144 C. B. Clarke: 



Hab. in Cuba: Sagra, C. Wright n. 3416», 3800. 

 Distrib. a New Jersey usque ad Florida, Mexico; in Guiana, Brasilia 

 usque ad Pernambiico. 



208. Scleriai^Iieiiiitaphra Steud.jfere glabra, rhizomate 0; culmis 

 3 — 8 dm. longis, pro longitudine gracilioribus; paniculis axillaribus 

 pyramidalibus, rigidis, saepe 2 — 4 cm. latis, bracteis secundariis con- 

 spicue exstantibus; spiculis unisexualibus; stylo 3-fido; nuce IY2 — 2 mm. 

 longa, ellipsoidea, fenestrata; reticulationibus levibus, sparse tenuissime 

 pilosis; disci lobis parvis, ovatis, saepe triangularibus. 



Scleria hemitaphra Steud.! Cyp. (1855) p. 169. 



Scleria reticularis Spreng. Syst. III (1826) p. 831 partim; Boeck.f 

 in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 469^ ^ ^^'-^ 



Scleria bracteata var. angusta Griseh.f PI. Cub. (1866) p. 249. 



Scleria debilis C. Wright/ in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2704 p. 186. 



Scleria Torreya7ia var. Boeck.f in Linnaea XXXVIII (1874) 

 p. 469. 



Scleria setacea Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VII (1806) p. 4 e descript. 



Scleria micrantha Poir. Encyc. Siippl. V (1817) p. 108; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 359; e descript. 



Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright n. 3416 '^ in herb. Kew. (Savanna Eetiro), 

 n. 3416 herb. Mus. Brit; Portorico prope Hato grande in graminosis 

 ad montem Gregorio: Sintenis n. 2718. 



Distrib. in America septentr., austro- Orient., Mexico, Guatemala. 



209. Scleria laciistris C. Wright, robustior, parum pilosa, radi- 

 cibus fibrosis in aqua uatantibus; culmo 8 dm. longo, triquetro, in an- 

 gulis perscabro; foUis usque ad 6 dm. longis, 11 mm. latis; panicuJis 

 1 — 2, inferiore longe distante, terminali 1 dm. longa 6 cm. lata, ramis 

 rigidis, spicularum fasciculis sessilibus paullo distantibus; spiculis Om- 

 nibus 1-sexualibus, fere glabris, fusco-bruneis, foemineis 4 mm. longis; 

 gluraa nucigera acuta, vix mucronata; stylo 3-fido; nuce 3 mm. longa, 

 ovoidea, levi, marmorea, alba; disco depresse obpyramidali, pallido, 

 margine angustissimo purpureo subintegro. 



Scleria lacustris C. Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2700 p. 185. 

 Scleria Junghuhniana Boeck. in Li7inaea XXXVIII (1874) p. 499. 

 Hab. in Cuba: C. Wright. 

 Distrib. Guiana galliea; Java. 



210. Scleria cyperina Kunth, glabra, robusta, perennis, culmo 

 6 dm. longo, triquetro, levi; foliis 3 dm. longis, 9 — 12 mm. latis, 3-ner- 

 viis, vaginis (anguste aut mediocriter) alatis, ligula 9 mm. longa ovata 

 venosa in margine integro scariosa; panicula terminali 6 cm. longa 35 mm. 

 lata, densiuscula; bracteis 3 foliiformibus 5 — 8 cm. longis 9 mm. latis; 



