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brunescentibus. Chaetocyperus ser trs met Nees! in Nov. Act. 
Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. I. (1843), p. 95, partim [3136] 
HSS Eleocharis subfoliata, sp. n. ; culmis 5 cm. longis, setaceis, vaginis 
ore ^na ara late lanceolatis ; spicula 8 mm. longa, oblonga, densa ; 
o 3-fido; nuce (immat ura) obovoidea, apice angustata, levi, 
Side alba; stylobasi parva. 
hizoma nullum.  Culmi caespitosi, 3-4-angulares striatuli 
interdum nigropunctati ; vaginae castaneae, apice in laminam con- 
volutam 3 mm. longam scarioso-castaneam dilatatae subpersistentes. 
ongos fere bruneo-comosa. umae ovatae obtusae castaneo- 
spadiceae, in margine scariosae, in dorso centrali vix pallidiores, 
emarcidae subpersistentes; ima latior vacua, non viridescens. 
Setae 5 (nempe 3 sepala, 2 petala antica), retrorsim scabrae, € 
gineae, nucem juvenem multo superantes. Nux dubia, forsa 
maturata nigra; stylus longus, rami 3 longi tenues remote naia 
Scabri. 
V BRAZIL. Pará, Spruce, n. 563; Piauhy, Gardner, n. 2753. 
[3154] 
455? T. E. amazonica, sp. n.; culmis 5-20 cm. longis tenuioribus ; 
spicula 8 mm. longa, pallida ; stylo 3-fido 5 nuce obovoidea, apice 
angustata, paasa lee stylo-basi parva, nigra, pyramidali, quam 
nucis apex lat 
Rhizoma Sonus tenuissimum, vix 1 mm. in diam. Culmi 
t striata, el oe apice firma, in altero latere 
ov ri ris produc Spicula ee oblonga multiflora 
es late soe eas SÉ fere emargin in dorso late 
fusce stramin in latere angu ae us ace re lute scentes vel 
irigona ; cellulae extimae quadrangulares, inconspicuae, i.e. nux 
opaca reticulata.--Sp. E. sulcatae, Nees, proxima; differt 
spiculis laxioribus, pálitdion Dus et setis rudimentariis. 
wBRAZIL. River Amazon; Traill, nn. 1191, 1192; Santarem, 
near Parà ; Spruce, nn. 889 partim [3163] 
E. noh. s e Clarke ; uu 1-8 em. longis, filiformibus ; 
spicula 3 m gà, 3- -florá, castaneá ; stylo 0; nuce 
obovoidea, ee pese hyalino-marginatá, levi, luteo-brunea ; 
stylo-basi parva pyramidata. 
Rhizoma P we aan lignescens. Vaginae apice erri 
iruncatae, viri firmae integrae, anguste scarioso-ma 
Glumae fere ae 'E. albibracteatae. Setae 3-4, cum nuce vix 
uilonga, trigona, apice in marginem triangularem hyalinam 
desinens; stylo-basis parva fusco-brunea — em hyalinum 
sita; nucis cellulae extimae quadratae subinflatae, admodum 
hyalinae mox omnino detersae.—Species E. albibracteatae affinis 
et ee ; differt vaginae ore et nucis margine api 
NDES. Bolivia, .Larecaja, alt. 2,100 m. Mandon, nn. 14, 13 ; 
a 3,700 m., Fiebrig nn. 2636, 2887. Ecuador. gpa cce. 5913 ; 
_ Argentina, Nerado. del Castillo, ‘Lorentz & Hi ieronymus, n. Ts 
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