624 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



lineares. Stylus mediocris profunde trifidus. Nux ^j^ squamae aequans lineari-oblonga 

 leviter arcuata trigona nigrescens dense punctata apiculata alas rhachillae superans. 



Andines Gebiet: Mittleres Chile: Am See Aculco bei Santiago (Bertero 

 n. 213 partim, nach Clarke; Philip pi !); Prov. Colchagua, Cähuil (Gay); San Vincente 

 (Philippi n. 90); Gräben am Rio Colorado (Poeppig n. 10! 91!); Talcahuano 

 (Philippi !). 



Species mihi ignota. 



C. raiateensis J. W. Moore in Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102. (1933) 19. 



Gesellschafts-Inseln: Insel Raiatea, in Sümpfen südlich von Uturoa, 300 m 

 (J. W. Moore n. 65). 



Nota. Ex descriptione a C. ferax L. C. Rieh. var. auriculatus (Nees et Meyen) Kükenth. vix 

 distinguendus est. 



Sect. 61. Filiformes Kükenth. 



Filiformes Kükenth. sect. nova. 



Rhizoma abbreviatum vel horizontaliter repens. Culmi plures basi typice haud tu- 

 berascentes graciles trianguläres. Folia pauca perangusta. Bracteae 2 — 3 angustae. An- 

 thela Simplex 1 — 3-radiata, radii setacei. Spicae breves sublaxi- et pauci-spiculosae. Spi- 

 culae % mm latae suberectae. Internodia rhachillae sero et aegre decidua. 



Conspectus specierum. 



A. Rhizoma abbreviatum lignosum. Folia bracteeeque plerumque haud longa. Squamae 

 ovato-ellipticae 2l^ — 3 mm longae obsolete nervosae subobtusae vix vel breviter 

 mucronulatae 605. C. filiformis. 



B. Rhizoma repens tenue. Folia bracteaeque culmum longe superantia. Squamae ovatae 

 parvulae 1 % mm longae valde nervosae in mucronem conspicuum excurvum excur- 

 rentes 606. C. Harrisii. 



605. C. filiformis Swartz, Prodr. (1788) 20 et Fl. Ind. occid. I. (1797—1803) 120; 

 Kunth, 1. c. 84; Steud. 1. c. ^»5; Griseb. FI. West-Ind. Isl. (1864) 565 et Cat. pl. Cubens. 

 (1866) 237; Boeck. 1. c. 369; Kükenth. in Fedde, Repert. XXIII. (1926) 190. — C. orni- 

 ihopus Pers. Syn. I. (1805) 61. — Mariscus filiformis Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. II. 

 (1817) 242 partim et Mant. II. (1824) 140. — ToruUnium filiforme C. B. Clarke in Urban, 

 Symb. antill. II. 1. (1900) 57 (excl. syn. C. unifolius Boeck.). — Epiphystis ophiuroides 

 Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 97, t. 1. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Culmi plures dense caespitosi 

 filiformes saepius curvuli 10 — 30 cm alti trianguläres sulcati laeves basi haud tuberascentes. 

 Folia 1 — 2 culmo multo breviora ^2 — 1 V2 ^^ l^^a plana vel complicata, vaginae brunneo- 

 purpureae. Bracteae 2 — 3 breves, ima culmum quasi continuans anthelam plerumque 

 superans. Anthela simplex pseudolateralis depauperata 1 — 3-radiata, radii inaequales 

 ad 4 cm longi setacei. Spicae breves turbinatae 2 — 7-spiculosae sublaxae. Spiculae sub- 

 erectae demum patulae lineari-subulatae 6 — 14 mm longae 1 mm latae acutae teretes 

 subflexuosae 4 — 8-florae. Rhachilla flexuosa in nodo quoque articulata (internodia aegre 

 decidua) late alata, alae albidae nucem amplectentes. Squamae remotae rigidae adpressae 

 ovato-ellipticae subobtusae saepe brevissime mucronulatae concavae dorso virides lateribus 

 stramineo-luteae vel rufae tenuiter 7 — 9-nervosae. Stamina 3, antherae lineares. Stylus 

 mediocris trifidus. Nux 2/3 squamae aequans oblongo-elliptica trigona subcurvata atro- 

 brunnea dense punctulata apiculata. — Fig. 65^ — J, p. 621. 



Felsen, Hügel, unfruchtbare Stellen, Pinelands in Westindien: Bahama- 

 Inseln: New Providence (Eggers n. 4412!, Wilson n. 8231!); GuanabalanO', bei 

 Reyla (Lieb mann n. 944!). GroßeAntillen: Cuba : Prov. Pinar del Rio (Ekman 

 n. 18814!); Isla de Pinos (Ekman n. 12570!); Prov. Habana (Liebmann, Curtiss 

 n. 613!); Prov. Matanzas (Ekman n. 16 487b!); Prov. Oriente (Ekman n. 3266! 4494! 



