54 Georjr Kukentlial. — Cvperaceae-Caricoideae. 



Not a. U. gracilis Thou., Fl. Trist. t. V. mihi adhuc planta du 

 folia angusta et spiculam tenuiter cylindricam verisimiliter ad 



2. U. Douglasii Boott in Hook. f. Fl. antarct. IF. (1847) 369; Desv. in Gay, 

 Hist. Chil. VI. (1853) 228; Boeck. in Linnaea XLI. (1877) 346; C. B. Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 401. — U. angusta Nees in Linnaea IX. (1835) 305 (nomen 

 nudum). — U. fernandesiana Nees ex Boeck. 1. c. 347. — U. maeloviana var. 6*. 

 Douglasii Kukenth. in Bot. Centralbl. 1. c. 133. — Culmus ad 40 cm altus gracilis 

 acutangulus. Folia culmum longe superantia 2 mm lata. Spicula filiformi-cylindrica 

 8 — 13 cm longa densiflora, pars q? brevis. Squamae Q late ovatae amplectentes apice 

 attenuatae obtusiusculae dorso virides margines versus brunneo-ferrugineae marginibus 

 ipsis albae ciliolatae. Utriculi squamas paullo superantes lineari-oblongi 5 — 6 mm longi 

 clare brunnei multinervosi superne scabri marginibus hispidi stipitati, in rostrum breve 

 sensim abeuntes. Styli basis vix incrassata. Rhacheola utriculum dimidio superans. 



Auf denlnseln Juan Fernandez (Douglas!, Reed! , Moseley!, Philippi!) und 

 Masafuera (Leyboldt!). 



3. U. hamata (Swartz) Urb. Symb. antill. II. 2. (1900) 169. — U. jamaicensis 

 Pers. Syn. II. (1807) 534; Kunth, 1. c. 525; Boeck. 1. c. 347 partim; C. B. Clarke 

 in Journ. Lion. Soc. XX. (1883) 399 et in Urb. Symb. antill. II. 1. (1900) 156; 

 Kukenth. in Bot. Centralbl. I.e. 131, non Liebm. — ? U. multi 'folia Boeck. in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. VIII. (1887) 207 (probabiliter nil nisi status juvenilis). — Carex hamata 

 Swartz, Prodr. (1788) 18; Schkuhr, Riedgr. II. (1806) 31. — C. uncinata b. hamata 

 Swartz, Fl. Ind. occ. I. (1797) 84. — C. uncinata Schkuhr, Riedgr. I. (1801) 13 

 t. G. fig. 30 partim. — Rhizoma breviter stoloniferum. Culmus 30—60 cm altus 

 gracilis obsolete triqueter laevis. Folia culmum superantia 3—4 mm lata plana rigida. 

 Spicula lineari-cylindrica subclavata 10- — 18 cm longa 2 — 3 mm lata densiflora basin 

 versus laxior, pars q? brevis. Squamae Q. adpressae basi amplectentes obovato-ob- 

 longae obtusae virides, marginibus castaneae, apice albo ciliolatae. Utriculi squamas vix 

 superantes obovato-oblongi compresso-trigoni 6 mm longi brunneo-virides superne scabri 

 tenuiter plurinervosi, basi in stipitem conspicuum cuneatim attenuati, marginibus imprimis 

 superne setulosi, brevissime rostrati. Nux subobovato-oblonga. Styli basis subincrassata. 

 Rhacheola utriculum duplo superans demum divaricata. 



In feuchten Waldungen von Centralamerika: Guatemala (Caec. et Ed. Seler 

 n. 2355!); Costarica (Hoffmann n. 63!). — Westindien: Jamaika. — Sudamerika 

 bis in die subtropische Zone : Venezuela (Moritz n. 634!, Gollmer!, Fendler n. 1583!); 

 in den Anden von Colombia (Lindig!, Lehmann n. 5257!); Ecuador (Spruce 

 n. 5405!, Sodiro n. 58!); Nordargentinien, Prov. Tucuman (Lorentz et Hieronymus 

 n. 812!); Sudbrasilien, Prov. Minas Geraes (Regnell n. 1322!). 



Var. ft. mexicana (Steud.) Kukenth. — U. phleoides C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. 

 Bruxelles IX. 2. (18 42) 249, non Pers. — U. jamaicensis Liebm. in Vidensk. Selsk. 

 Skr. Kj0benh. 5. ser. II. (1851) 272; Boeck. 1. c. partim, non Pers. — U. menoaM 

 Steud. Synops. Cyper. (1855) 2 43; C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 400. — U. Galeottii Boott et 

 Clarke, 1. c. — Planta elatior et robustior. Folia latiora (ad 12 mm). Styli basa 

 valde incrassata pyramidalis. 



Mexiko: An feuchten schattigen Waldplatzen bei Cordova (W. Schaffner n. 251 !); 

 Veracruz (Schultz!); Mirador (Liebmann n. 548!); Oaxaca (Galeotti n. 5720 ex 

 Clarke). — Guatemala: Depart. Alta Verapaz, im Walde bei Pansamala (v. Tuerck- 

 heim apud Donnell-Smith n. 1239!). 



i folia Kukenth. — Folia ut in forma typica. 



r.) Pers. Svn. II. (1807) 534; Boott in Hook. f. Fl. anti 

 II. (1847) 369; Desv. in Gay, Hist. Chil. VI. (1853) 225 t. 72, fig. 6; C. B. Cl 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 398; Franch. Miss, scient. Cap Horn V. (1889) I 



