4) 



dibus valde inaequalibus, pagina inferiore non raro ad nervös pl. m. 

 ciliatis; spicnlis dense eonfertis oblongo-lanceolatis tumidis plurifleris 

 3 — 3 r /<2 1. long.; squarnis dense imbricatis pellncido - mombranaceis 

 /albidis v. ferruginescentibus; car. squamae partein quartana vix super4 

 ante suborbicnlari ima basi angustata, compresso-bieunvexa obsolete 

 '•margin ata transversim sub'tiliter rugosa, rugis striulatis, flavida tar- 

 dins fusca, rostro brunneo depresso-triangulari apice obtuso, basi valde 

 dilatata accumbente; stigmatibus subtilibus longe exsertis. — Species 

 insignis E. Jelskiaiiae vicina. 



In insula Martinica invenit Pere Duss. 



Scleria scaberriuia Böcklr. 



Cinereo- viridis; cnlmo e'/'dto valido triqnetro snperne leviter 

 coiupresso, multifoliato , ad angulos acitlenlato-srahcrrimoi vaginis 

 '1— Vj->, poll. long, angnste alatis, alis scabris; lignla brevissima 

 cartilaginea rotnndato - ubtusa nuda; foÜis rigidulis ereetis snperne 

 longinscnle angustatis, plahis subplicato-nervatis, margine perscabris, 

 4 /. lut, superioribns culmum loiuje niqwrantibux; panieula nnica ter- 

 riiinali triarigula ■plunramotiu o 1 /^ — 4 poll. alta; raniis brevibus jidtr//- 

 tibus basi vix päuciramulösis rhachique valida angulatis puberulis; 

 bracteis ramorum inferiomm foliiformibus valde elongatis (12— -.10 

 poll, 1.); spicnlis miiexct'ritibwt singulis binatisve, foemineis . c. nias- 

 culi's intermixtis , bis subsessilibus lan'ecolato-oblongis ; squarnis rigidis 

 stramineo-viridulis e carina xwbriäa mucronatis, foemineis örbieulatis 

 margine ciliolatis; caryopsi . . .; perigynio inferiore persistente magno 

 erasso cnpnliformi. — Ex affin. S. scabrae Willd. 

 In insula St. Vincent invenit Eggers. 



Scleria JRg'gersiaiia Böcklr. 



Laote viridis; rigida; glabra; subtripodalis; eulmo stricto valido 

 duro paucifoliato triqnetro lateribus eoncavis, angtilis laevibus, 2.— l 1 /-j 

 1-in. diam.; foliis reniotis ereetis conaceo-pernyläk sursum longinscnle 

 angustatis dwtinde plicäto-plank, basi longa ad eulmi angnlos deeur- 

 rcnlibus, ■8— (! liii, lat, , margine nervisque scabris; lignla rigida 

 lineari-lanccolata viridi, margine colorata laevi, -4 — 2 lin. longa; pani- 

 eula elongata l 1 /-j— 1 ped. alta; paniculis propriis h — 4 distantibus 

 stricte ereetis pluriramosis laxis 4- — 6 poll. altw, intimis lotuje j><><li/u- ' 

 ciiiatk; ramis reraotis ereetis, intimis elongatis; spicnlis paucis fas- 

 ciculatis, foemineis praevalidis minutis tumidis evalibus; squarnis 

 suborbiculatis coneavis mucronulatis ferruginescentibus; car. parvula 



