Cyperaceae. 115 



spiculis numerosis, subsolitariis, 7 8 mm. kmgis, ovato-lanceolatis, 

 1-nucigeris, bruneis; glumis vix mucronatis; setis 3 5, nucem vix 

 superantibus; stylo longo, brevissime 2-fido; nuce late ellipsoidea, levi, 

 tenuiter cancellata, castaneo-rubra; rostro elongato-conico, nigrescente. 



Rhynchospora aristata Boeck.f in Flora XL (1857) p. 36 et in 

 Linnaea XXXVII (1873) p. 639. 



Rhynchospora florida Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 575. 



Rhynchospora Schiedeana var. elongata Boeck.! in Engler Jahrb. 

 I (1881) p. 364. 



Rhynchospora Cruegeriana et R. Eggersiana Boeck! Cyp. Novae. 

 Heft II (1890) p. 26. 



Hab. in Jamaica, Catherines Peak 1500 m. alt.: Eggers n. 3596; 

 Trinidad: Crueger. 



Distrib. Mexico, Venezuela. 



155. Rynckospora Ruiziana var. triceps K. Schum. ms. fere 

 glabra, elata, panicula 4 dm. longa, pedunculis 3 4 cm. exsertis, ri- 

 gidis, scabris; paniculis partialibus in spicas oblongo-cylindricas compo- 

 sitas plus minus contractis, ramulis (imo proventu) stricte erectis; spi- 

 culis 6 7 mm. longis, ellipsoideo-lanceolatis, 1-nucigeris, bruneis aut 

 castaneis; 3 5 setis nuce parum brevioribus, antice scabris, ferrugi- 

 neis; stylo longo, breviter 2-dentato; nuce iy 2 mm. longa, obscurius 

 longitudinaliter costata, subtrabeculata, pallide brunea; rostro cum 2 / 3 

 parte nucis aequilongo, a basi angusta conica lineari, cinerascente. 



Rhynchospora triceps Boeclc! in Linnaea XXXVII (1873) 

 p. 642. ' 



Rhynchospora quadrispicata Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) 

 p. 28. 



Rhynchospora quinquespicata Boeck.! I. c. Heft I (1888) p. 29. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Swartz. 



Distrib. R. Ruiziana Boeck. in Novo - Granata , Ecuador, Bolivia. 



156. Rynchospora corymbiforniis Britton, glabra, radicibus 

 fibrosis; culmo 3 6 dm. longo; corymbis axillaribus terminalique 

 30 40-stachyo laxis; spiculis 5 6 mm. longis, 1 iy 2 mm. latis, 

 multi-nucigeris; glumis ovatis, triangulari-acutis; setis 0; stylo lineari, 

 ramis 2 longis; nuce parvula, globosa, compressa, transversim rugosa; 

 rostro cum nuce fere aequilongo, ovoideo acuminato, juniore viridi. 



Rynchospora corymbiformis Britton! in Trans. New York Acad. 

 XI (1892) p. 86. 



Rhynchospora ignorata Boeck.! in Engl. Jahrb. V (1884) p. 508. 



Scirpus corymbifertis C. Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2630 

 p. 176. 



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