeck.! in Linnaca XKXXVI (1869— 70) p. 350 
partim; Duss Flor. p. 539. 
Oyperus discolor Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 7. 
Cyperus Krugü Boeck.! Oyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 8. 
Oyperus glaucus Boeck.! ms. pro magna parte. 
Cyperus Sloane Jamaica I p. 116 t. 74 figg. 2, 3. 
Hab. in Cuba: Rugel n. 899, Sagra n. 10, C. Wright n. 3361; 
Jamaica: Purdie, Swartz, W. Wright; Cayman: Fawcett; Portorico: 
Forster, Sintenis n. 842, 842», 1308, 3302», 3419, 5694, 6690, hb. Vahl; 
St. Thomas: Eggers n. 534; Guadeloupe: Bertero, Duchassaing n. 13; 
Martinique: Duss n.695, 709, 765; St. Vincent: Anderson; Barba- 
dos: Anderson. 
Distrib. in Florida, America centrali, Fernando Noronha. 
_—2 61. Mariseus purpuraseens C. B. Clarke, glaber, rhizomate brevi, 
obliquo; eulmis 4—8 dm. longis; foliis usque ad 1 metr. longis, 1 cm. 
latis; umbella 15 cm. in diam., locupleti, composita ac saepius decom- 
posita, spiecis numerosis densa; bracteis usque ad 6 dm. longis, cum 
foliis consimilibus; spieis 7—30-stachyis, laxiusculis; spiculis lineari- 
lanceolatis, 10— 12 mm. longis, 1'/, mm. latis, 10— 12-nucigeris, rubro- 
bruneis; glumis nucigeris navicularibus, proventu laxiuscule imbricatis, 
ovatis, obtusis, subunicoloribus; nuce cum !/, parte glumae fere aequi- 
longa, obovoidea, trigona, cinereo-brunea; stylo cum nuce aequilongo, 
ramis 3 linearibus perlongis. 
Oyperus purpurascens Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 359; Kunth 
Enum. II p. 92; Boeck.! in Linnaea XXAXVI (1869—70) p. 348. 
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