68 ’ C. B. CLAREE: 
Eleocharis acieularis R. Br. Prod. (1810) p. 224 in nota; Kumnth 
Enum. IT p. 141; 0. B. Clarke in Jowrn. Bot. Lond. XXV (1887. ) 
». 270 et in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p. 628. 
Eleocharis trichoides Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 141. 
Seirpus acieularis Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. II p. 71 partim, nec Linn. 
herb. propr. 
Heleocharis acieularis Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. II (1844) p. 853; 
Boeck. in Linnaea NXXVI (1869—70) p. 431; Hemsl.! Biol. Centr. 
Amer. Bot. III p. 454. 
Seirpidium acieulare Nees in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 293. 
Hab. in Hispaniola in paludosis ad flumen Bahuati 600 m. alt. 
et in Valle nuevo ad ripas 2270 m. alt.: Eggers n. 2051, 2245. 
Distrib. in orbe utroque terrarum, in tropieis et temperatis calidioribus 
vulgaris. 
80. Eleocharis Chaetaria Roem. et Sch. rhizomate filiformi albo 
“aut nullo; eulmis 2—20 cm. longis, modo setaceis modo rigidioribus; 
spicula 3—4 mm. longa, ovoidea, 1—4-nucigera, basi 2—3-spira, 
pallida, interdum purpureo-variegata; glumis navicularibus, vix acutis, 
ima vacua proventu decidua; setis 6, cum nuce aequilongis, retrorsim 
scabris, pallidis, vel minoribus vel obsoletis; stylo 3-fido; nuce ob- 
ovoidea, triquetra, apice truncata, alba, grosse cancellata vix costata; 
stylobasi pyramidali, nigro-fusca. 
Eleocharis Chaetaria Roem. et Sch. Syst. II (1817) p. 154; Kunth 
Enum. II p. 140; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p.629. 
Eleocharis depauperata Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 140. 
Bleocharis polymorpha Nees in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 294; Kunth 
Enum. II p. 157. 
Cyperus depauperatus Vahl Eclog. fase. IIT (1807) p. 2. 
Seirpus retroflexus Poir.! in Lam. Eneyel. VI (1804) p. 753; 
Griseb.! Flor. p. 569. 
Seirpus exiguus var. prolifera Griseb. ms. fide C. Wright in 
Sau. Cub. (1871) p. 174. De. 
Chaetocyperus polymorphus «& depauperatus Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 
II pars I (1843) p. 94. 
Chaetoeyperus depauperatus Steud. Cyp. (1855) p. 73. 
Heleocharis Chaetaria Boeck.! in Linnaca NXXVI (1869— 70) 
p. 428. 
Heleocharis triflora Boeck.! in Flora LXIIT (1880) p. 437; 
Hemsl. Biol. Oentr. Amer. Bot. III p. 457. 
Hab. in Antillis: Sieber Agrost.n. 24; Cuba: C. Wright n. 3764; 
Jamaica: Wilson n. 304; Hispaniola: Eggers n. 1509, Swartz n. 804; 
