Cyperaceae. 47 



Marisciis Karivinsldanus Kunth Enum. II (1837) p. 123. 



Cyperus Mutisü Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 567; Boeck. in Linnaea 

 XXXVI (1869—70) p. 387. 



CyperKs semitribrachiatus Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 — 70) 

 p. 386. 



Cyperus ochreatus Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 — 70) p. 386. 



Cyperus compresso-triqueter Boeck./ Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) 

 p. 10. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Eggers n. 3432, 3746, 3746% Hart n. 765, 

 Purdie, Swartz; Hispaniola: May erhoff n. 217, 220; Portorico prope 

 Coamo in fruticetis: Siutenis 3068; Grenada: Broadway n. 589 par- 

 tim, 1006. 



Distrib. in America ceiitrali, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia. 



53. Miiriscus Meyeuiaii^s/I^ees, glaber, rhizomate brevi; calmis 

 2 — 4 dm. longis, robustioribus, levibus; foliis cum culmo subaequi- 

 longis, 6 — 7 mm. latis; umbellae radiis 10 — 12, usque ad 3 — 7 cm. 

 longis; bracteis saepe 6 — 9, umbellam superantibus, 5 — 7 mm. latis; 

 spicis in unoquoque radio solitariis aiit 2 — 3 umbellulatis, 20 — 25 mm. 

 longis 10 — 15 mm. latis, cylindricis, densis, fuscis; spiculis 6 — 8 mm. 

 longis, 1 mm. latis, 3 — 4-nucigeris, imdulatis, rectangulatim patulis; 

 glumis nucigeris oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis, sub-9-nerviis; nuce cum 

 2/3 parte giumae aequilonga, lineari-oblouga; stylo cum y., parte nucis 

 aequilongo, ramis 3, linearibus. 



Mariscus Meyenianus Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. II pars (1842) p.49. 



Mariscus subulatus Xees in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 286; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 123. 



Cyperus subulatus Meyen! Heise I (1834) p. 108. 



Cyperus Meyenianus Kunth Enum. II (1837) p. 88; Boeck. in 

 Linnaea XXXVI (1869 — 70) p. 362; Griseb. Flor. p. 567? 



Cypeims trispicatus Boeck.! in Flora LXV (1882) p. 14; Duss 

 Flor. p. 541. 



Hab. in Martinique satis rara in savanis humidis Parnasse, Morne- 

 Vert, Gros-Morne, alt. 250 — 500 m.: Duss n. 219, 455. 



Distrib. a Mexico usque ad Montevideo, frequcns. 



54. Mariscus Url)aiii,.CrB. Clarke, glaber, gracilis, viridis, radice 

 fibrosa; culmis caespitosis, 2 — 5 dm. longis, monocephalis: foliis cum 

 culmo fere aequilongis, usque ad 4 mm. latis; spica 5 mm. longa, 5 mm. 

 lata; bracteis 3, usque ad 6 cm. longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spiculis 

 2 — 3 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, obtusis, 2 — 3-nucigeris, provcntu patulis 

 aut deflexis; rhachilla supra 2 imas glumas vacuas a pulvino secedente; 

 glumis ovatis, recurvo-mucronatis, parum imbricatis, in dorso viridi-3- 



