44 C. B. Clarke: 



latis; Limbella simplice, raro ad caput 1 reclucta, radiis 8, iisque 

 ad 2 7 cm. longis; bracteis 3 6, iisque ad 10 15 cm. longis, cum 

 foliis consimilibus; spicis ovoideis, 7 15 mm. longis, fuscis; spiculis 

 maturis 6 mm. longis, usque ad 3 5-nucigeris; stylo 3-fido; nuce 

 cum Y2 Vs P^i'te glumae aequilonga, anguste obovoidea. 



Mariscus echinahis Elliott Bot. S. Carol. I (1816) p. 75 t. 3 fig. 1. 



Mariscus ovularis Kunth Enum. II p. 121 partim; Vcil Enum. 

 II p. 357 partim i. e. exemphmi Portoricense. 



Cyperus glohidosus Aubl. Quiana I (1775) p. 47. 



Cijperus croceus Vahl Enum. II (IS 06) p. 357. 



Cyperus Baldwinii Torrey in Ann. Lyceimi Neiv York III (1836) 

 p. 270. 



Cyperus cyclostachyus Griseb.f Flor. (1864) p. 567. 



Cyperus echinatus Britton in Bull. Torrey Club XV (1888) p. 99. 



Cyperus paniceus Boeck.f ms. in Eggers n. 431, 7ninime Mariscus 

 pa?iiceus Vahl. 



Sloane Jamaica I p. 119 t. 79 fig. 1. 



Hab. in Jamaica: March n. 15; Portorico ad Playa de Humacao 

 locis uliginosis: Eggers n. 431, 588. 



Distrib. in America septentr. orientali frequens; etiam in eqiiinoctiali. 



48. Mariscus tetrag'Oims C. B. Clarke, glaber, rliizomate brevi, 

 liorizontali ; culmis 4 10 dm. longis, mediocribus aut robustioribus, 

 apice triquetris scabris; foliis culmo parum brevi oribus, 4 6 mm. latis; 

 umbellae simplicis radiis 5 10 cm. longis; bracteis 5 8 usque ad 

 15 25 cm. longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spicis in apice uniuscujus- 

 que radii paucis digitatis vel solitariis, 3 cm. longis 1 cm. latis, exacte 

 cylindricis, subcastaneo-bruneis; spiculis distautibus, rectangulatim pa- 

 tulis, 6 mm. longis IY2 i^im- latis, 3 5-nucigeris, tetragonis; glumis 

 nucigeris navicularibns, ovatis, obtusis vix mucronulatis, 7-nerviis; stylo 

 3-fido; nuce cum 2/^ sy^ parte glumae aequilonga, late oblonga aut 

 subellipsoidea, trigona. 



Cyperus tetragonus Elliot Bot. S. Carol. I (1816) p. 71; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 113. 



Cyperus anceps Liebm. Mexic. Ilalvgr. (1850) p. 25; Griseb. PI. 

 Cub. p. 238 et Flor. p. 567; Sauv. Cub. 7i. 2591 p. 172. 



Cyperus amphekes Steud. Cyp. (1855) p. 56. 



Cyperus mariinicensis Boeck.f Cyp. Novae. Heft 2 (1890) p. 38; 

 Duss Flor. p. 542. 



Hab. in Cuba: fide Liebmannn; Jamaica: "Wullschlaegel n. 1126; 

 Martinique: Duss n. 471. 



Distrib. in America septentr. orientali et Mexico sat frequens. 



