﻿BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



SEPTEMBER, 191 5 

 Studies of West Indian plants — VII 



Nathaniel Lord Brixton 



39- THE GENUS SCLERIA Berg. IN CUBA 



The last previous treatment of the Cuban species is that of 

 Mr. C.^B. Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 8-169. 1900. 



A. Hypogynium present. 



rennials, with rootstocks. [Rootstock in S. 



chene smooth. 

 Ligule large, its margin scarious or callous. 



Erect; simple; glabrous. 

 Ligule short, small ; culms erect or spreading. 

 Culms slender; leaves relatively smooth. 

 Panicle red-purple; achene purple to 



Achene papillose. 

 [The Bulletin for August (42: 429-486. pi. 26, 27) was is 



