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60. Mariscus briiiieus C. B. Clarke, glaber, rliizomate horizontali, 

 3 mm. in diam.; culmis 1 6 dm. longis; foliis culmiim saepe superau- 

 tibus, usque ad 5 6 mm. latis, lentis nee transversim lineolatis; um- 

 bellae radiis paiicis, 2 cm. longis; bracteis 4, usque ad 1 3 dm. 

 longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spicis 10 18 mm. in diam., ovoideis, 

 usque ad 24-stachyis, densis, bruneis aut sanguineo-tinctis; spiculis 

 usque ad 1 cm. longis 2 3 mm. latis, 5 8-nucigeris vix carinatis, 

 ovatis obtusis, nervo medio viridi brevissime excurrente, per totam fere 

 latitudinem conspicue 17 21-striatis; nuce cum Yj parte glumae aequi- 

 longa, obovoidea, acutius ti'igona; stylo quam nux multo breviore, ra- 

 mis 3 longis multum exsertis. 



Cypcrus brunneiis Sivartz Fl. Ind. Occid. I (1797) p. 116 partim; 

 Kunth Enum. II p. 104; Sagra Fl. Cuh. XI p. 287 ; Oriseb. Kar. 

 p. 119, Flor. p. 565 partim et PI. Cuh. p. 237; Sauv. Cuh. n. 2584 

 p. 172. 



Cyperiis ruhicmidus Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 308; non Kunth. 



Cyperus Ottonis Boeck.f in Lijinaea XXXVI (1869 70) p. 350 

 partim; Duss Flor. p. 539. 



Cyperus discolor Boeck.I Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 7. 



Cypcrus Krugii Boeck.f Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 8. 



Cyperus glaucus Boeck.f ms. pro magna parte. 



Cyperus Slocme Jamaica I p. 116 t. 74 figg. 2, 3. 



Hab. in Cuba: ugel n.J99, Sagra n. 10, C. Wright n. 3361; 

 Jamaica: Piirdie, Swartz, W. Wright; Cayman: Fawcett; Portorico: 

 Forster, Sintenis n.842, 842^ 1308^ 3302'', 3419, 5694, 6690, hb. Vahl; 

 St. Thomas: Eggers n. 534; Guadeloupe: Bertero, Duchassaing n. 13; 

 Martinique: Duss n. 695, 709, 765; St. Vincent: Anderson; Barba- 

 dos: Anderson. 



Distrib. in Florida, America centrali, Fernando Noronha. 



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61. Mariscus i)iirpurasceiis C. B. Clarke, glaber, rhizomate brevi, 



oblique; culmis 4 8 dm. longis; foliis usque ad 1 nietr. longis, 1 cm. 

 latis; umbella 15 cm. in diam., locupleti, composita ac saepius decom- 

 posita, spicis numerosis densa; bracteis usque ad 6 dm. longis, cum 

 foliis consimilibus; spicis 7 30-stachyis, laxiusculis; spiculis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, 10 12 mm. longis, ly., mm. latis, 10 12-nucigeris, rubro- 

 bruneis; glumis nucigeris navicularibus, proventu laxiuscule imbricatis, 

 ovatis, obtusis, subunicoloribus; nuce cum y, parte glumae fere aequi- 

 longa, obovoidea, trigona, cinereo-brunea; stylo cum nuce aequilongo, 

 ramis 3 linearibus perlongis. 



Cyperus ])urpurascens Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 359; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 92; Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVI (186970) p. 348. 



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