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Heleocharis Schenckii Boeck.! Cf/p. Novae. Heft II (1890) p. 13. 

 Heleocharis grandis Boeck/ t?is. in C. Wn'ght n. 3373. 

 Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3373; Trinidad: Cmeger n. ISOG. 

 Distrib. Venezuela, Gniana; Pernambuco. 



90. Elcocliaris melaiiocari)a Torrey, rhizomate brevissimo; cul- 

 mis caespitüsis, 2 — 4 dm. longis, gracilibus; vagina summa truncata, 

 in altero latere a dente parvo ornata; spicula 6 — 12 mm. longa, ellip- 

 soidea, densa; glumis obtasis, brimeis in dorso luteis, ima vacua bractei- 

 formi; setis 5 — 4, cum Yg parte nucis vix aequilongis; stylo 3-fidü; 

 nuce cum 2/5 p^iite glumae aequilonga, obpyramidali, apice truncata non 

 angustata, levi, castanea; stylobasi cum nuce aequilata, depressa, alba. 



Eleoclidris »iclanocürpii Torrctj in Ann. Lyceiim New York III 

 (1836) p. 311 (ncc p. 441), et Fl. Nciv York II p. 520. 



Heleocharis nicküiocarpa Boeck..' in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 — 70) 

 p. 445. 



Scirpu-'i melanocarp/i.'^ Baldirin ms. fiele Torrey, non Griseh. 



Hab. in ins. Bermuda: fide Hemsley. 



Distrib. a Massachusetts usque ad Florida, Georgia. 



91. Elcocliaris albida Torrey, rhizomate tenuissimo, pallido; 

 culmis 5 — 25 cm. longis, gracilibus; vagina summa stricta, apice in 

 altero latere lanceolato-producta; spicula 5 — 12 mm. longa, cylindrica, 

 multiflora, straminea; glumis ovatis, obtusis, ima multo latiore culmum 

 amplectente persistente; setis 6, nucem superantibus, retrorsim scabris, 

 rubre -bruneis; stylo 3-fido; nuce trigona, obovoidea apice multum an- 

 gustata, levi, brunea (luteo- castaneo- vel olivaceo-tincta); stylobasi 

 parva, bulbiformi, pallida. 



Eleocharis albida Torrey in Ann. Lyceuui New York III (1836) 

 p. 304. 



Eleocharis siuqjlex Kiinih Enum. II (1837) p. 143, non Dielr. 



Isolepis aphylla Boeck.! in Flora XLI (1858) p. 417. 



Heleocharis cdbida Boeck.! in Linnaea XXXVI (1869 — 70) 

 p. 442., syn. E. Engelmaruii excl. 



Hab. in ins. Bermuda: Mosoley; Jamaica: Mac Nab. 



Distrib. in America septentrionali et Mexico. 



92. Elcocliaris montaiia ^Eoem. et Seh. rhizomate robustiore; 

 culmis 1 — 3 dm. longis, gracilibus; vagina summa apice truncata mar- 

 ginata, dente lineaii in altero latere sub margine saepissime exstante; 

 spicula 5 — 11 mm. longa, 12 — 40-flora; glumis ovatis, vix acutis; 

 setis 6 — 5, nucem saepe superantibus, retrorsim scabris, cinnamomeis; 

 stylo 3-fido; nuce obovoidea, apice multum angustata, levi minuto 

 granulari, aurea; stylobasi parva conica. 



