Cyperaceae. 139 



Sect. Schixolepis. Disci margo fimbriatus aut alte serratus. In folii 

 parte superiore margines praemorsim angustati, 

 Folia 5 mm. lata; planta mediocris 



224. S. porphyrorrhiza C. Wright. 

 Folia 3 — 5 cm. lata; plantae robustae 



Panicula fiisca aut viridis . 225. S. latifolia Swartz. 

 Panicula purpurascens . . 226. ä arundinacea Kunth. 

 Sect. Becquerelia. Spicula mascnla foeminea multo minor, eiqiie arcte 

 adpressa; ceteroquin ut sect. Eu-Sderia. 

 Niix 3 mm. lata, vernicosa . 227. S. cymosa Boeck. 

 Nux l^/o mm. lata, tuberculata 228. S. tuherculata Boeck. 



199. Scleria yerticillata Willd. praeter vaginas inferiores glabra, 

 radicibus fibrosis; culmis 1 — 5 dm. longis, gracilibus; foliis 1 — 3 dm. 

 longis, 1 — 2 mm. latis; spica specie simplice, spiciilarura fasciculis di- 

 stantibus ovoideis; bracteis 6 — 7 mm. longis, saepe caudatis; spiculis 

 2 — 4 mm. longis castaneo-rubris, masculis et 2-sexualibus; stylo 3-fido; 

 nuce 1 mm. in diam., trigono-globosa, obtusa, albida, undique a lami- 

 nis levibiis horizontalibus verrucosa; disco annulari, angusto, fusce fla- 

 vido cum nucis stipite contracto fusco vel proventu vix ullo; nuce non 

 (aut obscure) hypopora. 



Scleria verticülata Willd. Sp. PI. IV (1805) j). 317; Kunth Enum. 

 II p. 353 (syn. Mich, excl) ; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) 

 p. 445 partim. 



Scleria hirtella var. glabrescens Boeck. ! ms. in C. Wright n. 341 7. 



Hypoporum verticillatum Nees in Linnaea IX (1834) p. 303 (nee 

 Nees in Bonplandia III (1855) p. 87). 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3417 in hb. Krug etUrban (in hb. Kew., 

 DC. partim). 



Distrib. a Canada usque ad Florida et Texas. 



200. Scleria distans Poir. praeter spiculas glabra, debilis, radi- 

 cibus fibrosis; culmo 20 — 25 cm. longo, gracili; foliis linearibus; spica 

 specie simplice, 5 cm. longa, fasciculis 6 distantibus, parcius hispido- 

 ciliatis, proventu erectis; bracteis cum spiculis subaequilongis; spiculis 

 4 mm. longis, masculis et 2-sexualibus; stylo 3-fido; nuce 1 mm. in 

 diam., globoso-trigona, perlevi, alba, longius stipitata, in stipitis apice 

 alte porosa; disco annulari, ferrugineo micante. 



Scleria distans Poir. in Lam. Encyc. VII (1806) p. 4; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 353; nee B. Br. 



Scleria hirtella Boeck. in lAnnaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 439 imr- 

 tim; non Swartx. 



Scleria tenella Griseh.! PI. Cub. (1866) p. 249 partiin; non Kunth. 



Hypoporum distans Nees in Marl. Fl. Bras. II pars I (1843) 

 p. 171 in nota? 



