Cyperaceae. 67 



Eggers n. 5891; Trinidad: Crueger n. 45, Fendler u. 904, Lockhart 

 n. 307. 



Distrib. in tropicis et subtropicis fere totius orbis terrarum. 



78. Eleocliaris iiodiilosa Schul tes, rhizomate horizontali, robusto; 

 culmis approximatis, 2 5 dm. longis, 1 -2 mm. latis, spongiosis, sub- 

 teretibus, in sicco saepe transversim pseiidoseptatis; vagina summa apice 

 firma, truncata, in altero latere dente minuto ornata; spicula 10 25 mm. 

 longa, cjlindrica, densissima, purpurascente vel fusca; glumis ovato- 

 oblDgis, ima (vel 2 imis) brevi, magis viridi, vacua, latiore saepe 

 culmum omnino amplectente; setis 6 4, cum nuce subaequilongis, 

 rigidis, retrorsiin scabris, ferrugineis; staminibus 3; stylo 2-fido; nuce 

 cum Y parte glumae aequilonga, piano -convexa, ovoidea, apice pauUo 

 angustata, olivaceo - brunea; stjdobasi parva, compresso - pyramidali, 

 fusco- nigra. 



Eleocliaris nodulosa Sclmltes in JRoem. et Seh. Syst. II Mant. 

 (1824) p. 87; Kunth Enum. II p. 156. 



Eleocharis cnsanguinea Kiinth! Enum. II (1837) p. 148. 



Eleocharis suhnodulosa Steud.f Cyp. (1855) p. 81. 



Eleocharis geniculata Boem. et Seh. Syst. II Mant. (1824) p. 538; 

 non I{. Br. 



Scirpus nodulosus Both Nov. Bl. Sp. (1821) p. 29; Griseb.f Bl. 

 Ciib. p. 239 et Flor. p. 570; Sauv. Cub. n. 2624 p. 175. 



Eleogenus nodulosus Xeesf in Marl. Fl. Bras. II pars I (1842) 

 p. 104; Liehm.! Mexic. Halvgr. p. 57. 



Heleocharis nodulosa BoecL! in Flora XLIII (1860) p. 4 et in 

 Umiaea XXXVI (186970) ^j. 468. 



Isolepis heteromorpha Steud.f Cyp. (1855) p. 100. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 1957, 3374; Hispaniola in pinetis 

 prope Jarabacoa 600 m. alt. et in paludosis Savannah de Cupey 360 m.: 

 Eggers n. 2117, 2710; Portorico prope Guanica ad lagunam circa 

 La Plata frequentissima: Sintenis n. 3833; Antigua: Wullschlaegel 

 n. 703. 



Distrib. in America tropica et tempcrata calidiore sat vulgaris. 



79. Eleocharis acicularis R. Br. rhizomate filiformi; culmis 

 5 15 cm. longis, capillaribus; spicula 3 6 mm. longa, 4 6-flora 

 aut multiflora, castaneo- rubra vel pailidiore fusca; glumis ovato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, ima vacua aut non raro nucigera; setis 3 4 vel 0; stylo 3-fido; 

 nuce cum Y2 Vs P^i'te glumae aequilonga, oblongo-lanccolata, longi- 

 tudinaliter 12 15-striata, et inter strias horizontahtcr trabeculata; stylo- 

 basi parva bulbosa. 



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