84 C. B. Clarke: 



styiobasi pyramidali tardius deciduo, ramis 3 longiusculis; nuce cum 

 2 / 5 parte glumae aequilonga, obovoidea, levi, transversim undulata, stra- 

 minea, 



Fimbristylis Grisebachii Greenm.f in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 

 VII (1897) p. 474. 



Abildgaardia setacea Griscb.f Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 238; Sauv.f Oub. 

 n. 2608 p. 173. 



Hab. in Cuba: Combs n.400 (Cieneguita), C.Wright n. 1531, 3366. 



Species residuae. 



Fiinlmstylis divaricata Ham. culmis caespitosis, hirto-pilosis, 

 basi subramosis, ramis divaricatis; umbellis irregularibus; pedunculis 

 solitariis, subglobosis; pedicello elongato. 



Fimbristylis divaricata Ham. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid. (1825) p. 14; 

 Kunth Enum. II p. 245; Dcsv. ms. ex Ham. 



Hab. in Portorico: fide Hamilton. 



Fimbristylis hirtclla Ham. cnlmis caespitosis, subtetragonis, 

 piloso-hirtis; involucro subtriphyllo; ramis subtrifloris; spicis ovatis; 

 pedunculis hirtis. 



Fimbristylis hirtella Ham. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid. (1825) p. 12; 

 Kanth Fnnm. II p. 245; Desv. ms. ex Ham. 



Fimbristylis Hamiltonii Steud. Oyp. (1855) p. 119. 



Hab. in Portorico: fide Hamilton. 



Fiml>ristylis Spartium Ham. culmo subcaespitoso; scapo sub- 

 complanato, basi distiche folioso; foliis subteretibus, filiformibus, subtus 

 canaliculatis, culmum aequantibus; umbella irregulari; spicis (nigerrimis) 

 ovato-acutis; involucro diphyllo, uno multo iongiore. 



Fimbristylis Spartium Ham. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid. (1825) p. 12; 

 Kunth Eniuu. II /> 215; Desv. ms. ex Ham. 



Hab. in Antillis: fide Hamilton. 



IX. Bulbostylis Kuntli. 



Crlumae nucigerae saepissime niinute pilosae. Stylus longus, 

 gracilis, glaber; rami 3, lineares; stylobasis perparva, a nuce distincta, 

 proventu (post stylum casum) in nuce relicta, decolorata; ceteroquin ut 

 Fimbristylis. Stolones 0. Culmi caespitosi, graciles, nudi. Folia 

 setacea vel perangusta; vaginae in ore saepissime ciliatae aut barbatae. 

 Inflorescentia umbellata, aut monocephala, vel monostachya. Spi- 

 culae solitariac aut fasciculatac. 



Species 80, in calidis orbis tcrrarum sparsac, in Africa ct America 

 praesertim numerosae. 



