Fuirena Rttb. — Fimbristyiis Vhl. 59 



Char. Spec. cf. Nces in Wglit. Contrb. 97. 4. Knth, En. II. '223. 8; 

 cliagnosis Neesiana magis quadrans, var. a. Nees; bracteae a Neesio 

 clbrr. suhroliiiulae a Kunthio clbrr. ovato-eUipticae laudatae ; sta- 

 mina e Knth. 3, in nostris speciminibus 1—2; fructus apice emargi- 

 natus bvido-stramineus, nec subumbonatus fuscus. — Scirpus bispi- 

 catus Koen. Rxb. Ind. I. 22,0. 24 solummodo bractcis suborbicuhx- 

 ribus a nostris distinctus, semina obcordata laudantur; an F. schoe- 

 noides Vhl. Knth. En. II. 224. 6, Nees in Wght. Cntrb. 97. 5 jure 

 diversa : solis spicis ovatis obtusis ? — nobis utraque videtur con- 

 jungenda, nam citatum ulterius Scirpus monostacltyus Koen. Rxb. 

 Ind. I. 221. 21 vix nisi spiculis oliganthis et bracteis orbicularibus 

 diversum ! 



Descrpt. Herbae graciles perennes in graminosis pa- 

 ludosis prope Bataviam frequentes; caules caespitosi plures 

 in fasciculo radicum fibrosarum tenuium albidarum flexuosa- 

 rum 1,0 — 1,2 poU. longarum, basi vaginis foliiferis involuti, 

 apice duas tertias partes nudi, obsolete trigoni subteretes, 

 graciles, tenerrimi, erecti, 8 — 1 8 poll. longi, glaucescentes, lon- 

 gitudinaliter striati et leviter sulcati; vaginae tenerrimae sub- 

 cylindricae, apice truncatae, 1 — 2 poll. longae, antice tenuissi- 

 mae, dein fissae et margine tenui membranaceo subevanido 

 folii basi subsimiles; folia in caule quodam 3 — 5 angustissi- 

 ma, linearia, caulem subaequantia eoque nunc breviora, plana, 

 siccando canaliculata dein convoluto-filiformia , margine utro- 

 que vix elevato et minute remoteque aculeolato serrulato-sca- 

 briuscula, caeterum glaberrima, longitudinaliter parallele-ner- 

 vosa et eleganter seriatim albido - punctata e stomatibus in 

 cellularum seriebus alternantibus seriatis oblongis, rimulam 

 linearem ostendentibus et inter se sua ipsa longitudine aut 

 pauUo longiore interstinctis, cellulis epidermidis nunc qua- 

 dratis nunc rectangulum formantibus, marginibus minutissime 

 undulato crispato-serrulatis, tota glaucescentia 6 — 9 poU. longa, 

 0,02 — 0,03 poll. lata; fioralia floralia 1 — 2 nunc inflorescentia 

 longiora 1,0 — 1,3 polL longa, nunc ea breviora aut eam ae- 

 quantia, 0,8 — 0,5 poll. longa, viridia, plana, margine serrulato- 

 scabra, basi vaginantia, rubentia margine tenerrima hyalina, 

 albido-rosea ; spicidae solitariae sessiles aut binae, altera ses- 

 silis, altera pedunculata (aut, si velles, umbella spicula cen- 



