Cyperaceae. 67 



Eggers n. 5891; Trinidad: Crueger n. 45, Fendler u. 904, Lockhart 

 n. 307. 



Distrib. in tropicis et subtropicis fere totius orbis terrarum. 



78. Eleocharis nodulosa Schultes, rhizomate horizontali, robusto; 

 culinis approximatis, 25 dm. longis, 1 2 mm. latis, spongiosis, sub- 

 teretibus, in sicco saepe transversim pseudoseptatis; vagina summa apice 

 iirma, truncata, in altero latere dente minuto ornata; spicula 10 25 mm. 

 longa, cylindrica, densissima, purpurascente vel fusca; glumis ovato- 

 oblongis, ima (vel 2 imis) brevi, magis viridi, vacua, latiore saepe 

 culmum omnino araplectente; setis 6 4, cum nuce subaequilongis, 

 rigidis, retrorsim scabris, ferrugineis; staminibus 3; stylo 2-fido; nuce 

 cum 2 / 5 parte glumae aequilonga, plano-convexa, ovoidea, apice paullo 

 angustata, olivaceo- brunea; stylobasi parva, compresso - pyramidali, 

 fusco-nigra. 



Eleocharis nodulosa Schultes in Boem. et Sch, Syst. II Mant. 

 (1824) p.87; Kunth Enum. II p. 156. 



Eleocharis consanguinea Kunth! Etnim, II (1837) p. 148. 



Elcocharis subnodulosa Steud.! Cyp. (1855) p. 81. 



Eleocharis geniculata Boem. et Sch, Syst. IlMant. (1824) p. 538; 

 non II. Br. 



Scirpus nodulosus Both Nbv. Bl. Sp. (1821) p. 29; Criseb.! Bl. 

 Cub. p. 239 et Flor. p. 570; Sauv. Cub. n, 2624 p. 175. 



Eleogenus nodulosus Nees! in Mart. Fl. Bras. II pars I (1842) 

 p. 104; Liebm.! Mexic. llalrrjr. p. 57. 



Heleocharis nodulosa Boeck.! in Flora XLIII (1860) p. 4 et in 

 Linnaea XXXVI (186970) p. 468. 



Isolejjis heteromor pha Steud.! Cyp. (1855) p. 100. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 1957, 3374; Hispaniola in pinetis 

 prope Jarabacoa 600 m. alt. et in paludosis Savanuah de Cupey 360 m.: 

 Eggers n. 2117, 2710; Portorico prope Guanica ad lagunam circa 

 La Plata frequentissiraa: Sintenis n. 3833; Antigua: Wullschlaegel 

 n. 703. 



Distrib. in America tropica et temperata calidiore sat vulgaris. 



79. Elcocharis acicularis K. Br. rhizomate filiformi; culrais 

 5 15 cm. longis, capillaribus; spicuJa 3 6 mm. longa, 4 6-flora 

 aut multiflora, castaneo-rubra vel pallidiore fusca; glumis ovato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, iraa vacua aut non raro nucigera; setis 3 4 vel 0; stylo 3-fido; 

 nuce cum y 2 2 / 3 parte glumae aequilonga, oblongo-lanceolata, longi- 

 tudinaliter 12 15-striata, et inter strias horizontaliter trabeculata; stylo- 

 basi parva bulbosa. 



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