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UNITED STATES. Florida; Chapman, in pinetis, Curtiss, n. 
3173*, Rugel, n. 230; Indiana River, Curtiss, n. 5703; Lake Co., 
Nash, n. 2020. [6017] 
~ Pleurostachys distichophylla, C. B. Clarke ; Rhynchospora disticho- ~ 
phylla, Boeck. |, in Kjób. Vidensk. Meddel. 1879-30, p. 26. [6266] 
P. Pearcei, sp. n.; glabriuscula, foliis superioribus denaissime 
approximatis, exacte linearibus; corymbis magnis compositis, 
ramis ramulisque longis divaricatis 
Culmus 1-2-metralis, robustior. Folia superiora (ut bracteae 
inferiores) c. 1 cm. inter se distantia, 4 dm. longa, 6-9 mm. lata, 
rigida, sessilia, basi vix Loc apice longe attenuata, in 
marginibus minute scabra; vaginae multistriatae ; ligulae smi 
circulares apice fisco hana: Corymbi numerosi, 10-15 c 
diam., in panieulam 6 dm. longam 12 em. latam confusi; rami 
usque a 3-6 em. longi, glabri aut minutissime scabri. Spiculae 
-6-nae, in apice ramulorum capitellatae, minimae, 1-2 mm. 
longae, Reve ts pallidae Fascotestacene | Setae generis. diee 
A oig APAA alt. 1, 000; m., dl (hb. Kew). [6265] 
P. gracilis, Boeck.! in Ule, n. 1612; eulmis gracilibus, 3-4 dm. 
Jongis, on strictis ; ; foliis superioribus ” distantibus, 15 ein. longis, 
8 m tis, debilibus; pedunculis 5 cm. longis, capillaceis ; 
corymbis parvulis saepe ad caput parvulum reductis; nuce 
' perpar 
Rhizoma longe dece divisum, 2-3 mm. in diam. Culmi 
-2 mm. in di nut ubescentes. "Folia superiora (ex 
dm iut in axillá pedunculigeri , Le., si mavis bracteae) inter 
3-7 cm. distantes, apice basiqu e attenu uata, gramini-viridia, 
tenuia, tenuiter multistriata. Inflorescentiae, nuces fere ut 
P. graminifoliae. 
BRAZIL. S. Catharina, Ule, n. 1612 (hb. Berol.). [6270] 
1014P. bracteolata, sp. n. ; -foliis superioribus paullo distantibus, in 
margine ciliato-pilosis ; eges ded wn parvulis, a brac- 
teolis undique exsertis quasi-hispidu 
Folia PS (2 bracteae kreeg inter se 3 cm. distantia, 
longa 4 dm. lata 8-9 mm., plana, rigidiuscula, sparsim pilosula, 
basi sessilia v acumin ta, in carinà subtus conspicue scabra. 
i 2-4 m 
i 
lineares, virides, dense hispido-scabrae. Exemplum nimis juvene : 
forsan Ri ynchospora sp. ad R. polyphyllam affinis. 
vBRAZIL. Rio Janeiro, Botafogo Bay, Miers, n. 3635 (hb. CN 
[6274] 
f°? P. Douglasii, C. B. Clarke: robusta, fere glabra, foliis sier 
medii 
iis on bracteis ` inferioribus) longis linearibus (usq ad 
17 mm. latis); ¢ smilie 
spiculis zm 3-ins., "3 mm. i n diam., nuce fere 2 mm. mee P. 
elegans var. B, Boeck. ! in ëss? xxxviii (1874) p. 225. 
