158 C. B. CLARKE: 
Boott Carex IV p. 152 t. 490— 492; L. H. Bailey in Proc. Amer. Acad. 
XXII (1886) p. 99. 
Carex mexicana Presl Rel. Haenk. I (1829) p. 204; Kunth Enum. 
II p. 510; Boott Carex IV p. 157 t. 512. 
Carex Hartwegii Boott in Benth. Pl. Hartw. 1848 p. 96 et Carex 
IV 2.157 it. 509, 510. 
Carex Humboldtiana Steud. Oyp. (1855) p. 208; Boeck. in Lin- 
'naea XL (1876) p. 169. 
Carex Dussiana Boeck.! Oyp. Novae. Heft II (1890) p. 42. 
Carex flaccida Swartz Fl. Ind. Occid. Append. fide Wahl. 
Hab. in Cuba: (©. Wright n. 3421; Jamaica: Hart n. 768, M°Fa- 
dyen, M°Nab, Stokes; Portorico in Sierra de Luquillo monte Jimenes 
ad saxa et in cacumine montis Yunque, Sierra de Naguabo in sylvis 
apricis ad Los Ranchones: Sintenis n. 1360, 1361, 1409, 5398; Mar- 
tinique: Duss n. 763°. 
Distrib. a Mexico usque ad Bolivia, vulgaris. 
Obs. Ex sententia el. L. C. Basteyr (ut cl. Boecketerı) C. polystachya 
Wahl. est a ©. eladostachya Wahl. specifice diversa ob culmum strietum, folia 
rigidiora fere levia, spicas magis numerosas, et utriculum longius rostratum. 
©. polystachya est (L. ©. Baınevro) C. Wright n. 3421 quae planta mihi om- 
nino ©. eladostachya Wahl. videtur, a BoEckELERI manu est * ©. eladostachya Wahl. 
forma tenuis” inseripta. — Magis diversa mihi est Sintenis n. 1409, in qua utri- 
euli multo minores, spiculae (imo fere maturae) suberectae nec patulae videntur. 
237. Carex scabrella Wahl. praeter. utrieulos fere glabra, culmo 
2—5 dm. longo gracili vel interdum (fructum maturante) 8 em. longo; 
foliis cum culmo saepe aequilongis 3—4 mm. latis; panicula admodum 
tenui, laxa 3—20-stachya, pedunculis axillaribus remotis capillaribus 
imo saepe subradicali; bracteis foliiformibus inflorescentiam saepe super- 
antibus; spieis 5— 10 mm. longis, ovoideis aut oblongis, fusce bruneis, 
summis apice masculis basi foemineis; utriculis 3 mm. longis, ellipsoideis, 
valide nervosis, undique scabro-pilosis; rostro cum !/, parte utrieuli 
aequilongo; stylo 3-fido. 
Carex scabrella Wahl. in Kong. Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. XIV 
(1803) p. 149; Schkuhr Riedgr. II p. 41; Kunth Enum. II p. 513; 
Boott Carex I p 29 t. 75; Griseb.! Flor. p: 580, et Pl. Oub. p. 249; 
Boeck. in Linnaea XL (1876) p. 375; Saw. Oub. n. 2719 p. 189; 
L. H. Bailey in Proc. Amer. Acad. XXII (1886) p. 100. 
Carex laxa Swartz Prod. Fl. Oceid. Append. fide Wahl. 
Caguazo Oub. ex Wright. 
Hab. in Cuba orient.: C. Wright n. 728; Jamaica: Bromfield 
(St. Ann’s), Eggers n. 3706 (Guava Ridge 700 m. alt), Macnab (Port 
Royal Mts.), Purdie (St. Ann’s), Stokes; Hispaniola in sylva montis 
Isabel de la torre, 400 m. alt.: Eggers n. 2650. 
