126 C. B. Clahke: 



178. Rynchospora pallidaBritton, glabra, tenuis, culmis 1 3dm. 

 longis; foliis filiformibus; corymbo unico, subcapitato, 1 cm. in diam., 

 5 10-stachyo; spiculis pallidis aut brunescentibus; setis cum y 3 parte 

 nucis vix aequilongis, saepe obsoletis; rostro cum x / 4 parte nucis aequi- 

 longo; ceteroquin ut R. fascicularis. 



Rynchospora pallida Britton! in Trans. Neiv Tork Acad. XI 

 (1892) p. 87. 



Rynchospora brachychaeta Britton in Trans. New York Acad. 

 XI (1892) p. 90. 



Rhynchospora pattida Curtis! in Sillim. Amer. Journ. Ser. 2. VII 

 (1849) p. 409. 



Rhynchospora Curtisii Steud. Cyp. (1855) p. 141; Boeck. in Lin- 

 naea XXXVII (1873) p. 564. 



Rhynchospora brachychaeta C. Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2667 

 p. 180. 



Rhynchospora yracillima C Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2668 

 p. 181. 



Rhynchospora tenerrima Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXVII (1873) 

 p. 554; non Spreng. 



Rhynchospora Wrightiana Boeck.! in Flora LXIV (1881) p. 78. 



Dichromena rafidula Steud, Cyp. (1855) p. 137 fide Boeck. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright; Portorico in Sierra de Luquillo in 

 planitie montis Jimenes: Sintenis n. 1381. 



Distrib. New Jersey, Carolina, Florida, Vcne7Aiela. 



179. Rynchospora Liiideniana C. B. Clarke, culmo 3 dm. longo, 

 filiformi; foliis longis, filiformibus; corymbo subsolitario, terminali, 

 3 6-stachyo, subcapitato; spiculis minutis; setis 6, nucem superanti- 

 bus, bruneis, antice scabris; stylo lineari, ramis 2, longis; nuce ob- 

 longo-ellipsoidea, levi, castaneo-brunea; rostro longo, conico, albo, vix 

 scabro. 



RhynclwspoiYi Lindeniana Griseb. PL! Cub. (1866) p. 244; Sauv. 

 Cub. n. 2664 p. 180. 



Hab. in Cuba in scopulosis montis Liban: Linden n. 1945. 



180. Rynchospora gracilenta Britton, setis 6, nuce longioribus, 

 saepc usque ad rostri apicem attingentibus; rostro cum nuce fere aequi- 

 longo, levi, ceteroquin ut R. dista?is. 



Rynchospora gracilenta Britton! in Trans. Neiv York Acad. XI 

 (1892) p. 90. 



Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray! in Ann. Lyceum New YorJc 

 III (1836) p. 216 t. 6 fig. 27; BoeckJ in Unnaea XXXVII (ls73) 

 p. 565. 



