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(ad Lake Koseaii, alt. 1000 metr.), 547 (locis humidis prope Laiidat), 



852; Martinique: Guyon. 



Distrib. Texas, America centralis, America australis quam tropica tarn 

 temperata. 



75. Elcocliaris eapillacea Kunth, rhizomate pertenui; culmis 

 fasciculatis, 2 5 cm. longis, capillaceis, subquadrangularibus; vagina 

 summa apice stricta, nee scariosa detergibili; spicula 2 3 mm. longa, 

 juniore lineari-cylindrica, 1 4-nucigera, ferruginea; glumis 2 imis 

 spiculam saepe subincludentibus, oblongis vix acutis, scariosis, ima 

 saepius vacua in carina viridiore; setis 4 6, cum nuce subaequi- 

 longis, retrorsim scabris, ferrugineis; staminibus 2 1; style 2-fido; 

 nuce cum ^/r, parte glumae subaequilonga, obovoidea, piano -convexa, 

 levi, castanea; stjlobasi parva, conica. 



Eleocharis eapillacea Kunth Enum. II (1837) p. 139; Sagra Fl. 

 Cuh. XI p. 288. 



Scirpus capillaccus Gr/seb. PI. Cuh. (1866) j). 239. 



Chaetoeypervis capillaceus Nees in Marl. Fl. Bra.s. II pars 1 (1842) 

 p. 93. 



Heleocliaris eapillacea Boeek.I in lnyiaea XXXVI (1869 70) 

 p. 434. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright. 



Distrib. in America, a Carolina usque ad Paraguay. 



76. Eleocliaris atropurpiirea Kunth, annua, culmis 5 15 cm. 

 longis, tenuibus, striatis; vagina apice herbacea, nee scariosa deter- 

 gibili; spicula 3 8 mm. longa, ovoidea, aut cylindrica, atropurpurea ; 

 glumis polyspiris, late eilipticis, obtusis, caducis, ima paullo majore, 

 magis viridi, vacua; setis 7 5 (vel paucioribus vel nullis), retrorsim 

 scabris, albis (raro pallide cinnamomeis); stylo 2-fido; nuce cum Y2 V3 

 parte glumae aequilonga, obovoidea, plano-convexa, atro- castanea; stylo- 

 basi minima, bulboso- conica. 



Eleocliaris atropurpurea Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 151; J.Gay! 

 in Flora XXV (1842) p. 641; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. 

 VI p. 627. 



Eleoeharis Leyr^sehii Shuttlew.! in Flora XX (1837) p. 241. 



Eleocharis capitata var. . Torrey in Ann. Lycenm Neiv York III 

 (1836) p. 305. 



Scirpus atropurjnireus Hetz. Obs. V (1789) p. 14. 

 Scirpus ocreatus Griseb.! PI. Cuh. (1866) p. 239. 



Isolepis atropurpurea Poem, et Seh. Syst. II (1817) p. 106; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 190. 



Isolepis alloehroa et I. dicliroa Steud. Cyp. (1855) p. 91. 



UrDan, Svmb. ant. II. K 



