144 CYPERACEAE juss. (Eleocharis.) 



soliiaria, ovato-elliptica, obtusa, ebracteata; squamis ovatis, o]>- 

 tusis, muticis, carinato-coucavis, unincrviis, hyalino-pallitlis, su- 

 perne ad latera sanguineo-nubcculosis, nervo viridulo, apice eva- 

 ucscente ; stvlo profuntle trifido; achenio obovato, interne pla- 

 iiiusculo, extcrne convcxo-obtusangulo, laevi, stramlneo-flavido, 

 iiitido, tubercnlo parvo pallido tcrminato ; sctis 5 v. 6, rctrorsum 

 spinulosis, pallidis. Scirpus simplcx ElUoit. Bot. 1. 76. Beyrich. 

 herh. Boreali-am. Scirpus capitatus JMuehlenh. Descr. 30. — Ame- 

 i'ica borealis, Jamaica. 2\. — Planta jamaiccnsis robustior; squa- 

 mac acutinsculae, viridulo-fusccscentcs, ad carinam lineolis punc- 

 tuliformibus croccis obsitae; achenium pallide castaneum ; setae 

 C, fcrrugincac. Affinis E. tubcrculatac, E. tcnui ct E. obtusae. 



17. E. FILICULMIS. Radice rcpente; culmis caespitosis, fili- 

 formibus, siccis compressis, basi vaginatis, aphyllis; spica soli- 

 laria, crecta, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, ebracteata; squamis ovato- 

 oblongis, obtusis, muticis, uninerviis, subcarinato-navicularibus, 

 dorso fusccscentibus, ferrugineo-lincolatis, margine apiccque hya- 

 lino-albidis, ncrvo apiccm haud attingente; staminibus 3; stylo 

 profunde trifido; achenio obovato, trigono, angulis linea promi- 

 iicnte notatis, lacviusculo, stramineo-albido, basi styli pcrsistcntc 

 abbreviato-pyramidata tcrminato; setulis 4, retrorsum spiuulosis, 

 albidis. Scirpus filiculniis Schrad. in hcrh. reg. Berol. — • Bra- 

 siiia. 2\> • — Squamae intcrdum ad utrumquc latus carinae per 

 ?:onulam longitudinalcm sanguincam nota<ae, sctae 6, pallidc fus- 

 cescentes. Ab E. simplici haud diversa? 



18. E. MONTEVIDENSIS. Kadice repente ; culmis caespito- 

 sis, liliformibus, tcretiusculis, basi vaginatis, aphyllis ; spica so- 

 litaria, erccta, oblongo-cylindracea, obtusa, ebractcata; squamis 

 elliptico-oblongis, apice rotundatis, muticis, uninerviis, subcari- 

 iiato-convexis, hyalino-albidis, infra apicem zona semicirculari fcr- 

 ruginca notatis; ncrvo viridi, apiccm liaud attingente; stamini- 

 bus3?; stylo trifido ; achenio obovato, turgide biconvcxo, antice 

 obtusangulo, punctulato, fcrruginco, nitidulo, basi styli persi- 

 stente depresso-conica terminato ; setis 5 v. 6, i'ctrorsum spi- 

 imlosis, fcrrugincis, achenio brcvioribus. — Montevideo. Sellow 

 lcgit. 2|i — Cuhui 4Jr-pollicarcs, glabri. Vaginae truncatae, in- 

 fcrne ferrugineo-purpurasccntes. Spicac 4-6 lincas longae. Stj- 

 lus trifidus, ferrugineus. Stigmata viliusa. Praecedenti valde 

 affinis. 



19. E. TORTILIS Schiill. Manf. 2. 92. Culmis caespitosis, 

 filiformibus, triaugularibus, exsiccatis spiraliter tortis, vaginatis, 

 aphyllis; spica solitaria, ovata, acuta, cbracteata; squamis ova- 

 tis, oblusis, convexo-carinatis, unincrviis, hyalino-albidis, lateri- 

 bus fcrrugincis, carina viridi, glabris ; stylo trifido ; achcnio ob- 

 ovato-pyrjformi, triangulari, canccllato, slamineo-flavido, tuber- 

 culo minorc conico pyramidato terminato ; setis 6, retrorsum 

 spinulosis, fuscesccutibus. Scirpus tortilis fVilld. herh. no. 1174. 



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