50 C. B. Clarke: 



58. Marisciis flabelliformis H. B. K. gkber, rhizomate perbrevi, 

 obliquo; culmis 3^ — 5 dm. longis, gracilioribus; foliis culmo saepe longiori- 

 bus, 3 mm. latis; umbella simplice, radiis 2 — 8 brevibus, saepius 2 cm. 

 longis; bracteis 4 — 6, usque ad 1 — 2 dm. longis, cum foliis consimili- 

 bus; spicis 15 mm. longis, 15 — 10 mm. latis, ovoideis aiit cylindricis, 

 densis, viridibus fuscescentibus; spiculis viilgo 7 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, 

 linearibiis, 3 — 8-naciferis, proventii rectangolatim divaricatis, nume- 

 rosis distantibus; glumis nucigoris ellipticis, obtusis, nervis 5 — 7 viri- 

 dibus; nuce cum ^3 P^i'te glumae aequilonga, lineari oblouga; styli 

 ramis 3. 



Mariscus flabelliformis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. I (1815) p. 215. 



Cyperiis flabelliformis Spreng. Syst. I (1825) p. 228; non Rottb. 



Cypems caracasanus lümih (?) Enum. II p. 86; Boeck. in Lin- 

 naea XXXVI (1869—70) p. 358. 



Cyperus platystachyus Oriseb.f Flor. (1864) p. 567. 



CyjJerus subidatus Nees! in Flora XI (1828) p. 335; nee Nees 

 in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 285. 



Cyperus Ilartii Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 9; Duss 

 Flor. p. 539. 



Hab. in Jamal ca: Eggers n. 3453, 3710, Hart n. 759, March, 

 Swartz; Martinique: Duss n. 450'^; Trinidad: Hart n. 3405. 



Distrib. in Africa tropica, Java, Polynesia, America central!, late sparsa. 



59. Mariscus coiiferttis C. B. Clarke, glaber, rhizomate 3 cm. longo, 

 repente (vel planta interdum primo amio florens); culmis 1 — 4 dm. longis, 

 mediocribus; foliis cum culmis saepe aequilongis, 3 — 4 mm. latis; um- 

 bella simplice radiis paucis 1 — 6 cm. longis vel saepe in caput 1 con- 

 tracta; bracteis 1—2 dm. longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spicis 1 cm. 

 longis et latis, densis, viridibus proventu lutescentibus; spiculis 6 mm. 

 longis 2 mm. latis, multum compressis, 3 — 12-nim breviter spicatis, 

 4 — 9-nucigeris; glumis nucigeris navicularibus, ovatis, acutis, mucrone 

 parvo paullo recurvato; staminibus 3 — 2; nuce cum Y2 — Vs V^^'^^ gl^^" 

 mae aequilonga, obtuse obovoidea, trigona, lutea proventu brunescente; 

 styli ramis 3. 



Cyperus confertus Swartz Prod. (1788) p. 20 et Fl. Ind. Occid. 

 I p. 115; Kunth Enum. II p. 23; Griseb.! Flor. p. 563 pro parva 

 parte; Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXV (1867 — 68) p. 514. 



Cyperus dissitiflorus et C. biuncialis N. J. Anderss. in Ilandl. 

 Kong. Akad. Stockh. (1853—55) p. 153, 156. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Harris n. 6641, March, Wright (alt. 700 ped.); 

 Haiti: Poiteau; Portorico: Sintenis n. 3714, 5465^'; St. Thomas: 

 Eggers n. 833^, Hornemann n. 104; Martinique: Duss n. 46, 453. 



Distrib. in Colombia, Venezuela, ins. Galapag'os. 



