Cyperaceae. 141 



Scleria cenchroides Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 352. 



Scleria moltis Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 352. 



Scleria hirta Kunth Enum. II (1837) p. 352 in citat, Willd. 

 ms. ex Kunth. 



Scleria interrupta Kunth Enum. II (1837) partim (pl. antillana), 

 nec L. C Rich. 



Hypoporum hirtellum Nees! in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 303. 



Hypoporum nutans Xees in Mart. Fl. Bras. II pars I (1843) 

 p. 170. 



Cenchrus hirsutus Spreng.! Neu. Enideck, III (1822) p. 15 (cf. 

 Kunth Enum. I p. 166 in Obs.). 



Hab. in Cuba: Combs n. 441 (S. Clara), C. Wright n. 3417 partim, 

 '3806; Hispaniola: Bertero, Eggers n. 2127, 2491, 2491 b , Rob. Schom- 

 burgk; Trinidad in Arimo Savanna: Crueger n. 1734, Lockhart n. 281. 



Distrib. Africa cum Madagascaria, in America fere omni vulgaris. 



203. Scleria lithosperma Swartz, praeter foliorum vaginas fere 

 glabra, mediocris aut gracilis, rhizomate 5 mm. crasso longiusculo; cul- 

 mis saepius 3 5 dm. longis, interdum metralibus; foliis 1 3 dm. 

 longis, 3 5 cm. latis; panicula tenui, saepe 2 -3 dm. longa, modo 

 depauperata modo composita, spicularum fasciculis distantibus; spiculis 

 4 mm. longis, fere levibus ac glabris, pluribus masculis paucis andro- 

 gynis, ferrugineo-bruneis vel viridescentibus vel castaneis; stylo 3-fido; 

 nuce 2 mm. longa, obovoidea, marmorea, levi alba, basi excavata vix 

 hypopora; disco pertenui rubescente cum nucis basi fusa i. e. fere ob- 

 soleta. 



Scleria lithosperma Swartz Prod. (1788) p. 18 et Fl. Ind. Occid. 

 p. 92 in nota; Kunth Enum. II p. 349; Boeck! in Linnaea XXXVIII 

 (1874) p. 451; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p. 685. 



Scleria filiformis Swartz Prod. (1788) p. 19 et Fl. Ind. Occid. I 

 p. 91; Kunth Enum. II p. 348; Liebm.! Mex. Halvgr. p. 69; Griseb.! 

 Kar. p. 124, et Flora p. 579 et Pl, Cub. p. 249; Sauv.! Oub. n. 2713 

 p. 188. 



Scleria gracilis L. C. Eich. in Acta Soc. d'Hist Nat. Paris I (1792) 

 p. 113. 



Scleria purpurea Poir. in Lam. Encyc. VII (1806) p. 4. 



Scleria Krugiana Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) p. 35. 



Scitpus lithospermus Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. I (1753) p. 51. 



Schoenus lithospermus Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. II p. 65 pro parva 

 parte. 



Hypoporum lithospermum Nees! in Mart. Fl, Bras. II pars I 

 (1843) p. 172. 



