50 C. B. Clarke: 



58. Msiriscus flabcllifonnis H. R. K. glabor, rhizomate perbrevi, 

 obliquo; culmis 3^ ^5 dm. loiigis, gracilioribus; foliis culmo saej3e longiori- 

 bus, 3 mm. latis; iimbella simplice, radiis 2 8 brevibus, saepiiis 2 cm. 

 longis; bracteis 4 6, usque ad 1 2 dm. longis, cum foliis consimili- 

 bus; spicis 15 mm. longis, 15 10 mm. latis, ovoideis aut cylindricis, 

 densis, viridibus fuscesccntibus; spiculis viilgo 7 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, 

 linearibus, 3 8-niiciferis, proventii rcctangulatim divaricatis, nume- 

 rosis distantibus; gliimis nucigeris ellipticis, obtasis, nervis 5 7 viri- 

 dibus; nuce cum Y3 ' parte glumae acquilonga, lineari obloiiga; styli 



ramis 3. 



Mariscus flahclliformis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. I (1815) p. 215. 



Oyperus flahellifonnis Spreng. Syst. I (1825) p. 228; non Rotth. 



Cype7-us caracasanus Kunth (?) Eniim. II p. 86; Boeck. in Lin- 

 naea XXXVI (186970) p. 358. 



Cyperus platystachyus Gnseb.f Flor. (1864) p. 567. 



Cyperus subulatus Nees! in Flora XI (1828) j;. 335; nee Nees 

 in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 285. 



Oyperiis Ilartii Boeck.! Oyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 9; Duss 

 Flor. p. 539. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Eggers n. 3453, 3710, Hart n. 759, March, 

 Swartz; Martinique: Duss n. 450^'; Trinidad: Hart n. 3405. . 



Distrib. in Africa tropica, Java, Polynesia, America centrali, late sparsa. 



59. Mariscus coiifertus C. B. Clarke, glaber, rhizomate 3 cm. longo, 

 repente (vel planta interdnm primo anno florens); culmis 1 4 dm. longis, 

 mediocribus; foliis cum culmis saepe aequilongis, 3^4 mm. latis; um- 

 bella simplice radiis paucis 1 6 cm. longis vel saepe in caput 1 con- 

 tracta; bracteis 1 2 dm. longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spicis 1 cm. 

 longis et latis, densis, viridibus proventu lutescentibus; spiculis 6 mm. 

 longis 2 mm. latis, miiltum compressis, 3 12-nim breviter spicatis, 

 4 9 -nucigeris; glumis nucigeris navicularibus, ovatis, acutis, mucrone 

 parvo pauUo recurvato; staminibus 3 2; nuce cum V2 Vs P^^i'te glu- 

 mae aequilonga, obtuse obovoidea, trigona, lutea proventu brunescente; 

 styli ramis 3. 



Oyperns confertus Sivartz Prod. (1788) p. 20 et Fl. Ind. Occid. 

 I p. 115; Knnth Emtm. II p. 23; Griseh.! Flor. p. 563 pro parva 

 parte; Boeck.! in Li?maea XXXV (186768) p. 514. 



Cyperus dissitifloriis et C. hiuncialis N. J. Anderss. in Ilandl. 

 Kong. Akad. Stockh. (185355) p. 153, 156. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Harris n. 6641, March, AVright (alt. 700 pcd.); 

 Haiti: Poiteau; Portorico: Sintenis n. 3714, 5465''; St. Thomas: 

 Eggers n. 833^, Hornemann n. 104; Martinique: Duss n. 46, 453. 



Distril). in Colombia, Venezuela, ins. Galapagos. 



