Cyperaceae. 131 



Rynchospora stenophylla Britton! in Trans. New York Acad. XI 

 (1892) p. 92. 



lihynchospora stenophylla Chapm.! Fl. South. U. S. (1860) p. 525. 



Rhynchospora tenuifolia Griseb.! Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 244; Sauv. 

 Cub. n. 2669 p. 181. 



Rhyyichospora Prenleloupiana Boeck. ! Cyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) 

 p. 26. 



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



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3392, 3393; in Hispaniola: Prenle- 

 loup n. 634. 



Distrib. Alabama", Florida. 



189. Rynchospora sparsa Vahl, glabra, mediocris, stolonibus 

 longis a squamis striatis intectis; culmo saepe metrali; foliis usque ad 

 3 4 dm. longis, 3 6 mm. latis, planis; panicula 3 5 dm. longa, 

 4 -6 cm. lata; corymbis 4 8, distantibus, subglobosis, 40-stachyis, 

 ramulis divaricatis; spiculis solitariis, 3 mm. longis ovoideis, maturis 

 subgiobosis 5 2-nucigeris; glumis ovatis, obtusis, caducis; setis 6, 

 antice scabris, bruneis, cum nuce subaequilongis aut brevioribus; stylo 

 iineari, ramis 2 linearibus; nuce 1 mm. longa, obovoidea, transversim 

 rugosa, pallide brunea; rostro cum y 3 parte nucis vix aequilongo, 

 conico. 



Rynchospora sparsa Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 230. 



Rhynchospora sparsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. I (1814) p. 48; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 299; Boeck. in Limiaea XXXVII (1873) p. 609. 



Rhynchospora miliacea A. Oray in Ann. Lyceum New York III 

 (1834) p. 198 t. 6 fiy. 4 et p. 365; Griseb.! Pl. Cub. p. 243; Sauv. 

 Cub. n. 2657 p. 179. 



Schoenus miliaceus Lam. III. I (1791) p. 137. 



Schoenus sparsus Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. I (1803) p. 35. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3788. 



Distrib. Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida. 



190. Ryncliospora cubensis C. B. Clarke, glabra, gracilis, rhizo- 

 mate tenui, repente; culmis 3 5 dm. longis, 2 4 mm. latis; coiymbis 

 2 4, distantibus, laxis, globosis, 3 5 cm. in diam., ramulis capilla- 

 ribus divaricatis proventu saepe deflexis; spiculis solitariis, 4 mm. longis, 

 lanceolatis, pallide bruneis, 1-nucigeris; glumis longius lanceolato-acu- 

 minatis; setis 6, cum nuce (rostro incluso) aequilongis, antice scabris 

 vel fere levibus; stylo lineari, ramis 2 linearibus; nuce cum 2 / 5 parte 

 glumae aequilonga, sessili, subglobosa, transversim obscurius undulata, 

 nigrescente; rostro cum nuce aequilongo, e basi conica lineari. 



Rhynchospora cubensis A.Rich.! in Sagra Cub. XI (1850) p. 294. 



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