88 H. Pfeiffer. 



suiunia brevissima, subulata. Panicula composita, c pedunculoi um fasci- 

 culis numerosis approximatis constructs, fascicis fascieulisque numerosis, 

 raajuscula aut magna, modo 8 cm in diam., modo in caput 2—3 cm in 

 diam. contracta. Rhachilla primaria secundariaque recta aut flcxuosa, alis 

 ellipticis proventu saepe incrassatis circa nucem incurvatis interdum in 

 cylindricum brevem connatis. Bracteis fasciculorum valde quidem de- 

 crescentibus. Paniculae <3 8 — 12 in fasciculo, erecto-patulae, inaequales, 

 pleraeque internodio longiores et eac medio fasciculis 3 — 4 compositae. 

 Spiculae <$ 4 — 5*4 huh longae multiflorae lanceolatae ferrugineae, squamis 

 trifariis membranaceis glabris, infimis 2 longing subaristatis, reliqui.s late 

 lanceolatis; stamina 2 — 1, filamenta squamiS subaequantia, infima sub- 

 clavata sterilia, antherae mucrone brevi. Pedunculi foeminei masculis 

 duplo breviores, paueiores in fasciculo, 1 — 3-flori, masculis similis. Spi- 

 culae $ minores, florentes subcylindrieae, fructiferae obconicae, pleraeque 

 2-florae. Squamae 5 v. 6 longius setaceo-cuspidatae, inferiorcs obtusae 

 cum mucrone setaceo, superiores sctaceo-acummatae, caeterum masculis 

 similis. Stylus brevissimus glaber, a bulbo caryopsi continue solubilis; 

 stigmata 3 longa hirta. Nux cum 3 / 4 — 6 / 6 parte squamae aequilonga, 

 2 mm longa c. l*/j mm lata, cuneato-obovata basin versus attenuata 

 triangulari, angulisobtusisprominentibus, obsolete tuberculata subtiliterque 

 punctata ferruginosa, vertice rotundato-obtuso styli-basi reganente brevi 

 rotunda terminata v. mucronulata. -1- Forsan pro specie propria habenda. 

 Fortasse juxta Crypt, minari Bcklr. systemati Clarkeano inserendus. — 

 In humidis Scrra da Piedade, prov. S.Paulo (Riedel 2998! pro parte!). 

 — Planta mascula: Glaziou 6923! (pro parte? — Bcklr. det. sub Crypt, 

 densifolii). 



17. L. Glaziovii Pfeiff. in Ber. d. Deutsch. Bot, Ues. XXXIX, 131. — 

 Crypt. Glaziovii Bcklr. in Vidensk. Meddelels. 1879/80 p. 29, pro parte, non 

 Scleria Glazioviana Bcklr. in Flora LXV, p. 352, non Rhynchospora (duziovir* 

 Bcklr. in Linn. XXXVIII, 405. — Dioicum. A L. composito. cni panicularum 

 masculinarum indole propinquior, recedit culmi# apicem versus incrassatis, 

 parte infer, efoliatis ad 95 cm kragis, vix supra 2 mm crassis foliisque angustioris. 

 Panicida erecta. corymbo terminal] subcomposito v. simpliee. — Brasilia: 

 Glaziou 9041! (exempl. juvenile). 



ft) Var. pyramidalis Pfeiff., nov. var. — Monoicum. Differt pi. typ., 

 cui simillimi, nonnisi panicula breviora, subpyramidat a. A L. composito 

 distinguitur mice late cuneata rostro longioribus, l 3 / 4 — l l / 2 mm longa, 

 l 1 ^ mm lata. — Tn vicinia urbis Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou 3140! 



18. L. strictus Pfeiff., nor. comb., non Crypt, strictum C. B. Clarke 

 in Kew Bull. Add. ser. VIII, 66. — Scleria stricta Ktb., Enum. pi. ft, 

 355: Steud., NomencL ed. 2, II, 543 et Syn. pi. Glum. II, 177: Nees in 

 Bot. Ztg. Ill, 1845, p. 175, non Moon Cat, pi. Zeyl. 62. — Scl. rigida Steud. 

 Nora. 1. c, non Ktb. Lb,,., — Crypt, uliginosum Schrad. ex Nees in 

 Mart., Fl. Brasil. II pars I, p. 164, t. XIX excl. syn. Scl. leptocladia Kth., 

 Bcklr. in Linn. XXXVIII. 419. — L°ri$ca stricta Schlechtdl. in Bot. 

 Ztg. Ill, 1845, p. 476. — L. uliginosus O. Ktze., Rev. II. 754. — A L. 



