CYPERACEAE. 302 ELgoCH ars 
S. Eleocharis plantaginea rn. rr. Radix solonifera, fibris erassis 
spongiosis; culmus erectus teres inferne vaginÂ tenui oblique fissâ 
hine apice ovali cinctus, septis transversis remotiusculis interstinctus 
(2—A-pedalis), septis circiter polliceem distantibus, spicula elongata 
(saepe bipollicaris) subeylindrica angusta acuta, squamis ovato-oblon- 
gis obtusis glabris subtilissime striulatis viridulo-pallidis fusco-punc- 
ticulatis, apice margineque angusto-hyalinis, stylus inaequaliter tri. 
fidus, achaenium setis 6 cinctum. Zleocharis plantaginea R. Br, 
Prodr. 1. p. 224. Kunth l.c. p. 153. Steud, l. c.p. 82. — Scirpus 
plantagineus Retz. Observ. NV. p. 11. — Sc. plantaginoides Rottb. 
Gram. p. 115, tab. XV, fig. 2. — Limnocharis plantaginea Nees 
in Wight Contrib. p. 114. 
Voor-Indië. Madagascar. Marianen. Java, bij Ba- 
tavia (JUNGH.). 
9. Eleocharis equisetina persr. Relig. Hänk. IL. p. 195, Radix re- 
pens; culmus articulatus teres inanis 13-pedalis, basi vaginis 2 apbyl- 
lis purpurascentibus apice ovatis acutis tectus; spicula cylindracea calmo _ 
vix erassior Z-pollicaris, squamis arcte imbricatis elliptico-subrotundis 
uninerviis albidis margine tenuissimo fuscescentibus, infimis subrotuu- 
dis; stylus longus compressus bifidus basi dilatatus; stigmata ciliata 
setae 6 rufescentes achaenium anceps rufescens nitidulum minutissime 
punetieulatum subaequantes. — Luzon. 
10. Eleocharis fistulosa scrnour. Mant. II. p. 89. Kunth L.C. 
155. Culmú triquetri basi vaginati; spicula eylindracea, squamis lat 
apice rotundatis dorso subearinatis multinerviis fuscescentibus, apice 
marginibusque hyalino-albidis, dorso croceo-punctulatis; stylus bifidus 
achaenium subrotundo-obovatum bieonvexo-lenticulare multicostulatum 
subtiliter transverse striulatum pallidum, basi styli brevi-conicÂ com 
planatà ferrugineÂ terminatum; setae 6 retrorse hispidulae achaenio_ 
longiores. Scirpus angulatus Roeb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 216. — Eleocharis 
acutangula Schult. Mant. 1. p. 91, — Limnocharis Nees in Wight 
Contrib. p. 114, Wall. Cat, n. 3453. — Sc. fistulosus Poir. Eneyclop 
VI. p. 149. | 
Madagascar. — Voor-Indië, —?Sunda-Archipel. 
11. Eleocharis tuberosa scuurr. Mant. 1. p. 86. Radix tube- 
rifera, culmi aphylli teretes striulati sammo apice subtrigoní 34 
pedales, dense septati sed septis singulis oetavis vel decimis firmioribus 
extus visibilibus; spicula terminalis cylindrica nuda; squamis oblon” 
gis membranaceo-marginatis, stamina 3, styli basis cordato-tumida; 
