Cyperaceae. Il5 



spiculis numerosis, subsolitariis , 7 — 8 mm. longis, ovato-lanceolatis, 

 1-nucigeris, bruneis; glumis vix mucronatis; setis 3 — 5, micem tIx 

 superantibus; stylo longo, brevissime 2-fido; mice late ellipsoidea, levi, 

 tenuiter cancellata, castaneo- rubra; rostro elongato-conico, nigrescente. 



Rhy7ichos]3ora aristata Boeck.f in Flora XL (1857) p. 36 et in 

 Linnaea XXXVII (1873) y. 639. 



Rhynchospora florida Griseb.! Flor. (1864) p. 575. 



Bhynchospora Schiedeana var. elongata Boeck.f in Engler Jahrb. 

 I (1881) p. 364. 



Bhynchospora Cruegeriana et B. Eggersiana Boeck.f Cyp. Novae. 

 Heft II (1890) p. 26. 



Hab. in Jamaica, Catherines Peak 1500 m. alt: Eggers n. 3596; 

 Trinidad: Crueger. 



Distiib. Mexico, Venezuela, 



155. Ryiichospora Ruiziana tar. tricepS(^ Schum. ms. fere 

 glabra, elata, paniciila 4 dm. longa, pedimculis 3 — 4 cm. exsertis, ri- 

 gidis, scabris; paniculis partialibus in spicas oblonge -cylindricas compo- 

 sitas plus minus contractis, ramulis (imo proventu) stricte erectis; spi- 

 culis 6 — 7 mm. longis, eilipsoideo-lanceolatis, 1-nucigeris, bruneis aut 

 castaneis; 3 — 5 setis nuce parum brevioribus, antice scabris, ferrugi- 

 neis; stylo longo, breviter 2-dentato; nuce 1^2 ni™- longa, obscurius 

 longitudinaliter costata, subtrabeculata, pallide brunea; rostro cum 2/3 

 parte nucis aequilongo, a basi angusta conica lineari, cinerascente. 



Rhynchospora triceps Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVII (1873) 

 p. 642. 



Rhynchosjjora quadrispicata Boeck.f Cyp. Novae. Heft I (1888) 

 p. 28. 



Rhynchospora quinquespicata Boeck.f l. c. Heft I (1888) p. 29. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Swartz. 



Distrib. R. Ruiziana Boeck. in Novo - Granata , Ecuador, Bolivia. 



156. ßyncliospora coryiuMformis Britton, glabra, radicibus 

 fibrosis; culmo 3 — 6 dm. longo; corymbis axillaribus terminalique 

 30 — 40-stachyo laxis; spiculis 5 — 6 mm. longis, 1 — IV2 ^^- l^tis, 

 multi-nucigeris; glumis ovatis, triangulari-acutis; setis 0; stylo lineari, 

 ramis 2 longis; nuce parvula, globosa, compressa, transversim rugosa; 

 rostro cum nuce fere aequilongo, ovoideo acuminato, juniore viridi. 



Rynchospora corymbiformis Britton f in Trans. Nerv York Äcad. 

 XI (1892) p. 86. 



Bhynchospora ignorata Boeck.f in Engl. Jahrb. V (1884) p. 508. 

 Scirpiis corymbiferus C. Wrightf in Sauv. Ciib. (1871) n. 2630 



p. 176. ( --^ (Kk. Lry^f*-^t^'' ATo*»- i^iij 



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