11=1900 



Cyperaceae. 139 



Sect. Schixolepis. Disci margo fimbriatiis aut alte serratus. In folii 

 parte superiore margiues praemorsim angustati. 

 Folia 5 mm. lata; planta mediocris 



224. S. porphyrorrhiza C. Wriglit. 

 Folia 3 5 cm. lata; plantae robustae 



Panicula fiisca aut viridis . 225. S. latifoUa Swartz. 

 Panicula pnrpurascens . . 226. arundmacea Kunth. 

 Sect. Becquerelia. Spicia mascula foeminea mito minor, eique arcte 

 adpressa; ceteroquin ut sect. Eu-Sderia. 

 Nux 3 mm. lata, verrucosa . 227. cymosa Boeck. 

 Nux 1^2 11^"^- lata, tuberculata 228. S. tuberculata Boeck. 



199. Scleria Terticillata Willd. praeter vaginas inferiores glabra, 

 radicibus fibrosis; culmis 1 5 dm. longis, gracilibus; foliis 1 3 dm. 

 longis, 1- 2 mm. latis; spica specie simplice, spicularum fasciculis di- 

 stantibus ovoideis; bracteis 6 7 mm. longis, saepe caudatis; spiculis 

 2 4 mm. longis castaneo-rabris, masculis et 2-sexualibus; stylo 3-fido; 

 niice 1 mm. in diam., trigono-globosa, obtusa. albida, undique a lami- 

 nis levibus horizontalibus verrucosa; disco annulari, angusto, fusce fla- 

 vido cum nucis stipite contracto fusco vel proventu vix ullo; nuce non 

 (aut obscure) hypopora. 



Scleria verticillata Willd. 8p. PI. IV (1805) p. 317; Kunth Enum. 

 II p. 353 (syn. Mich, excl.) ; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) 

 p. 445 partijyi. 



Scleria hirtella var. glabrescens Boeck/ ms. in C. Wright n. 3417. 



Hypoporum verticillatum Nees in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 303 (nee 

 Nees in Bonplandia III (1855) p. 87). 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3417 in hb. Krug etUrban (in hb. Kew., 

 DC. partim). 



Distrib. a Canada usqne ad Florida et Texas. 



200. Scleria distans Poir. praeter spiculas glabra, debilis, radi- 

 cibus fibrosis; culmo 20 25 cm. longo, gracili; foliis linearibus; spica 

 specie simplice, 5 cm. longa, fasciculis 6 distantibus, parcius hispido- 

 ciliatis, proventu erectis; bracteis cum spiculis subaequilongis; spiculis 

 4 mm. longis, masculis et 2-sexualibus; stylo 3-fido; nuce 1 mm. in 

 diam., globoso-trigona, perlevi, alba, longius stipitata, in stipitis apice 

 alte porosa; disco annulari, ferrugineo micante. 



Scleria distans Poir. in Lam. Encyc. VII (1806) p. 4; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 353; nee R. Br. 



Scleria hirtella Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 439 par- 

 tim; non Sivartz. 



Sclria tenella Griseb.f PI. Cuh. (1866) p. 249 partim; non Kunth. 



Hypoporum distans Nees in Marl. Fl. Bras. II pars I (1843) 

 p. 171 in nota? 



