Cyperaceae. 91 



Eriqcaulon spadiceum Lam. Hl. I (1791) jJ- 214. 

 Schoemis spadiceus Vahl Enum. II (1806) p. 210. 

 Nemimi spadicenni Harn. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid. (1825) p. 13; Kimth 

 Enum. II p. 220. 



Hab. in Hispaniola: herbb. Delessert, Berol. lectore ignoto. 

 Distrib. Sierra Leone. 



118. Scirpus submcrsus cTWright, glaber, debilis, atroviridis, 

 caulibus 3 — 5 dm. longis, submersis, nodosis, divisis; foliis fasciculatis, 

 5 — 8 cm. longis, capillaceis; pedunculis 3 — 10 cm. longis, axillaribus, 

 monostachyis; spicula 8 mm. longa, oblongo-Ianceolata, 1-nucigera; glu- 

 niis 2 imis 8 mm. longis, membranaceis, fereconvol Litis, liiteo-viridibus; 

 glumis caeteris brevioribus, paiicis, masculis aut riidimentariis vel 0; setis 

 10 — 6, nucem superantibus, retrorsim bispidis, stramineis; stylo longo, 

 ramis 2 longis, linearibiis; staminibus 8; nuce cum Yg parte glumae 

 aequilonga, obovoidea, levi, pallida. 



Sciipus submersus C. Wright! in Sat/v. Fl. Cub. (1871) n. 2627 

 p. 175; C. B.Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p. 653. 



Sciipus confervoides Foir. in Lam. Encyc. VI (1804) p. 755 

 partim; Kiintli Enum. II p. 173 partim i. e. Willd. n. 1123 plania in 

 dcscriptione neque in diagnosi Kimthii exscripta. 



Eleocltaris submersa Miq. in Linnaea XIX (1847) p. 225. 



BJnjnchospora ruppioides Bcntli.! in Hook. Ic. PL XIV (1881) 

 p. 31 t. 1344; Trimoi! Syst. Cat. Ceylon PI. p. 103. 



Wehsteria limnophila S. H. Wright in Bull. Torrey tliib XIV 

 (1887) j). 135. 



Schoemis confervoides Willd. ms. fide Link. 



Hab. in Cuba prope Pinar del Rio: C. Wright n. 3775. 



Distrib. Madagascar, Ceylon, Java, Carolina, Rio Negro, Surinam, 

 Paraguay. 



Obs. Planta (e mea sententia) Scirpo fluitanü Linn. affinis, a genere 

 Illajnchospora longo distans ob stylobasin cum nucis apice continuam, folia, 

 glmnas imas longas, halntum. 111. Bentham propter spiculam 1-nucigeram 

 (characterem in Cyperaeeis levis momenti) hanc i^lantam in Rhynchospora 

 verosimiliter locaverat. 



119. Scirpus ihiiius Spreng, glaber rhizomate tenuissimo, tubera 

 parva interdum gerente; culmis 3 — 10 cm. longis, apbyllis, setaceis, 

 monostachyis; spicula 3 — 5 mm. longa, specie terminali, 3 — 10-flora, 

 ellipsoidea, pallida vel castaneo -rubra; glumis paucispiris, ovatis, ob- 

 tusis, ima cum caeteris fere consimili, sterili, caduca; setis 4 aut 6, 

 tenuibus, retrorsim scabris, fusce stramineis; staminibus 3; stylo longius- 

 culo 3-fido, basi pyramidali in nucem sensim transcunte; nuce cum 

 Ys parte glumae aeqiiilonga, obovoidea, levi, luteo-brunea. 



