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Sdrims pUcarrhachis Oriseb.f PL Citb. (1806) p. 239; Sanv. 

 Cub. n. 2619 p- 174; cf. Boect in Flora LXIV (IS 81) p. 78. 



Heleocharis variegata Boeck.f in Flora XXXJX (1881) p. 78. 



Limnocldoa Zeylanica Nees! ms. 



Hab. in Ciiba: C. Wright n. 3372. 



Distrib. in Asia anstro-oriont. late sparsa; Polyncsia; Mexico. 



73.iEleocharis(Ochreata Nees^ rhizomate tenuissimo pallido; ciil- 

 i^iis 5 — 30 cm. longis, tenuibus, subquadrangularibus; vagina summa 

 apice scariosa, rugosa, detergibili, saepe evanida praetermissa; spicula 

 3 — 6 mm. longa, pauci- aut multiflora; glurais 2 — 3- (aut multi-)spiris, 

 ellipticis, obtusis, parum carinatis, albo-viridibus vel ferrugineis, ima 

 majore fere semper vacua; setis 7, cum nuce subaoquilongis, retrorsim 

 scabris; stylo 2-fido; nuce cum V2 — 'A P'^^'*^^ glumae aequilonga, ob- 

 ovoidea, plano-convexa, levi, castanea aut fusce olivacea; stylo-basi 

 parva, bulboso-conica, straminea viridi aut alba. 



Eleocharis ochreata Nees! in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 294; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 157. 



Eleocharis capitata Kunth! Enum. II (1837) p. 150 partim. 

 Scirpus ocreatus Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 570, et PI. Cub. p. 239; 

 Sauv. Gab. p. 174 (ochreatus). 



Scirpus anisochaetus G. Wright! in Sauv. Gub. (1871) n. 2611 p. 174. 

 Heleocharis albovaginata Boeck. ! in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. (1869- 70) 

 p. 133, et in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 — 70) p. 436. 



Heleocharis bahamensis Boeck. Gyp. Novae. Heft 2 (1890) p. 11. 

 Heleocharis crispo-vaginata Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. VIII (1887) 

 p. 206 e descript. 



Heleocharis capitata Boeck.! ms. partim,. 



Hab. in ins. Bahama: Eggers n.4101; in Cuba: C. Wright n. 711, 

 3761; Jamaica: Wullschlaegel n. 1138; Hispaniola: Eggers n. 2678, 

 Picardan.427; Portorico: Blauner n. 115, Eggers n. 978, 1330, 1332, 

 Schwanecke n. 412, Sintenis n. 1222, 2656, 6594, 6685; St. Thomas: 

 Ledru; Guadeloupe: Duss n. 3124, 3124'', 3735, rHerminier n. 31, 

 32, Husnot n. 19, 20; Martinique: Duss n. 457, Hahn n. 375, 703, 

 1446, Plee n. 504; Trinidad: Sieber n. 4. 



Distrib. in ins. Philippinis; in America septentr. calidiore et ccntrali, per 

 Americam australem, sat vulgaris. 



Var. ß. flaccida Boeck. culmis usque ad 3 — 5 dm. longis, fhiccidis. 

 Scirpus flaccid/is Spreng. Tod. Suppl. (1828) p. 3. 

 Eleocharis capitata Miq. in Liiimiea XfX (1817) p. 225. 

 Heleocharis albovaginata var. ß. flaccida Boeck! in Linnaea 

 XXXVI (1860 — 70) p. 437. 



