Heleocharis. cyperace^ 887 



glumis fere omnino membranaceis distinctam autumat. Ulterius observanda. 

 tspicula (florifera) 4 lineas tantum longa. 



4. H. macrantha (Bockel. Linn. XXXVI, p. 453) rhlzomate 

 fibroso, culmis erectis gracillimis obsolete quadrangulis sulcato-stria- 

 tis, vaginis basilaribus elongatis ore subobliquis, spicuia 4.erminali 

 erecta ovata obtusa pauciflora, glumis pallidis albo-marginatis lan- 

 ceolatis obtusiusculis inferiore cseteris simili et parum breviore basin 

 spiculae amplexante, stigmatibus ternis, nucula obovata triangulari 

 angulis prominentibus obsolele reticulata straminea, slyli basi 

 subulato-conicH haud perspicue discreta, setis 4 caryopsi subsequi- 

 longis obsolete retrorsum scabridis %. — Scirpus hexatrichus Ehr. 

 Mss. 



Hab. in Syria littorali ad Gisr el Hajar prope Berythum (Ehrenb !). V. sp. 

 in Mus. Berol. 



Fere pedalis, culmi eis I{. palusirts tenuiores, spicula multo brevior 4-6- 

 flora vix tres lineas longa, glumse multo minus insequales inferiores lanceo- 

 latae nec ovatse. Stigmata tria et caryopsis triquetra nec biconvexa. Ex unico 

 specimine nota et ulterius observanda. 



5. K. ovata (Rolh Tent. 2, p. 562 sub Scirpo) annua cespitosa, 

 caulibus fasciculatis erectis slriatis subcompressis, basi vagina 

 aphyllai oblique truncata obsitis, spicula. terminali ovata vel subglo- 

 bosa obtus^ multiflora, glumis arcte imbricatis ovatis apice rotundatis 

 dorso vireutibus margine rufo-scariosis longitudinaliter sulculosis 

 subaequalibus inferiore semiamplexanli, stigmatibus binis, nucula 

 obovato-pyriformi compressa Isevi, styli basi persistente seque lata 

 et longa, selis retrorsum spinulosis nucula longioribus O. H. ovata 

 R. Br. Prodr. I, p. 60. — Ic. Host Austr. tab. 56. — Rchb. Germ. 

 fig. 700. 



Hab, in limosis hyeme inundatis, Iberia Gaucasica (Wilh. ex Ledeb.) E di- 

 tione nondum vidi. 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia, Helvetia, Germania, Italia borealis et media, Dalmatia, 

 regio Danubialis, Rossia media, Sibiria Dahurica, India. 



6. H. capitata (Willd. Sp. I. 294 sub Scirpo) annua cespitosa, 

 caulibus fasciculatis tenuibus erectis striatis basi vaginis aphyllis 

 oblique truncatis obsitis, spicuia terminali globosa, glumis arcte 

 imbricatis ovato-orbicularibus scariosis crassiusculis non marginatis 

 Isevibus obtusissimis subsequalibus, stigmatibus binis, nucula obo- 

 vato-pjTiformi compressa leevi nigra mamilla stylari minima depressa 

 superata, setis 5-8 nuculam vix superantibus O. H. capitata R. Br. 

 Prodr. p. 225. 



Hab. in limosis, Belutschia (Stocks !). 



Facie et characteribus affinis K ovatce, spicula magis abbreviata, glumse 

 breviores, duriores^pallidae non longitudinaliter subundulat8e,margine angus- 

 tius membranaceae. 



Ar. Geogr. India, Nova HoUandia, Africa et America tropicce. 



