Cyperaceae. 91 
Eriocaulon spadiceum Lam. Ill. I (1791) p. 214. 
Schoenus spadiceus Vahl Enum. IT (1806) p. 210. 
Nemum spadieeum Ham. Prod. Fl. Ind. Oceid, (1825) p. 13; Kunth 
Enum. II p. 220. 
Hab. in Hispaniola: herbb. Delessert, Berol. lectore ignoto. 
Distrib. Sierra Leone. 
118. Seirpus submersus C. Wright, glaber, debilis, atroviridis, 
caulibus 3—5 dm. longis, submersis, nodosis, divisis; foliis fasciculatis, 
5—8 cm. longis, capillaceis; pedunculis 3—10 em. longis, axillaribus, 
monostachyis; spicula 8 mm. longa, oblongo-lanceolata, I-nucigera; glu- 
mis 2 imis 8 mm. longis, membranaceis, fere convolutis, luteo-viridibus; 
glumis caeteris brevioribus, paucis, masculis aut rudimentariis vel 0; setis 
10—6, nucem superantibus, retrorsim hispidis, stramineis; stylo longo, 
ramis 2 longis, linearibus; staminibus 3; nuce cum 1/, parte glumae 
aequilonga, obovoidea, levi, pallida. 
Seirpus submersus ©. Wright! in Saw. Fl. Cub. (1871) n. 2627 
p. 175; CO. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p. 653. 
Seirpus confervoides Poir. in Lam. Encye. VI (1804) p. 755 
partim; Kunth Enum. II p. 173 partim i. e. Willd. n. 1123 planta in 
desceriptione neque in diagnosi Kunthii exsceripta. 
Eleocharis submersa Mig. in Linnaea XIX (1847) p. 225. 
Rhynchospora ruppioides Benth.! in Hook. Ice. Pl. XIV (1881) 
p. 81 t. 1344; Trimen! Syst. Cat. Ceylon Pl. p. 108. 
Websteria limnophila S. H. Wright in Bull. Torrey Club XIV 
(1887) ». 135. 
Schoenus confervoides Willd. ms. fide Link. 
Hab. in Cuba prope Pinar del Rio: C. Wright n. 3775. 
Distrib. Madagascar, Ceylon, Java, Carolina, Rio Negro, Surinam, 
Paraguay. 
Obs. Planta (e mea sententia) Seirpo fluitanti Linn. affınis, a genere 
Rhmehospora longe distans ob stylobasin cum nucis apice continuam, folia, 
glumas imas longas, habitum. Ill. Beyrmau propter spieulam 1-nucigeram 
(characterem in Cyperaceis levis momenti) hanc plantam in Rhynchospora 
verosimiliter locaverat. 
119. Seirpus nanus Spreng. glaber rhizomate tenuissimo, tubera 
parva interdum gerente; culmis 3—10 em. longis, aphyllis, setaceis, 
monostachyis; spieula 3—5 mm. longa, specie terminali, 3— 10-flora, 
ellipsoidea, pallida vel castaneo-rubra; glumis paueispiris, ovatis, ob- 
tusis, ima cum caeteris fere consimili, sterili, caduca; setis 4 aut 6, 
tenuibus, retrorsim scabris, fusce stramineis; staminibus 3; stylo longius- 
culo 3-fido, basi pyramidali in nucem sensim transeunte; nuce cum 
?/, parte glumae aequilonga, obovoidea, levi, luteo-brunea. 
