Cyperaceae. 65 



(ad Lake Roseau, alt. 1000 metr.), 547 (locis lmmidis prope Laudat), 



852; Martinique: Guyon. 



Distrib. Texas, America centralis, America australis quam tropica tam 

 temperata. 



75. Elcocharis caj^ilLacea Kunth, rhizomate pertenui; culmis 

 fasciculatis, 2 5 cm. longis, capillaceis, subquadrangularibus; vagina 

 summa apice stricta, nec scariosa detergibili; spicula 2 3 mm. ionga, 

 juniore lineari-cylindrica, 1 4-nucigera, ferruginea; glumis 2 imis 

 spiculam saepe subincludentibus, oblongis vix acutis, scariosis, ima 

 saepius vacua in carina viridiore; setis 4 6, cum nuce subaequi- 

 longis, retrorsim scabris, ferrugineis; staminibus 2 1; stylo 2-fido; 

 nuce cum 2 / 5 parte glumae subaequilonga, obovoidea, plano-convexa, 

 levi, castanea; stylobasi parva, conica. 



Eleocharis capillacea Kunth Enum. II (1837) p. 139; Sagra Fl. 

 Cub. XI p. 288. 



Scirpus capillaceus Griseb. Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 239. 



Chaetocyperus capillaceus Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. Ilpars 1 (1842) 

 p. 93. 



Heleocharis capillacea Boeck! in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 -70) 

 p. 434. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright. 



Distrib. in America, a Carolina usque ad Paraguay. 



76. Eleocharis atropurpiirca Kunth, annua, culmis 5 15 cm. 

 longis, tenuibus, striatis; vagina apice herbacea, nec scariosa deter- 

 gibili; spicula 3 8 mm. longa, ovoidea, aut cylindrica, atropurpurea; 

 glumis polyspiris, late ellipticis, obtusis, caducis, ima paullo majore, 

 magis viridi, vacua; setis 7 5 (vel paucioribus vel nullis), retrorsim 

 scabris, albis (raro pallide cinnamomeis); stylo 2-fido; nuce cum y 2 - 2 / 3 

 parte glumae aequilonga, obovoidea, plano-convexa, atro-castanea; stylo- 

 basi minima, bulboso-conica. 



Eleocharis atropurpurea Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 151; J.Gay! 

 in Flora XXV (1842) p. 641; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, 

 VI p. 627. 



Eleocharis Lereschii Shuttlew.! iri Flora XX (1837) p. 241. 



Eleocharis capitata var. (3. Torrey in Ann. Lyceum New York III 

 (1836) p. 305. 



Scirpus atropurpureus Retx. Obs. V (1789) p. 14. 



Scirpus ocreatus Griseb.! Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 239. 



Isolepis atropurpurea Eoem. et Sch, Syst. II (1817) p. 106; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 190. 



Isolepis allochroa et I dichroa Steud. Cyp. (1855) p. 91. 



UrDan, Symb. ant. II. 5 



