144 C. B. Clarke: 



Hab. in Ciiba: Sagra, C. Wriglit n. 3416'-^, 3800. 



Distrib. a New Jersey usque ad Florida, Mexico; in Guiana, Brasilia 

 usque ad Pernanibnco. 



208. Scleria heniitaphra Steud. fere glabra, rhizomate 0; cirais 

 3 8 dm. longis, pro longitudine gracilioribus; paniculis axillaribus 

 pyramidalibiis, rigidis, saepe 2 4 cm. latis, bracteis secimdariis con- 

 spicue exstantibus; spiculis unisexualibus; stylo 3-fido; nuce IY2 2 mm. 

 longa, ellipsoidea, fenestrata; reticulationibus levibus, sparse temiissime 

 pilosis; disci lobis parvis, ovatis, saepe triagularibus. 



Scleria heinitaphra Steud.! Cyp. (1855) ]). 169. 



Scleria retieulaj'is Sjjreng. Syst. III (1826) p. 831 p)Cirtim; Boeck.! 

 in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 469. 



Scleria bracteata var. angusta Oriseb.! PI. Oub. (1866) p. 249. 



Scleria debilis C. Wright! in Sauv. Oub. (1871) n. 2704 p. 186. 



Scleria Torreyana var. Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) 

 p. 469. 



Scleria seiacea Poir. m Lam. Encycl. VII (1806) p. 4 e descript. 



Scleria niicrantha Poir. Encyc. Suppl. V (1817) p. 108; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 359; e descript. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3416'' in herb. Kew. (Savanna Retiro), 

 n. 3416 herb. Mus. Brit. ; Portorico prope Hato grande in graminosis 

 ad montem Gregorio: Sintenis n. 2718. 



Distrib. in America septentr., austro- Orient., Mexico, Griiatemala. 



209. Scleria lacustris C. Wright, robustior, parum pilosa, radi- 

 cibus fibrosis in aqua natantibus; culmo 8 dm. longo, triquetro, in an- 

 gulis perscabro; fois usque ad 6 dm. longis, 11 mm. latis; paniculis 

 1 2, inferiore longo distante, terminal! 1 dm. longa 6 cm. lata, ramis 

 rigidis, spicularum fasciculis sessilibus paullo distantibus; spiculis Om- 

 nibus 1-sexualibus, fere glabris, fusco-bruneis, foemineis 4 mm. longis; 

 gluma nucigera acuta, vix mucronata; stylo 3-fido; nuce 3 mm. longa, 

 ovoidea, levi, marmorea, alba; disco depresse obpyramidali, pallido, 

 margine angustissimo purpureo subintegro. 



Scleria lacustris C. Wright! in Sanv. Cub. (1871) n. 2700 p. 185. 

 Scleria Junghuhniana Boeck. in Linnaea XXX VIII (1874) p. 499. 

 Hab. in. Cuba: C. Wright. 

 Distrib. Guiana gallica; Java. 



210. Scleria cyi)erina Kunth, glabra, robusta, perennis, culmo 

 6 dm. longo, triquetro, levi; foliis 3 dm. longis, 9 12 mm. latis, 3-ner- 

 viis, vaginis (anguste aut mediocriter) alatis, ligula 9 mm. longa ovata 

 venosa in margine integro scariosa; panicula terminali 6 cm. longa 35 mm. 

 lata, densiuscula; bracteis 3 foliiformibus 5 8 cm. longis 9 mm. latis; 



