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Sect. Sehixolepis. Disci margo fimbriatus aut alte serratus. In folii 
parte superiore margines praemorsim angustati. 
Folia 5 mm. lata; planta mediocris 
224. 8. porphyrorrhiza C. Wright. 
Folia 3—5 cm. lata; plantae robustae 
Panicula fusca aut viridis . 225. S$. latifolia Swartz. 
Panicula purpurasceens . . 226. S. arundinacea Kunth. 
Sect. Becquerelia. Spieula mascula foeminea multo minor, eique arcte 
adpressa; ceteroquin ut sect. Eu- Scleria. 
Nux 3 mm. lata, verrucosa . 227. 8. cymosa Boeck. 
Nux 11/, mm. lata, tuberculata 228. S. tuberculata Boeck. 
199. Seleria vertieillata Willd. praeter vaginas inferiores glabra, 
radieibus fibrosis; culmis 1—5 dm. longis, gracilibus; foliis 1—3 dm. 
longis, 1—2 mm. latis; spica specie simplice, spicularum fasciculis di- 
stantibus ovoideis; bracteis 6— 7 mm. longis, saepe caudatis; spiculis 
2 —4 mm. longis castaneo-rubris, masculis et 2-sexualibus; stylo 3-fido; 
nuce 1 mm. in diam., trigono-globosa, obtusa, albida, undique a lami- 
nis levibus horizontalibus verrucosa; disco annulari, angusto, fusce fla- 
vido cum nucis stipite contracto fusco vel proventu vix ullo; nuce non 
(aut obscure) hypopora. 
Seleria verticillata Willd. Sp. Pl. IV (1805) p. 317; Kunth Enum. 
II p. 353 (syn. Mich. exel); Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) 
p. 445 partim. 
Seleria hirtella var. glabrescens Boeck.! ms. in ©. Wright n. 3417. 
Hypoporum vertieillatum Nees in Linnaea IX. (1834) p. 303 (nec 
Nees in Bonplandia III (1855) p. 87). 
Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3417 in hb. Krug et Urban (in hb. Kew., 
DC. partim). 
Distrib. a Canada usque ad Florida et Texas. 
200. Seleria distans Poir. praeter spiculas glabra, debilis, radi- 
cibus fibrosis; culmo 20—25 cm. longo, gracili; foliis linearibus; spica 
specie simplice, 5 cm. longa, fasciculis 6 distantibus, parcius hispido- 
ciliatis, proventu erectis; bracteis cum spieulis subaequilongis; spiculis 
4 mm. longis, masculis et 2-sexualibus; stylo 3-fido; nuce 1 mm. in 
diam., globoso-trigona, perlevi, alba, longius stipitata, in stipitis apice 
alte porosa; disco annulari, ferrugineo micante. 
Seleria distans Poir. in Lam. Eneye. VII (1806) p. 4; Kunth 
Enum. II p. 353; nec R. Br. 
Seleria hirtella Boeck. in Linnaea XXAVIN (1874) p. 439 par- 
tim; non Swartx. 
Seleria tenella Griseb.! Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 249 partim; non Kunth. 
Hypoporum distans Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. II pars I (1845) 
p. 171 in nota? 
