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Scirpus plicarrhachis Griseb.f Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 239; Sa/rr. 

 Cub. n. 2619 p. 174; cf. Boeck. in Flora LXIV (1881) p. 78. 



Heleocharis raricgata Boeck.f in Flora XXXIX (1881) p. 78. 



Limnochloa Zeylaniea Xeesf ms. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3372. 



Distrib. in Asia austro-orient. late sparsa; Polynesia; Mexico. 



73. Eleocharis ochreata ISTees, rhizomate tenuissimo pallido; cul- 

 mis 5 30 cm. longis, tenuibus, subquadrangularibus; vagina summa 

 apice scariosa, rugosa, detergibili, saepe evanida praetermissa; spicula 

 3 6 mm. longa, pauci- aut multiflora; glumis 2 3- (aut multi-)spiris, 

 ellipticis, obtusis, parum carinatis, albo-viridibus vel ferrugineis, ima 

 majore fere semper vacua; setis 7, cum nuce subaequilongis, retrorsim 

 scabris; stylo 2-fido; nuce cum x / 2 2 / 3 parte glumae aequilonga, ob- 

 ovoidea, plano-convexa, levi, castanea aut fusce olivacea; stylo-basi 

 parva, bulboso-conica, straminea viridi aut alba. 



Eleocharis ochreata Xecsf in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 294; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 15 7. 



Eleocharis capitata Kunth! Fuuin. II (1837) p. 150 partim. 



Scirpus ocreatus Griseb.f Flor. (1864) p. 570, et Pl. Cub. p.239; 

 Saitv. Cub. p. 174 (ochreatus). 



Scirpus anisochaetus C. Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2611 p. 174. 



Heleocharis albovaginata Boech! in Yidcnsk.Meddel.Kjob.(1869 70) 

 p. 133, et in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 70) p. 436. 



Hcleocharis bahamensis Boeck. Cyp. Xorac. Ilcft 2 (1890) p. 11. 



Heleocharis crispo- vuainuta Boeck. in Engl. Juhrb. VIII (1887) 

 p. 206 e descript. 



Heleochnris capitatn Boeck.f ms. partim. 



Hab. in ins. Bahama: Eggers n.4101; in Cuba: C. Wright n.711, 

 3761; Jamaica: Wullschlaegel n. 1138; Hispaniola: Eggers n. 2678, 

 Picardan.427; Portorico: Blauner n. 115, Eggersn.978, 1330, 1332, 

 Schwanecke n. 412, Sintenis n. 1222, 2656, 6594, 6685; St. Thomas: 

 Ledru; Guadeloupe: Duss n. 3124, 3124 b , 3735, rHermiuier n. 31, 

 32, Husnot n. 19, 20; Martinique: Duss n. 457, Hahn n. 375, 703, 

 1446, Plee n. 504; Trinidad: Sieber n. 4. 



Distrib. in ins. Philippinis; in America septentr. calidiore et eentrali, per 

 Americam australem, sat vulgaris. 



Yar. (1. flaccida Boeck. culmis usque ad 3 5 dm. longis, flaccidis. 

 Scirpus flaccidus Spreng. Tent. Suppl. (1828) p. 3. 

 Eleocharis capitata Miq. in Linnaea XIX (1847) p. 225. 

 Heleocharis alhovaginata var. /1 flaccida Bocck.f in Linnaea 

 XXXVI (1869 70) p.437. 



