100 Species generis Uncinia Pers. in America meridionati. 



F u e g i a : ad ripam sinistram fluminis Rio Grande in regione alpina 

 (Alboff No. 952, 953. cf. Kurtz in Revist. Mus. La Plata tom. VII. 

 1896.) 



6. Uncinia Lechler iana Sreudel. 



Rhizomate stolonifero lignoso; culmo 30 — 45 cm alto stricto firmo obtu- 

 sangulo laevi; foliis culmum superantibus 8 — 9 mm (Clarke in litt.) 

 latis planis, spica oblonga 5 cm longa, 7 mm lata basin versus sublaxi- 

 flora; squamis oblongis obtusis viridibus marginibus laete castaneis pluri- 

 nerviis longitudine basin versus accrescentibus, ima saepe foliaceo-elongata ; 

 utriculis cum squamis aequilongis 5 — 7 mm longis ellipticis trigonis fus- 

 cescenti-viridibus uervosis stipitatis superne ad margines parce hirtulis ; seta 

 quam utriculo subduplo longiore. 



U. Lechleriana Steudel in Syn. Cyp. p. 244 (1855); BöckeL 

 1. c. p. 1607; C. B. Clarke 1. c. p. 396. 



Habitat: Fretum Magellanicum: Sandy Point (Lechler 

 No. 1285.) 



7. Uncinia macrophylla Steudel. 



Rhizomate caespitoso ; culmo 30 — 60 cm alto stricto filiformi 

 triquetro laevi vel apice scabriusculo ; foliis culmum superantibus 2 — 4 mm 

 latis planis perrigidis confertis; spica oblonga densa 3 — 4 cm longa, cf 

 parte brevi; squamis magnis lanceolato-ovatis obtusiusculis, inferioribus 

 1 — 3 saepe setaceo-cuspidatis vel foliaceo-elongatis, Omnibus brunneis 

 marginibus scariose hyalinis dorso plurinerviis ; utriculis quam squamis 

 brevioribus 6 mm longis ellipticis obsolete triquetris fuscis nitidis enerviis 

 glabris brevirostratis ; seta fusca quam utriculo duplo longiore. 



U. macrophylla Steud. Syn. Cyper. p. 244 (1855); Bö ekel, 

 p. 1607; C. B. Clarke p. 396. 



U. bella Philippi MS. 



U. bracteosa Phil, in An. Univ. Chil. tom. 93. (1896) p. 503. 



Habitat: Chile: Arique (L e c h 1 e r No. 7 70); Corral (B r i d g e s , 

 Ochsenius, Philippi, Düsen No. 799). 



Patagonia oeeident: Ad canalem Smyth (A. Ho c liste tter). 



U. bracteosa Phil, specie hon est diversa et nonnisi squamis in- 

 ferioribus 3 elongatis spicam involucrantibus insignis. 



Sectio II. Platyandra C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XX. p. 396. 



Filarnenta linearia dilatata. Utriculi setuloso-hirti. 



Subsectio 1. Phleoideae Kükenthal. 



Spicae densiflorae crassae. Squamae subpatulae utriculis multo 

 breviores. 



8. Uncinia erinacea Pers. 



Rhizomate, elongato lignoso J culmo 30 — 90 cm alto stricto firmo 

 apicem versus graciliore obsolete triquetro laevi ad basin vaginis ferrugineo- 

 fuscis partim dissolutis circumdato; foliis 4 — 15 mm latis planis carinatis 

 coriaeeis septato-nodosis supra asperis in acumen breve subito contractis 

 glaucis remotis ; spica 4 — 8 cm longa oblonga densa in partem cf 1 cm 

 longam abrupte attenuatis; squamis parvulis lanceolato-ovatis obtusis sive 

 pallidis dorso viridinerviis marginibus hyalinis sive fusco-ferrugineis apice 



