11-T900 



Cyperaceae. 81 



Distrib. per Africatn (cum Madagascar) vulgatissima; in Venezuela, 

 Gniaua et Mexico (?) perrara. 



Obs. Species inter omnes Fimhristylidis culmo fols glumis hispidulis 

 facile recognoscenda, quam ob rem cum speciebus (variis) Bulhostylidis saepis- 

 sime confusa. Stylobasis pyramidalis concolor (pallida) cum stylo caduca 

 cum Fimhristylide congruit; stylobasi parva disciformi discolorata in nuce 

 relicta Bulhostylis distat. In Fimhr. exili nihilominus diversitas inter Fimbri- 

 stylidsm et Bulbostylidem sedem habet, 



102. Fimbristylis miliaeea Yahl, annua, glabra, culmo 2 6 dm. 

 longo, apice 4 5-angulari; fols saepe cum Y2 pai'te culmi aeqiii- 

 longis, Vagina summa interdum aphylla, rarius culmo omnino aphyllo; 

 umbella 10 100-stacbya, saepius composita; bracteis 1 4 cm. longis; 

 spiculis solitariis, subglobosis, 2 4 mm. longis, obtusis, castaneis aut 

 bruneis; glumis polyspiris, dense sitis, ovatis, subacutis; stylo 3-fido, 

 sub trifurcatione villoso; nuce cum 2/, parte glumae aequilonga, ob- 

 ovoidea, trigona, transversim lineata, straminea aut pallide brunea, levi 

 aut plus minus tuberculata. 



Fimhr istylis miliaeea Vahlf Ennm. II (1806) p. 287; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 230; BoecL! in Linnaea XXXVII (1871) p.43; Liebm.f 

 Mexic. Halvgr. p. 51; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI ij. 644. 



Scirpus miliaceus Thunh. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 37; Griseb.f PI. Cub. 

 p. 240; Sanv. Cub. n. 2639 p. 177 ; nee Linn. herb, propr. 



Scirpus n. 77, Rotth. Descr. et Ic. (1773) p. 57 t 5 fig. 2. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3772; Portorico prope Yabucoa in 

 arenosis litoralibus: Sintenis n. 4947. 



Distrib. in tropicis orbis terrarum;. in Asia et Oceania copiosa, in 

 Africa et America rara. 



103. Fiinbristylis comi)laiiataLink, glabra, rhizomate brevissimo 

 aut nullo; culmo 2 6 dm. longo, apice 4-angulari compresso; fols 

 saepius 1 2 dm. longis, 4 6 mm. latis, apice subito angustatis; um- 

 bella 20 150-stachya; bracteis 2, umbella multo brevioribus, suberectis, 

 cum fols consinlibus; spiculis solitariis, 6 mm. longis 2 mm. latis; 

 glumis ovatis, pleiospiris, obtusis aut acutis; stylo 3-fido, glabro; nuce 

 parvula, angustius obovoidea, trigona, transversim lineata, luteo-brunea, 

 minute tuberculata rarius levi. 



Fimbristylis complanata Link Hort. Berol. I (1827) p. 292; 

 Kiuith Enum. II p. 228; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI 

 p. 646. 



Fimbristylis autumnalis var. a Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVII 

 (1871) p). 38. 



Fimbristylis Rudgeana Steiid. Cyp. (1855) p. 115. 



Fimbristylis conferta . Rieh, in Sagra Fl. Cub. XI (1850) p. 291. 



Uiban, Symb. ant. II. G 



