348 



^2. Dichromena colorata (L.) Ilirciic. l'I. laliani. (1890), i/ji; Urijaii Sjnib. Aii- 

 lill. II, I p. 166. 



Sc/i(rniis coloratiis L. Spec. pi. ([-j^)^), 43. 



Sc/iniis stel/atiis Lam. Encycl. I (1873), 741. 



lihi/nr/tospora ste//ata Griseb. ^'eg. Karaili ( 1857), 1^3, FI. Brit. W. Ind. Isl., 'fji\. 



Dichromena leiicocephala Mieux. FI. Bor. Am 1 (i8o3), 39; C>. B. ("larke in Liban 

 Symb. Antill. 11, i p. 99. 



Antilles: Hati, Caves, dans le sable. 



Environs de Barranqiiilla, dp. Bolivar; Mayor 233, II. et i'r. VII. Disdib. ^^oyr. : 

 Amrique du Nord mridionale. Amrique centrale. Antilles. 



33. Dichromena radicans (jiam. et Sculecht. in Linnaea VI (i83i), 38; (1. B. 

 Clarke in Urban Symb. Antill. 11, i p. 102. 



Dichromena piibera et D. nervosn Vaul Ennm. Il (1806), 241 ex p. 



Rhi/nchospora l'ersooniana et llli. Huniboldiiana Griseb. FI. Biil. \V. Ind, Isi. 

 (i864), r.77. 



Aiules centrales ; cultures, Cafelales La Moka et La Camlia prs Anelopolis, dp. 

 Anlioijnia ; endroits Iinmides prs dn l'orce Medellin, dp. Anlioqiiia, ait. i55(j 1800 m ; 

 Mayor G17, \\. et fr. VIll IX ; chemin de Medellin, prs de l'auberge de la Ouiebra, au- 

 dessus de Cisneros, dp. Antioquia, ail. 1470 m ; il/n/yo/- 260, 11. VIll. Distrib. gogr. : 

 Amri([ue centrale et tropicale. 



34- ' Dichromena polystachys Tuiuiill nov. spec. Hadiccs librosae. Culmi ad 

 6 dm alli, caespilosi, apice excepto glabri, slriati. i^'olia linearia, plana, acula, ad 3o cm 

 longa, 4-'> "1"' l;da, snbrigida, pilosa vel fere glabrala, ciliala, nervis obscuris. Bracteae 

 circiler 6, ad l'j cm longae, foliis consimiles; caput i-i,,") cm diamtre, polystachyum ; 

 s|)icnlae congestae, (i mm longae, !\-) nucigerae. (Hii/nae cuiusque spiculae 0-7, ovato- 

 lanceolatae, acntai>, caiiiiatae, 4-5 mm longae, 2 mm latae, glabrae, fusco-stramineae, 

 nervis obscuris. Sla/nina 3, tilamenla ,'> mm longa; antherae lineai'es, 2,.") mm longae. 

 Stylus (ramis inclusis) 4 '""' longns ; rami 2-2, ."1 mm longi. Nn.r angusie obovoidea 

 I mm lala, 0,75 mm diameiro, snlralo-i-ugosa, cellulis extimis lonyiindinaliter oblongis, 

 albostraminea nisi rostro nigro. 



Andes centrales; taillis au-dessous du Cafetal La Camlia prs Aiigelopoiis, dp. An- 

 tinquia, ail. einiron iliito m; Mayor (iiS, il. el I'r. IX. 



The at'finity ot' tliis plant is with D. ciliala N'aui, from wliicli it dill'ers by the more 

 rol)ust babil, bv eacli head liaving niany congesled spikelels, and by tlie smaller nuts. 



3."'>. Rhynchospora cyperoides (Sw.) Mart. in Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Miinch. VI 

 (1816-17), '49; Griseb. FI. Brit. W. Ind. Isl., r)74. 



Schnus cyperoides Sw. Prodr. veg. Ind. occ. (1788), 19. 



rtyiichnspora cyperoides Brillon in Trans. New York Acad. XI (1892), 84 ; C. B. 

 Clarke in l'iban Svmb. Antill. Il, 1 p. loy. 



I Dtermine par M. .M. B. Turrill-Kew. 



