11-1900 



Cyperaceae. 115 



spiculis numerosis, subsolitariis, 7 8 mm. logis, ovato-lanceolatis, 

 1-nucigeris, bruneis; glumis vix mucronatis; setis 3 5, nucem vix 

 superantibus; stylo longo, brevissime 2 -Mo; nuce late ellipsoidea, levi, 

 tenuiter cancellata, castaneo- rubra; rostro elongato-conico, nigrescente. 



Rhynchospoi^a aristata Boech.f in Flora XL (1857) p. 36 et in 

 Limiaea XXXVII (1873) p. 639. 



Rhynchospora flo7nda Griseb.I Flor. (1864) p. 575. 



Bkynchospora Schiedeana var. elojigata Boeck.I in Engler Jahrb. 

 I (1881) p. 364. 



Rhyjichospora Cruegeriana et R. Eggersiana Boeck.I Oyp. Novae. 

 Heft II (1890) p. 26. 



Hab. in Jamaica, Catherines Peak 1500 m. alt: Eggers n. 3596; 

 Trinidad: Crueger. 



Distrib. Mexico, Venezuela. 



V 155. Rynchospora uiziaiia var. triceps K. Schum. ms. fere 

 glabra, elata, panicula 4 dm. longa, pedunculis 3 4 cm. exsertis, ri- 

 gidis, scabris; paniculis partialibus in spicas oblongo-cylindricas compo- 

 sitas plus minus contractis, ramulis (imo proventu) stricte erectis; spi- 

 culis 6 7 mm. longis, ellipsoideo-lanceolatis, 1-nucigeris, bruneis aut 

 castaneis; 3 5 setis nuce parum brevioribus, antice scabris, ferrugi- 

 neis; stylo longo, breviter 2-dentato; nuce IY2 mm. longa, obscurius 

 longitudinaliter costata, subtrabeculata, pallide brunea; rostro cum ^/^ 

 parte nucis aequilongo, a basi angusta conica lineari, cinerascente. 



Rhynchospora triceps Boeck.I in linnaea XXXVII (1873) 

 p. 642. 



Rhynchospora qiiadrispicata Boeck.I Oyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) 

 p. 28. 



Rhy7ichospo7'a quinqitesjncata Boeck.I l. c. Heft I (1888) p. 29. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Swartz. 



Distrib. R. Ruixiana Boeck. in Novo - Granata , Ecuador, Bolivia. 



156. Rynchospora coryiiibiformis Britton, glabra, radicibus 

 fibrosis; culmo 3 6 dm. longo; corymbis axillaribus terminalique 

 30 40-stachyo laxis; spiculis 5 6 mm. longis, 1 IY2 mm. latis, 

 multi-nucigeris; glumis ovatis, triangulari-acutis; setis 0; stylo lineari, 

 ramis 2 longis; nuce parvula, globosa, compressa, transversim rugosa; 

 rostro cum nuce fere aequilongo, ovoideo acuminato, juniore viridi. 



Rynchospora corymbiformis Brittoni in Trans. Neiv York Acad. 

 XI (1892) p. 86. 



Rhynchospora ignorata Boeck. I in Engl. Jahrb. V (1884) p. 508. 



ScirjJus corymbiferus C. Wrightl in Sauv. Gab. (1871) n. 2630 

 p. 176. 



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