11-1900 



Cyperaceae. 73 



Heleocharis SchenckU Boech.! Cyp. Novae. Heft II (1890) j). 13. 

 Heleocharis grandis Boeck.f ms. in C. Wright n. 3373. 

 Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3373; Trinidad: Cmeger n. 1806. 

 Distrib. Venezuela, Guiana, Pernambuco. 



90. Eleocliaris melaiioeari)a Torrey, rhizomate brevissimo; cul- 

 mis caespitosis, 2 4 dm. longis, gracilibus; vagina summa truncata, 

 in altero latere a dente parvo ornata; spicula 6 12 mm. longa, ellip- 

 soidea, densa; glumis obtusis, bruneis in dorso luteis, ima vacua bractei- 

 formi; setis 5 4, cum Y3 parte nucis vix aequilongis; stylo 3-fido; 

 nuce cum 2/. parte gluraae aequilonga, obpyramidali, apice truncata non 

 angustata, levi, castauea; stylobasi cum nuce aequilata, depressa, alba. 



Eleocliaris melanocarpa Torreg in Ann. Lgceum Netv York III 

 (1836) iJ. 311 (ncc p. 441), et Fl. New York II p. 520. 



Heleocharis melanocarpa Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 70) 

 p. 445. 



Scirpns fnelanocarpits Baldivin ms. fiele Torreg, non Griseh. 



Hab. in ins. Bermuda: fide Hemsley. 



Distrib. a Massachusetts usque ad Florida, Georgia. 



91. Eleocliaris albida Torrey, rhizomate tenuissimo, pallido; 

 culmis 5 25 cm. longis, gracilibus; vagina summa stricta, apice in 

 altero latere lauceolato-producta; spicula 5 12 mm. longa, cylindrica, 

 multiflora, straminea; glumis ovatis, obtusis, ima multo latiore culmuni 

 amplectente persistente; setis 6, nucem superantibus, retrorsim scabris, 

 rubre -bruneis; stylo 3-fido; nuce trigona, obovoidea apice multum an- 

 gustata, levi, brunea (luteo- castaneo- vel olivaceo-tincta); stylobasi 

 parva, bulbiformi, pallida. 



Eleocliaris albida Torreg in Ann. Lyceiim New York III (1836) 

 p. 304. 



Eleocliaris siinplex KiDiih Enmn. II (1837) p. 143, non Dicir. 



Isolepis apliglla Boeck.f in Flora XLI (1858) p. 417. 



Heleocharis albida Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 70) 

 p. 442^ sgn. E. Engelmanni excl. 



Hab. in ins. Bermuda: Moseley; Jamaica: Mac Nab. 



Distrib. in America septentrionali et Mexico. 



92. Eleocliaris moiitaiia oem. et Seh. rhizomate robustiore; 

 culmis 1 3 dm. longis, gracilibus; vagina summa apice truncata mar- 

 ginata, dente lineaii in altero latere sub margine saepissime exstante; 

 spicula 5 11 mm. longa, 12 40-flora; glumis ovatis, vix acutis; 

 setis 6- 5, nucem saepe superantibus, retrorsim scabris, cinnamomcis; 

 stylo 3-fido; nuce obovoidea, apice multum angustata, levi minutc 

 granulari, aurea; stylobasi parva conica. 



