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134. S. prasina, n. sp. — Stems slender, square, trailing, 
intermatted, 1-2 in. long, flat on the face, with a few short 
oe simple branches. Leaves of the lower plane, the upper 
mtiguous ‘and ascending, the lower spreading and spaced, ovate, 
bide or subacute, 4 lin. long, bright green, ee eae unequal- 
sided, more produced on the upper side of the mi ib, roadly 
rounded on the upper side at the base, Siiseterely ciliated, and 
a little imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane half as 
long, = or oblong, acute, not ‘cuspidate. Spikes short, copious, 
: Lien suborbioular, cuspidate, membranous, strongly 
keeled in fithe uppe 
Basketiar ay C. Wright 1825! 1825 b! 
135. S. conferta, n. sp. — Stems very slender, trailing, inter- 
matted, 1-2 in. a copiously pinnate, the lower branches slightly 
compound. Leaves of the lower pone close, erecto-patent, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, + ind long, bright green, membranous, equal-sided, 
rounded, strongly ciliated, and a little -imbricated over the stem at 
' the base ; leaves of the upper plane one-third to one-fourth as sr 
oblique oblong, acute. Spikes very short, } lin. diam.; brac 
ovate, crowded, strongly keeled. 
Hi Cuba, Wright 8909! A near cai of S. albonitens. 
6. §. auBonrrens Bpring on.i i. 80; mollis: L’ Herminier, 
innate, the upper ts me simple, the lower eae compound. 
Leaves of the lower plane spaced on the main stem, rss 
oblong-lanceolate, a line long, subacute, maellnekods: bright gr 
rather unequal- sided, rounded on the upper side at the ph 
shortly ciliated, and ‘slightly. imbricated over the stem; leaves of 
the upper plane one-third as long, oblique ovate, with a distinct 
cusp. Spikes +-4 in. long, 4 lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, 
very scoeriiad, strongly keeled. 
Hab. West Indies ; 9 ate pi 940!); Jamaica, Guadeloupe, 
Porto Rico, South Brazil, 7’ die! 
137. 8. ctaporHizans ti: Be, di Crypt. Nov. Gran. 866.—Stems 
branches simple, the lower slightly compound, exourrent a whip- 
€ at the top, with rudimentary leaves. seo of the lower 
Spikes 
; Bn, indig under 1 lin. diam 5 dank on cee sow aed, 
ges tt 
Venezuela, at Tovar, Fendler 824! Limestone rocks at 
Troon re,,on the Rio Tapajoz, Trail 1486! A near ally of S. 
(To be continued.) 
Journan or Borany.—Vou, 22. [Aprit 1884.] I 
