Cyperaceae. 117 



159. Bynchospora Juncellus C. B. Clarke (n. sp.) glabra, radl- 



cibus fibrosis; culmo 2 3 dm. longo; foliis cum culmo aequilongis, 



1 2 mm. latis; corymbis pluribus distantibus, 2 3 cm. in diam., 

 5 20-stachyis; spiculis subsolitariis approximatis, 7 mm. longis 1 mm. 

 latis, 3 6-nucigeris, imo proventu lanceolatis, fusce stramineis; glumis 

 laxe imbricatis, caducis, rhachillam longam anfractuosam exhibentibus; 

 setis 0; stylo lineari, ramis 2 longis linearibus; nuce cum l j 2 parte 

 glumae aequilonga, oblongo-obovoidea, parum stipitata, transversim un- 

 dulata, fusce straminea; rostro cum y 3 parte nucis aequilongo cum nuce 

 aequilato, in humeris nucis in utroque margine breviter decurrente. 



Hab. in St. Kitts: Masson; Guadeloupe: 1'Herminier n. 6, 51; 

 Martinique: Hahn n. 375. 



160. Rynchospora rufa var. Liebmanniaiia C. B. Clarke, te- 

 nniterpilosa vel glabrata, rhizomate oblique descendente; culmis5 8dm. 

 longis; panicula elongata, coryrnbo terminali usque ad 60-stachya; spi- 

 culis subfasciculatis, 5 mm. longis, ellipsoideis acutis, 2 1-nucigeris, 

 intense bruneis; glumis exterioribus nucigerisque tenuibus, lucidis, ad- 

 modum caducis, exterioribus mucronatis; setis 0; stylo lineari, ramis 



2 longis linearibus; nuce parva, obovoidea, subsessili, marginata, trans- 

 versim undulata; rostro cum nuce aequilato, in apicem elongato-conicum 

 mox angustato, opace albido. 



Rhynchospora mexicana C Wrightf in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2683 

 p. 182 ; non Steud. 



Rhynchospora rufa Boeck.f in Flora LXIV (1881) p. 78. 



Bhynchospora velutina var. glabrescens Boeck.f in Engl. Jahrb. I 

 (1881) p. 364. 



Psilocarya mexicana Liebm.f Mexic. Halvgr. (1850) p. 60. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright. 



Distrib. Mexico. 



161. Rynchospora micrantha Vahl, glabra, gracilis, radicibus 

 fibrosis; culmis 1 4 dm. longis; foliis 1 2 dm. longis, 2 3 mm. 

 latis; panicula longa gracili, corymbis laxis 2 4 cm. in diam., 10 30- 

 stachyis, ramis ramulisque capillaceis; spiculis 1 3-nis, 1 2 mm. 

 longis, maturis ovoideis, 1-nucigeris aut masculis; setis 0; stylo lineari, 

 ramis 2 longis linearibus; nuce 2 /s mm - longa, obovoidea. sessili, tur- 

 gide biconvexa, luteo-brunea, transversim rugosa; rostro depresso, cum 

 nuce aequilato, cum Y3 parte nucis vix -aequilongo nigrescente. 



Bynchospora micrantha Vahl Eninn. II (1806) p. 231 partim; 

 C. B. Clarke in Dur. et Schinz Fl. Afr. V p. 654. 



Bhynclwspora micrantha Boem. et Sch. Syst. II (1817) p. 84 

 partim nec Mcint. p. 45; Griseb.f Kar. (1857) p. 123 et Flor. p. 576 



