148 C. B. Clrke: 



latis, vaginarum aus 1 mm. latis aut 0, ligula depresse ovata; paniculis 

 in 1 terminalem approximatis, pyramidatis, rigidis, densis, niinute pilosis, 

 canescenti-viridibus; spiculis brevissime pedicellatis, unisexualibus, foe- 

 mineis 4 5 mm. longis, glumis in margine pilosis; stylo 3-fido; nuce 



2 2Y2 nim. in diam., globosa, levi, alba; disci lobis 3, perbrevibus, 

 latis, pallidis, laxe patulo-reflexis. 



Scleria scindens Nees! in Lijinaea IX (18S4) p. 303; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 343; Oriseb.! Fl. Ouh. p. 249 et Flor. p. 578; Boeck. in 

 Limiaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 505. 



Scleria scaberrima Boeck. I Cyp. Novae. Heft II (1890) p. 11. 



Cutgrass Vinc. ex Egg. 



Hab. in Antillis: Eggers n. 287, hb. Mus. Paris n. 303; Cuba: 

 C. Wright n. 726 partim; Tortola: Eggers n. 3218; Guadeloupe, hau- 

 teurs des Trois Rivieres: Duss n. 3110; Dominica: Imray; Marti- 

 nique: Duss n. 446; St. Lucia: Anderson, Ramage (alt. 300 metr.); 

 St. Vincent in sylvis mont. Montrose Hills: Eggers n. 6596. 



217. Scleria caiiesceiis Boeck. robusta, culmo 610 dm. longo; 

 foliis 6 :8 dm. longis 1 cm. latis, in margine retrorsum scabris manus 

 secantibus, vaginis exalatis apice pilosis, ligula depresso- triangulr!; 

 panicula 24 cm. longa 8 cm. lata, cylindrica densa; spiculis unisexuali- 

 bus, subsolitariis, fusce castaneo- purpureis, foemineis 4 5 mm. longis, 

 glumis nucigeris fere glabris; stylo 3-fido; nuce 3 4 mm. longa, ellip- 

 soidea, levi, alba; disci lobis 3, latis brevibus, pallidis, reflexis. 



Scleria canescens Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) p. 37. 



Cortadera Po7't. ex Sint. 



Hab. in Porto rico: Blauner n. 252, inter Cayey et Guayama 

 700 m. alt.'- 0. Kuntze n. 504, in Sierra de Luquillo in regione supe- 

 riore montis Jimenes: Sintenis n. 1383. 



218. Scleria l)racteata Cav. robusta, saepe pilosa, rhizomate 

 horizontali crasso; culmo 6 10 dm. longo, triquetro, fere levi; foliis 



3 dm. longis 12 mm. latis, caudatis, vaginis vix alatis, ligula breviter 

 ovata; paniculis partialibus pluribus, superioribus densis masculis poly- 

 stachyis, inferioribus foemineis multo minus densis conspicue bracteatis; 

 stylo 3-fido; nuce 2 mm. in diam., globosa, transversim verrucosa vel 

 subtuberculosa, pilosula, proventu fuscescente interdum decolorata fere 

 baccante; disco obpyramidali rubro, marginis nee ciliati nee fimbriati 

 lobis 3 in lineam undulatam brevem fere concretis. 



Scleria bracteata Cav. Ic. V (1799) p. 34 t. 457; Kunth Enum. 

 II p. 345; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 515; Griseb.! 

 Flor. p. 579; C. B. Clarke in Hook, f Fl. Brit. Ind. V p. 694. 



Scleria floribanda H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. I (1815) p. 233. 



