Cyperaceae. 127 



RJiyncliospora Drummondiana Boeck. in Flora XLI (1858) p. 644. 



RhyncJwspora distans Kunth Enum. II (1837) p. 296 partim; 



Boeck. in Flora LXIV (1881) p. 78. 



RJiyncJiospora tetrandra C. Wright! Msc. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright. 



Distrib. a New Jersey usque ad Texas et Florida, frequens; in Bra- 

 silia et Montevideo. 



181. Rynchospora ceplialotes Vahl, robustior, rhizomate repente; 

 culmis 1 8 dra. longis, per totam longitudinem nodosis; foliis usque 

 ad 2 4 dm. longis, 3 7 mm. latis, in marginibus inferioribus plus 

 minus pubescentibus; panicula terminali, composita, ovoidea, in caput 

 unicum 4 cm. longum 3 cm. latum congesta, saepe 50 100-stachya; 

 bracteis 3 1 usque ad 2 dra. longis; spiculis 7 mm. longis 4 mm. 

 latis, 10 20-glumis, duris; glumis ovato-lanceolatis, subcorneis, stra- 

 mineis aut ferrugineis; setis 6, nuce multo longioribus, antice scabris, 

 rubro-bruneis; stylo lineari, ramis 2 longis; nuce iy 2 mm. longa, ob- 

 ovoidea, plano-convexa, levi grossius reticulata, castanea; rostro quam 

 nux longiore basi cum nuce aequilato, levi, pallido proventu fusco-nigro. 



RyncJiospora cephalotes VaJil Enum. II (1806) p. 237. 



Rhynchospora cepJialotes Roem. et ScJi. Syst. II (1817) p. 88 et 

 Mant. p. 48, 530; Kunth Enum. II p. 301; Qriseb.l Flor. p. 573; 

 BoecJc! in Linnaea XXXVII (1873) p. 630. 



Scirpus cepJtalotes Linn.! Sp. Pl. ed. II (1762) p. 76. 



ScJioenus cepJialotes Rottb. Descr. et Ic. (1783) p. 61 t. 20. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Masson; Tobago: Barclay n. 976; Trinidad: 

 Bromfield, Broadway n. 5309 (Aripo Savanna), Criiger, Eggers n. 1123, 

 1455, Fendler n. 884, Hart n. 1879, 1880, 3613, 0. Kuntze n. 705. 



Distrib. in Honduras; in Arnerica australi tropica vulgaris. 



182. Rynchospora comata C. B. Clarke, robustior, rhizomate 

 lignescente; culmis 4 8 dm. longis; foliis usque ad 3 5 dm. longis, 

 4 10 mm. latis, undique pilosis vel praeter basin glabratis; corymbis 

 2 4 pyramidalibus, pedunculatis, remotis, 3 6 cm. in diam. pilosulis; 

 spiculis usque ad 7 mm. longis 4mm. latis, stramineo-fuscis, iis R. cepJia- 

 lotis Vahl simillimis; setis 6, nuce multo longioribus, antice scabris, 

 bruneis; stylo lineari, ramis 2 linearibus; nuce iy 2 mm. longa, ob- 

 ovoidea, turgide biconvexa, levi, castanea; rostro quam nux longiore. 



RJiyncJiospora comata ScJiultes in Roem. et ScJiultes II Mant. 

 (1824) p. 50; Oriseb.! Flor. p. 574. 



RhyncJiospora sylvatica Nees! in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 297; 

 KuntJi Enum. II p. 303; BoecJc! in Linnaea XXXVII p. 634. 



RhyncJwspora bromoides KuntJi! Enum. II (1837) p. 300. 



