74 C. B. Claeke: 



Eleocharis montcma Roem, et Sch. Syst. II (1817) p. 153; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 149. 



Eleocharis ochreata Boeck. in Flora XLII (1859) p. 68. 



Scirpns montanus H. B. K. Nov. Oen. et Sp. I (1815) p. 226. 



Heleocharis montana Bocclc. in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 70) 

 p. 450. 



Heleocharis arcnicola Hemsl.l Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. III (1885) 

 p. 454. 



Heleocharis Vulcani Bocck.l in Engl. Jahrb. VIII (1887) p. 206. 



Limnochloa truncata Licbm. Jlexic. Halvgr. (1851) p. 56. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Bertero. 



Distrib. in fere omni America calidiore vulgaris, sed in Ghiiana et 

 Brasilia nondum lecta. 



93. Elcocharis rostcllata Torrey, rhizomate brevi, lignescente; 

 culmis 3^ 7 dm. longis, tenuioribus, rigidis; vagina summa stricta, in 

 altero latere triangulari-producta; spicula 1 2cm. longa, ellipsoideo- 

 lanceolata, multiflora, fusce brunea; glumis ovatis, obtusis, fuscis in dorso 

 luteis, ima latiore culmum amplectente persistente; setis 7 aut 5, cum 

 nuce subaequilongis, retrorsim scabris, ferrugineis; stylo 3-fido; nuco 

 cum y 2 2 / 3 parte glumae aequilonga, obovoidea, apice angustata, in- 

 aequaliter trigona, levi, lutescente aut olivacea; stylobasi longe conica, 

 cum apice nucis concreta. 



Eleocharis rostellata Torrey! Fl. New Tork II (184;]) p. 347 et 

 Fhanerog. Wtlkes Exped. (1874) p. 4 74. 



Scirpus rostellatus Torrey in Ann. Lyceum New York III (1836) 

 p. 318; Griseb.! Fl Cub. p. 239; Sauv.! Cub. n. 2621 p. 175. 



Heleocharis rostellata Boeck! in Linnaea XXXVI (186970) 

 p. 442. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3769. 



Distril. in A.merica septentrionali temperata sat Erequens; in Mexico. 



94. Elcocharis geniculata R. Br. rhizomate robustiore; culmis 

 38 dm. longis, 3 8 mm. in diam., sub spicula constrictis, in sicco 

 transversim pseudo-septatis; vagina summa stricta, truncata; spicula 

 1 3 cm. longa, densissima, pallide brunea, culmo multo crassiore 

 (usque ad5 9 mm. lata); glumis ovatis, vix acutis, 3 imis rotundatis, 

 multo brevioribus, viridibus, bracteiformibus; setis 7 8, nucem saepe 

 superantibus, retrprsim scabris, ferrugineo-rubris; stylo (in spiculae flori- 

 bus inferioribus) 3-fido; nuce parvula, cum '/,, parte glumae acqui- 

 longa, angusto ellipsoidea apice angustata, inaequaliter trigona, levius- 

 cula aut granulata, luteo-brunea; stylobasi conica, elongata. fusco- 

 nigra. 



