CYPERACEAE jlss. (Eleocbaris.) 143 



iiisi fnisiulum uiiicum cxiguum macrum \i\ lioi-l). Moycni suji- 

 petebat. 



13. E. ALBIBRACTEATA Nees nh Esenb. et Mey. in Linnaea 

 9. 294. Culmo brcvissimo, qua<lrani;ulari ; spicula ovata; squa- 

 mis ovatis, obiusis, iiifima steriii ])alli<la(]ue; caryopsi lciitioi- 

 lari-aiicipiti, punciato-siriata, luiea, hasi pcrsistcnic (liscrciaquc 

 siyli coronala. Nees cl Mnj. Limnocliaris all)ibracieaia JVecs ah 

 Esenh. el Meyen mss. — I^eruvia. — Railix rcpcns. Spicula tcr- 

 minalis. Siamina 3. Siylus irifitlus. Caryopsis plano-convc.va, 

 orbicularis , marginc acuio, conferiim punciato-striaia, luica, 

 styli pcrsisientis basi conic.i siriolaia (liscrcia basique margine 

 acuto cincta coronaia. Seiae 6, longiiudine caryopseos, fulvae, 

 retrorsum bispidac. Intcr confines distinciissima, cxigua, ciilmis 

 recurvis, spiciila pro planiac siaiura grandiuscula, vufo - fusca, 

 squamis margine albo clci;aiiicr cinciis. (Nccs et Mcy.) INonnisi 

 fragmenta incompleia biijus planiac in berbario Meyeniano vidi, 

 quorum dcscripiio scquiiur: Culmi sciacei, striati, basi vagi- 

 uaii, apbylli, l-lo-i»ollicarcs. Spica soliiaria, ovaia, pauciflora. 

 Squamae ovatae, obiusae, carinaiac, laieribus ferrugineo-sangui- 

 iieac, intcrdum totac stramineo-albidac. Stylus trifulus^ fuscus, 

 basi incrassaius. Seiulae rctrorsum bispidulae, albidae. E. co-> 

 siulaiae simillima, iiisi cadem. 



14. E. DEBlLis. Culmis cacspitosis, subcapillaribus, gla- 

 bris , basi vaginatis , apbyllis ; spica soliiaria , erecia , ova- 

 ta, acuta, subl5-flora, cbracteaia; squamis ovato-ellipticis, 

 obiusis, uninerviis, subcarinato-navicularibus, pallide fuscis, ca- 

 rina viridi; siaminibus 3; siylo bipariiio ; acbcnio obovaio, bi- 

 convexo, lacviusculo. fuscescenti-luteo, niiidulo, basi styli abbre- 

 viato-conica tcrminaio; sciis 7 v. 6, rctrorsum spinulosis, fus- 

 cescentibus. — Rio ,Taneiro. Sellow legit. — Culmi 4-8-pollica- 

 rcs, laxi^ angulaii?, glabri. Vaginae siraminco-pallidae, acuia- 

 tae. Spicae duas lincas longae. Stylus fcrrugincus. Acbciiia 

 fuscescenti-Iuica vcl olivacca. Hinc E. chaetariae et E. acicu- 

 lari, inde E. reclinaiae affiiiis, ab iis iamcn sat distincta styli ct 

 fructus siruciura. 



15. E. KECLlNATA. Culmis caespitosis, filiformibus, sulca- 

 tis, basi vaginatis, aphyllis, recurvatis; spica soliiaria, erccia, 

 ovata, acuia, muliiflora, ebracteata; squamis convexo-carinaiis, 

 oblongis, obiusis, muticis, uninerviis, ncrvo apiccm haud atiin- 

 gente, carina viridi, laici-ibus byalino-pallidis, superne fcrrugineis ; 

 stylo irifldo ; acbenio obovaio, trigono, subtilissiine transversim 

 undulato, lutcolo, niiido, basi siyli conico-subulaia rostraio ; se- 

 tis 6, reirorsum spinulosis, pallidis. Scirpus reclinaius JieyricJi. 

 herb. Boreali-americ. Scirpus pusillus TVillJ. herb. no. 1171. jfol. 

 1. (iiec. Vahl.) — Virginia, ad ripas fluvii Holston. ■ — Sia- 

 niina 2? 



16. E. SIMPLEX Dietr. Spec. 2. 78. Radice repente; foliis 

 caespiiosisj filiformibus, tereiibusj basi vaginatis, aphyllis; spica 



