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60. Marisciis briiiicus C. B. Clarke, glaber, rhizomate horizontali, 

 3 mm. in diam.; culmis 1 — 6 dm. longis; foliis culmiim saepe superan- 

 tibus, usque ad 5 — 6 mm. latis, lentis nee transversim lineolatis; um- 

 bellae radiis paucis, — 2 cm. longis; bracteis 4, usque ad 1 — 3 dm. 

 longis, cum foliis consimilibus; spicis 10 — -18 mm. in diam., ovoideis, 

 usque ad 24-stacbyis, densis, bruneis aut sanguineo-tinctis; spiculis 

 usque ad 1 cm. longis 2 — 3 mm. latis, 5 — 8-nucigeris vix carinatis, 

 ovatis obtusis, nervo medio viridi brevissime excurrente, per totam fere 

 latitudinem conspicue 17 — 21-striatis; nuce cum Y2 V^^'^^ glumae aequi- 

 longa, obovoidea, acutius trigona; stylo quam nux multo breviore, ra- 

 mis 3 longis multum exsertis. 



Oypcrus brunneiis Sivartz Fl. Ind. Occid. I (1797) p. 116 partim.; 

 Kiinth Fimm. II p. 104; Sagm Fl. Cub. XI p. 287; Griseb. Kar. 

 p. 119, Flor. p. 565 partim et PL Cub. p. 237; Sauv. Cub. n. 2584 

 p. 172. 



Cijperus rubicundus Vahl E?mm. II (1806) p. 308; non Kunth. 



Cyperiis Ottonis Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVI (1869— 70) p. 350 

 partim; Biiss Flor. p. 539. 



Cyperus discolor Boeck! Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 7. 



Cyperus Kragii Boeck.! Cyp. Novae. Heft 1 (1888) p. 8. 



Cyperus glaucus Boeck.f ms. pro 7nagna parte. 



Cype7'us Sloane lamaica I p. 116 t. 74 figg. 2, 3. 



Hab. in Cuba: Rugel n. 899, Sagra n. 10, C. Wright n. 3361 

 Jamaica: Purdie, Swartz, W. Wright; Cayman: Fawcett; Portorico 

 Forster, Sintenis n.842, 842^ 1308'^, 3302'', 3419, 5694, 6690, hb. Vahl 

 St. Thomas: Eggers n. 534; Guadeloupe: Bertero, Duchassaing n. 13; 

 Martinique: Diissn. 695, 709, 765; St. Vincent: Anderson; Barba- 

 dos: Anderson. 



Distvib. in Florida, America centrali, Fernando Noronha. 



61. Marisciis /piirimraseeiis C. B. ClarkQ/, glaber, rhizomate brevi, 

 obliqiio; culmis 4 — 8 dm. longis; foliis usque ad 1 metr. longis, 1 cm. 

 latis; umbella 15 cm. in diam., locupleti, composita ac saepius decom- 

 posita, spicis numerosis densa; bracteis usque ad 6 dm. longis, cum 

 foliis consimilibus; spicis 7 — 30-stachyis, laxiusculis; spiculis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, 10 — 12 mm. longis, l^lc^mm. latis, 10 — 12-nucigeris, rubro- 

 bruneis; glumis nucigeris navicularibus, proventu laxiuscule imbricatis, 

 ovatis, obtusis, subunicoloribus; nuce cum Y2 p^^i'te glumae fere aequi- 

 longa, obovoidea, trigona, cinereo-brunea; stylo cum nuce aequilongo, 

 ramis 3 linearibus perlongis. 



Cyperus purjnirascens Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 359; Kmitli, 

 Ennm. II p. 92; Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXVI (1869—70) p. 348. 



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