Cyperaceae. 7 1 



Scirpus microlepis Griseb.! Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 239; Sauv. Cub. 

 u. 2615 p. 174. 



Scirpus acicularis C. Wrigld! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2618 p. 174. 



Hab. in Cuba: Morales (Habana), C. Wright n. 3370, 37G5; Ja- 

 maica: Purdio; St. Thomas acl Crumbay: Eggers n. 546, 767. 



Distrib. a Floricla et Mexico usque ad Eio de Janeiro sparsa. 



86. Eleocharis suhtilis C. B. Clarke, rhizomate (viso) nullo; cul- 

 mis caespitosis, 5 20 cm. longis, capillaribus, 6 8-angulatis, a maculis 

 miuutis nigris saepe inspersis; vagina summa stricta; spicula 5 8 mm. 

 longa, ellipsoideo-oblonga, 6 15-flora, fusce purpurascente; glumis 

 (imo inferiohbus) polyspiris, obtusis, ima vacua decidua; setis 5, cum 

 2 / 3 parte nucis aequilongis, retrorsim scabris, aibis; stylo 3-fido; nuce 

 ellipsoidea, apice latiuscula truncata, levi, fusce straminea, triquetra; 

 stylobasi cum nucis apice aequilata, buibosa. 



Chaetocyperus polymorphus var. y natuns Nees! in Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 II pars I (1843) p. 95. 



Isolepis ambigua Steud.! Cyp. (1855) p. 91. 



Scirpus exiguus Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 569 partim. 



Heleocharis subtilis Boeck.! in Linn. XXXVI (186970) p.426. 



Heleoclmris leucocarpa Boeck.! in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. (1869) 

 p. 132 ct in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) ,. 372. 



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

 p. 133, syn. excJnsis. 



Hab. in Trinidad: Crueger. 



Distrib. in Brasilia, Bolivia. 



87. Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey, rhizomate nullo; culmis 

 1 3 dm. iongis, tenuibus, quadrangularibus; vagina summa apice 

 herbacea in altero latere ianceolato-producta; spicula 4 8 mm. longa, 

 oblonga, 10 20-flora, non raro prolifera; glumis pleiospiris, obtusis, 

 in dorso viriclibus, in margine late aibo-scariosis; setis 3 5, cum 

 Y 2 2 / 3 parte nucis aequiiongis, retrorsim scabris, albis, interdum nullis; 

 stylo 3-fido; nuce cum y 2 parte glumae vix aequiionga, obovoidea, 

 trigona, apice paullo angustata, levi obscure reticulata, straminea aut 

 brunescente; stylobasi pyramidali, quam nucis apex latiore. 



Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey in Ann. Lgceuni Neiv Yorlc III 

 (1836) p. 312. 



Heleocharis microcarpa Boeck. in Linnaca XXXVI (1869 70) 

 p. 439. 



Heleocharis paracicularis Bocck.! iu Engl. Jahrb. VII (1888) 

 p. 275 in nota. 



Scirpus paracicularis C Wright! ms. 



