(245) R. CHODAT ET E. HASSLER. PLANTE HASSLERIANÆ. 1023 
p. 143, in Linnæa v. 37 (1873), p. 530; Lindm. Regnell. Cyp. (1900), 
p. 25; Warming Lagoa Santa (1892), p. 191 cum fig. 
Paraguay: Hassler n. 4182. 
Hab. In Brasil australi frequens. 
Rynchospora Hassleri C. B. Clarke spec. nov. 
Glabra, annua. Culmus 8 dm. longus. robustus, levis, supra mediam partem 
foliiger. Folia inferiora basi pinguia, culmo parum breviora, 5 mm. lata. Capita 
3, globosa. 2 cm. in diam., 30-stachya e viridi lutescentia; pedunculi 1-4 cm. 
longi: bractea ima 18 cm. longa, foliiformis. Capita ipsa subebracteata. Spicula 
2-nucigeræ. Setæ 6, nucem superantes, breviter scabræ. 
Stylus longus, subindivisus. Nux rostro excluso 4 mm. longo, oblongo (vix 
ellipsoideo). a dorso compressa; rostrum cum ?/3 parte nucis æquilongum, 
lineari conicum, basi microscopice pilosulum. 
Herba 0,5-1 m., in palude in regione cursus superioris fluminis Apa, Dec., 
n. 8255. 
Rynchospora exaltata (Kunth) Urban 
Symb. Antill. v. 2 (1900), pp. 104, 410; Chodat in Pl. Hassl. I, p. 133; 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, v. À (1901), p. 439. 
Rhynchospora exaltata Kunth Enum. v. 2, p. 291 partim; Lindm. 
Regnell. Cyp. (1900). p.26. 
Paraguay : Hassler n. 5029. 
Hab. A Cuba usque ad Brasil australem, frequens. 
Rynchospora aurea Vahl. 
Enum. v. 2 (1806), p. 229; Urban Symb. Antill. v. 2, pp. 10%, 110; 
Chodat in Pl. Hassl. I, p. 22; Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 6, Append. I (1898), 
p- 22. 
R. corymbosa Morong et Britton in Annal. New York Acad. v. 7 (1893), 
p. 256. 
Rhynchospora aurea R. Br. Prodr. (1810), p. 230; P. Maury in Mem. 
Soc. Phys. Genev. v. 31 (1890), p. 445; Lindm. Regnell. Cyp. (1900), p. 26. 
Paraguay; Balansa n. 465 : O. Kuntze n. 69. 
Hassler nn. 689, 1092, 1493, 8252. 
Hab. In calidis utriusque Orbis, fere ubique. 
Herba 1-2 m., in stagno in regione cursus superioris fluminis Apa, Dec., 
n. 8252. 
Rynchospora triflora Vahl. 
Enum. v. 2 (1806), p. 232; Urban Symb.”Antill. v. ?, pp. 104, 444. 
Rhynchospora Ceylonica Kunth Enum. v. 2, p. 294. 
Paraguay ; Hassler n. 8181, 8549. 
Hab. A Cuba usque ad Brasil australem rarior. Eliam in Zeylania. 
Herba 0,6-4 m., ad marginem paludis in regione fluminis Apa, Febr., 
n. 8549; id. in palude eod. loco, Dec., n. 8181. 
I have this plant from North Brasil, not before from South Brasil. 
Rynchospora giganten (Link.) Urban. 
Symb. Antill., v. 2 (1900), pp. 104, 412. 
Ithynchospora gigantea Link Jahrb., v. 3, p. 76; Lindm. Regnell. Cyp. 
(4900), p. 27. 
