70 C. B. Claeke: 



inspersis; vagina summa apice in altero latere lanceolato-producta, non 

 detergibili; spicula 3 5 mm. longa, 3 10-flora, fusce straminea; giu- 

 mis 3 pleio-spiris, ovatis vix acutis; setis 5 6, nucem superantibus, 

 retrorsim scabris, ferrugineo-bruneis; stylo 3-fido; nuce obovoidea, apice 

 angustata, trigona, levi, albida; stylobasi pyramiclali, brunescente. 



Chaetocyperus polymorpha var. sphagnicola et praticola Neesf in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. II pars 1 (1843) p. 94 (syn. plurimis cxcl). 



Heleocharis punctata Boeck.! in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. (1869 70) 

 />. 420 (non Chaetocyperm punctatus Nees). 



Scirpus retroflexns Griseb.f Kar. (1857) p. 120; non Poir. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Duchassaing. 



Distrib. in America australi aequinoctiali. 



84. Eleocliaris Wrightiana C. B. Clarke, rhizomate nullo; culmis 



5 10 cm. longis, fere capillaribus; vagina summa apice subinflata, 

 scariosa, in 2 labia oblonga fissa; spicula 5 9 mm. longa, anguste 

 ellipsoidea, 12 18-flora, brunea; giumis inferioribus 3 4-spiris, ovatis, 

 obtusis, ima vacua decidua; setis 5, inaequalibus, cum nuce vix aequi- 

 longis, retrorsim scabris, pallide ferrugineis, interdum multum depau- 

 peratis; stylo 3-fido; nuce obovoidea, apice multum angustata, levi 

 tenuiter reticulata, straminea proventu brunescente; stylobasi anguste 

 conica, nigrescente. 



Scirpus exiguus Griseb.f Flor. (1864) p. 569, Pl Cub. p. 239. 



Scirpus setacetts C. Wrightf in Sauv. Cub. (1871) //. 261 1 />. 174. 



Heleocharis Wrightiana Boeck.f Cyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) />. 12. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3369; Trinidad: Crueger. 



Distrib. Ghiiana, ad Auiazonas infcriorem. 



85. Eleocharis minima Kunth, rhizomate tenuissimo, repente; 

 cuimis caespitosis 1 15 cm. longis, capillaribus; vagina summa stricta, 

 castanea; spicula 2 4 mm. longa, 8 10-flora; glumis iniis subdistiehis, 

 vix acutis, atrosanguineis vel bruneis; setis imperfectis, x j 2 parte nucis 

 brevioribus, levibus vci vix scabris albis, interdum in annulum basalem 

 reductis; stylo 3-fido; nuce obovoidcn apice truncata, levi, alba in an- 

 gulis 3 costata; stylobasi depresso-globosa, nigrescente. 



Eleocharis minima Kttnthf Fntim. II (1837) p. 139. 



Chaetocyperus polymorphus a depauperata minima et y capillacea 

 Neesf iit Mtirt. Brrts. II pars I (1843) p. 94 partim (syn. multis excl). 



Chaetocijperus urceolatus Liebm.f Mexic. Halvgr. (1851) />. 55. 



Heleocharis nana Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVI (1S69 70) \>.421 

 pro magna parte et i/t Engl. Jahrb. I (1881) p. 363; non Kttnth. 



Heleocharis minutiflora Boeck.f in Engl.Jahrb. VI 11 (1886) \>. 27 1. 



Heleocharis cubensis Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft II H^'.u>) />. Ift. 



