2b 



Speclmina juniora. — — In humidls Mlsantlae. Reg, sub- 

 calidac. Febr. 



S(y2. SciKPUS mn/alns L., Eleocharls mufata RS. 2, p. 

 150, Presl.! Reliq. Haenk. 3, p. 196. — Speclmina: Sieb, 

 plant, exsic. Marl. no. 10. — Berfero Jamaica. — \N cigelt 

 Surinam. In lacu Jalapensi. Sept. 



DICIIROMENA Vahl. 



863. DicHROMENA radicans n. sp. pubescens. caespl- 

 tosa. Folia pedalia scsquipedaliaque, lineam sesquilineam 

 lala, erocla, flaccida, nervosa; ner%'is ciroiler Septem al- 

 bidis, cxtus prominiilis et pilosis; marginibus ciüalis sca- 

 brls; vaginis nervosis pilosis, ore longius eilialis. Culmus 

 iripedalis, filiformis, flaccidus, ornalns inferne foliis circi- 

 ter tribus; superne apbyllus, nudus , glabresccns. Spica 

 terminalis solitaria, lanceolato-conica , quaiuor circiter li- 

 neas longa, foiiis involucrala ad summum tripollicaribus 

 4 — 5 concoloribus (vix basi vaginaiile longiusque clliata 

 pallescentibus). Squamae ovatae^ acuminatae, scariosae, 

 albidae, enerves, dense imbricalae, omnes ferliles. Flos 

 et fruclus generis. Acliaenium lenticulare, suborbiculare, 

 diamelro 1 linear!; stylns a medio bifidus, luniila basilari 

 insigni. — Culmi in terram' dependunt, e capifalo radices 

 demitlunt, novamque edunt prolem. — — In umbrosis 

 prope Jalapam. Serro Colorado. Aug. 



CHAETOSPORA Kunlh, 

 {Chactosporu o^t Rhynchospora R. Rr. ) 



864. QukTJiosvo¥i,k ferritginea HBK. 1, p. 183. lihyn- 

 ehospora ferriiginea RS. % p. 85. Presl Rcl. Haenk. 3, 



p. 199. — Eh. hrimnea HW. no. 1130. Haeienda 



de la laguna in graminosis. Oct. -^ Specimina juniora et 

 minora ibidem in liumidis. Sept. 



865. CiiÄETOsroiLV aurea HBK. 1^ p. 186. Rhyacho- 



