CYPERACEAE juss. (Schoemis.) 335 



mlnores, vaciiac, saiigninco-fcrnii^incac, apiccm vcrsus margliio 

 alho-lanatac. Filamcnta 3, pcrsistcntia, clongata, hyalino-alhida. 

 Ovarium pyrifornic, trigonuin. Styhis trifitlus, acfjualis, dcci- 

 duus, fcrrugincus. S(ii;mata villosa. Achcnium (inimaturum) 

 suhpyriforinc, triangularc, apice Tctusuiu, punctuhito-scahratuni, 

 rugulosum, pallide fuscum. (Descript. secundum spccimina a 

 Desfont. mccum communic.) 



3. S, I5REVIFOLIUS Brown. Prod. 231. JVees ah Esenh. in 

 Sieh. As^ost. n. 7 et in Linnuea 9. 298. Cuhno simplici, te- 

 reti, cxsulco, aphyllo; vaginis haseos imbcrhihus, foliolo longio- 

 rihus; fascicnlis plurihus, alternis; spiculis rcctis, pcdiccUo tri- 

 plo loiigioribus, suhtrifloris ; squamis margine parum ciliatis. 

 Brown. — Nova Ilollaiulia. — Spicae lanccolatae, comprcssius- 

 culae, hiflorae. Squamae 8, disticho-imbricatac; 5 inferiorcs 

 gradatim breviores (ovatae), vacuac; trcs superiores florcs am- 

 plcctcntcs, ovato-oblongac, obtusac, carinato-navicularcs, uniner- 

 viac, sanguinco-castancae, glabrac, apiccm vcrsus ciliatac. Sta- 

 mina 3. Antherac lincarcs, flavidac; appcndice elongata, ob- 

 tusa. Ovarium ohloiigum. Slylus trifidus, fcrrugincus. Stig- 

 mata villosa. Fructus mih: adhuc ignotus. (Dcscript. secundum 

 spccimen Sicb.) 



4. S. MELANOSTACIIYS BroivH. Prod. 231. {Nees ah Escnh. 

 in Sieh. Agrost. n. 3 et in Linnaea 9. 298?). Culmo simplici, 

 tercti, exsulco, aphjllo; panicula coarctata; splculis suhumhella- 

 tis, falcatis, pcdicello parum longiorihus, subtrifloris; squamis 

 margine nudiusculis. Brown. — JNova HoIIandia. 



5. S. VILLOSUS Brown. Prod. 231. Culmo simplici, fe- 

 rcti, foliato; foliis canaliculatis; vaginis ore lanatis; spiculis al- 

 tcrnatim congcstis, scssilibus, rcctis, acutissimis ; squamis mar- 

 gine villosissimis. Brown. Chactospoi*a villosa Nees ah Esenh. 

 in Sieh. Agrosl. n. 2G et in Linnaea 9. 299 (excl. syn. BroivnJ)? 

 — Nova HoIIandia. — Spicae oblongo-lanccolatae, coniprcssius- 

 culae, biflorae; flos superior praccocior; rhachcola supcrne flc- 

 xuosa. Squamac circitcr 11, disficho-inibricatae, acutae, unincr- 

 viae, convexae, cbartaceae, sanguinco-castancae, glabrae, margine 

 longe villosae; 5 inferiorcs gradatim minorcs, vacuac; 3 intcr- 

 mcdiae distantes, ovato-oblongae, florcs duos includentcs; 3 tcr- 

 minalcs ahhrcviatae, imperfcctac, hyalinae, se mutuo involvcn- 

 tes. Filamcnta 3, pcrsistentia, longissima, hyalino-alha. Ova- 

 rium ohlongum, triangulare. Stylus 1, ...., basi acqualis, fer- 

 rugineus, deciduus. Fructus (immaturus) stipitatus, ohlique ova- 

 tus, inacquilatero-triangularis, ohfusus, transvcrse undulafo-ru- 

 gosus, pallidus. (Dcscript. sccundum specimen Sieber.) 



6. S. ACmilXATUS Brown. Prod. 231. Culmo filiforml, 

 comprcsso, striato, foliato ; foliis sctacco-canaliculatis ; vagiiia 

 imhcrbi; ligula obfusa; spiculis altcrnatim 2-3, pedunculatis, 

 acuminatis, subbifloris; squamis imherhibus. Brown. — Nova 

 IloJlaudia. 



