62 C. B. Clarke: 



70. Eleocliaris mitrata C. B. Clarke, stolonibus longis; culniis 

 4 — 6 dm. longis, 2 — 3 mm. latis, siibteretibus, non septatis; spicula 

 unica 2 — 3 cm. longa, 3 — 4 mm. lata, cylindrica; glumis 4 — 5 mm. 

 longis, ovatis, obtusis, fusce viridibus rubro-sphacelatis, ima viridiore, 

 culmiim quasi continuante; setis 7 cum 1/2 P^^i'te glumae aequilongis, 

 albis, fere levibus; stylo (saltem saepissime) 2-fido; nuce cum Y2 parte 

 glumae aequilonga, biconvexa, urceolata, apice vix angustata, fusce stra- 

 rainea, cancellata inter strias 24 — 30 longitudinales transversim trabe- 

 culata; stylobasi mitraeformi, cum nucis apice vix aequilata. 



Scirpifs mitratus Griseh.f Flor. (1864) p. 570. 

 Heleocharis Jelkskiana Boeck. in Li7inaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 376 

 c descript. 



Hab. in Trinidad: Crueger n. 24. 



Distrib. in Brasilia prope Manäos. Var.? ß africana ad Niger lecta est. 



71. Eleocliaris celliilosaTorrey, stolonibus longis; culmis4— 7 dm. 

 longis, apice subteretibus, non septatis; spicula unica 3 cm. longa, 5 mm. 

 lata, cylindrica, pallida, e viridi luteo-fuscescente; glumis 4 — 5 mm. 

 longis, obovatis obtusis, fusce viridibus aut brunescentibus, ima virides- 

 cente, culmum quasi continuante; setis 7, tenuibus, nuce longioribus, 

 rubre -bruneis, levibus aut vix denticulatis; stylo 3-fido; nuce cum Vg 

 parte glumae aequilonga, compresso-trigona, obovoidea apice angustata, 

 stramineo-brunea, longitrorsum 30 — 36 -striata, transversim trabeculata. 



Eleocliaris ccllulosa Torrey in Ann. Lyceum New York III (1836) 

 j). 298 et Mexic. Bound. p. 228; Hitch. PL Bah. (1893) p. 175. 



Scirpiis dictyospcrnms C. Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2623 

 p). 175. 



Heleocharis spiralis, forma teiiuis Boeck./ ms. 



Hab. in ins. Bahama: Dale; Cuba: C. Wright. 



Distrib. Florida, Texas. 



72. Elcocharis yaricgata Presl var. laxiflora Ridley, stolonibus 

 longis; culmis 2 — 4 dm. longis, 2 — 3 mm. latis, apice subtrigonis, non 

 septatis; spicula unica 25 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, cylindrica; glumis 

 fusce viridescentibus, unicoloribus, vel anguste bruneo-marginatis; setis 7, 

 nucem saepe fere duplo superantibus, valide retrorsim scabris; stylo 

 3 — 2-fido; nuce minute reticulata, late ellipsoidea, compresso-trigona, 

 a 30 — 40 striis tenuibus longitudinaliter percursa, apice paullo angus- 

 tata; stylobasi ovoideo-triangulari. 



Elcocharis variegata Presl var. laxiflora Ridley! in Journ. Singa- 

 pore Asiat. Soc. n. 23 (1891) p. 14; C. B. Clarke in Hook, f Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V p. 626. 



Scirpus laxiflorns Thicaites! Miu?n. PI. Zeyl. (1864) p. 435. 



