108 C. B. Clarke: 



basin sitis, cum Y^ parte culmi aequilongis, 1 2 mm. latis, planis, in 

 margine saepe minuto pilosis, vaginis pilosis; capite sub-8-stachyo; 

 bracteis 3 6, viridibus, basi dilatatis, ima caput superanto, in margine 

 ciliato-pilosa; spiculis 7 mm. longis, oblongis, glabris, Inteo-bruneis, 

 7-glumis, 1-nucigeris; glumis subcorneis, quinta nucigera a sexta 

 pauUum distante; setis 6, nucem paullo superantibus, simpliciter scabris; 

 stylo longissimo, apice breviter 2-fido; nuce cum Y2 parte glumae aequi- 

 longa, oblonge- obovoidea, sessili, apice subito angustata, in facie postica 

 leviter excavata, microscopice muriculata; rostro cum 1/3 parte nucis 

 aequilongo, basi cum nuce fere aequilato, conico, pallido, marginibus 

 incurvis. 



Rhyndiospoi^a liispidula Griseh.! PL Cuh. (1866) p. 245; Sauv. 

 Cub. n. 2672 p. ISl, non Boeck. 



Hhyncliospora Orisebachn Boeck. f ms. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3401. 



Obs. Bhynchospora cephalantlia A. Eich, in Sagra Cub. XI p. 293 ob 

 setas lij^DOgynas piloso-setosas recedit. 



142. Ryncliospora globosa Britton, fere glabra, stolonibus nuliis; 

 culmis 3 7 dm. longis, mediocribus, basi foliigeris, monoceplialis; foliis' 

 2 5 dm. longis, usque ad 5 mm. latis; capite 1 2 cm. in diam., ju- 

 niore anguste obovoideo, proventu globoso spiculis undique stellatis; 

 bracteis caput vix superantibus, ovatis, obtusis, bruneis perrigidis mu- 

 crone brevi; spiculis 6 10 mm. longis, rigidis, 7-glumis, 1-nucigeris; 

 glumis subdistichis obtusis, 4 imis parvis, quinta multum iongiore bi- 

 sexuali, sexta oblonga mascula aut sterili pauUum distante; setis 5 6, 

 nuce parum brevioribus ciliato-plumosis apice scabris; stylo longo, rubre, 

 apice breviter 2-dentato; nuce cum -/s pfirte glumae aequilonga, levi 

 aut in humeris scabro-hispida, fusca; rostro parvulo, cum Ys parte nucis 

 vix aequilongo, bulboso- conico. 



Ryncliospora ylobosa Britton! in Trans. New York Acad. XI 

 (1892) p. 83. 



Rliynchospora globosa Roem. et Seh. Syst. II (1817) p. 89; Kiinth! 

 Enum. II p. 288; Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXVII (1873) p. 538; Oriseb.! 

 Flor. p. 574 et PI. Cub. p. 246; Sauv. Cub. n. 2674 p. 181. 



Rliynchospoi'a alta Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft II (1890) p). 20. 



Chaetospora globosa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. I (1815) p. 230. 



Schoenus globosas Poir. Encyc. Suppl. V (1817) jj. 617 ; Willd. 

 7ns. ex Kunth. 



Cephaloschoenus globosus Nees in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 296. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3403; Trinidad in Piarco Savanna: 

 Broadway n. 5296, Fendler n. 881, Hart n. 1888, 4656, Lockbart. 



Distrib. a Mexico usque ad Paraguay, frequens. 



